1 Chronicles 1:20
in 1 Chronicles 1And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
KJV
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
This site's exposition
The sons of Shem
on 1 Chronicles 1:17-27
Shem's line carries the second narrative flash: Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, kept from Gen 10:25 with its riddle intact and unexplained here as there. Then the list runs Arphaxad to Abram in the ten-name rhythm of the flood-to-Abraham line, and verse 27 lands the whole chapter's first movement in three words: Abram; the same is Abraham. Two thousand years of Genesis stand behind that semicolon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The great promise of the Messiah (says bishop Patrick) was translated from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem, from him to Eber, and so to the Hebrew nation, who were entrusted, above all nations, with that sacred treasure, till the promise was performed and the Messiah had come, and then that nation was made not a people.
), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Joktan begat Almodad - “He divided and measured the earth by lines. Sheleph; he assigned rivers to be boundaries. Hazarmaveth; he prepared a place of snares to kill by the highways. Jerah; he built inns, and when any person came to eat and drink, he gave him deadly poison, and so took his property.” - T. According to these traditions, the two first were geographers; the third, a public robber; and the fourth, an unprincipled innkeeper, who gave poison to his rich guests, that he might get their property. Such things have been done even in modern times.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָקְטָ֣ן | veyaketan | and Joktan | H3355 → | 6 times |
| יָלַ֔ד | yalad | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד | ʾalmodad | Almodad | H486 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׁ֑לֶף | shalef | Sheleph | H8026 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶת | chatzarmavet | Hazarmaveth | H2700 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָֽרַח׃ | yarach | Jerah | H3392 → |
וְיָקְטָ֣ןand Joktan
veyaketanH3355 →6 times
יָלַ֔דhe fathered
yaladH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַלְמוֹדָ֖דAlmodad
ʾalmodadH486 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שָׁ֑לֶףSheleph
shalefH8026 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶתHazarmaveth
chatzarmavetH2700 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָֽרַח׃Jerah
yarachH3392 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.