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1 Chronicles 1:34

in 1 Chronicles 1

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

KJV

And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 1

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

The sons of Abraham

on 1 Chronicles 1:28-34

The Chronicler's sorting rule shows itself: Ishmael's twelve princes and Keturah's sons are listed first and finished, and then the line the book cares about is taken up last, and Abraham begat Isaac. The non-elect branches are honored with their names and dismissed from the story in the same breath, the pattern Genesis itself set with its toledoth and Esau's list before Jacob's. Nothing is said against the other sons; they are simply not where this book is going.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיּ֥וֹלֶדand he fathered

    vaiyoledH3205496 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֖םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85175 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יִצְחָ֑ק סIsaac

    yitzchakH3327108 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • יִצְחָ֔קIsaac

    yitzchakH3327108 times

  • עֵשָׂ֖וEsau

    ʾesavH6215

  • וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סand Israel

    veyisraelH34782507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 32:28

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 2:17

      He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…

    • Genesis 35:10

      And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

    • Isaiah 62:2–4

      Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

    • Hosea 12:3–5

      In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

    • Genesis 27:33–36

      Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will…

  • Through

    Matthew 1:2

    Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

    it leads to

    • Acts 7:8

      Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 25:26

      After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Acts 7:8

    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:23–26

      The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).