1 Chronicles 1:24
in 1 Chronicles 1So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
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Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
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Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
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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 Awakening1 voice
), 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 words behind it
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שֵׁ֥ם׀ | shem | Shem | H8035 → | 17 times |
| אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד | ʾarpakhshad | Arphaxad | H775 → | 9 times |
| שָֽׁלַח׃ | shalach | Shelah | H7974 → | 9 times |
שֵׁ֥ם׀Shem
shemH8035 →17 times
אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖דArphaxad
ʾarpakhshadH775 →9 times
שָֽׁלַח׃Shelah
shalachH7974 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
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This page draws on Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.