1 Chronicles 1:1
ADAM. Compare Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:7. SHETH. Compare Genesis 4:25; Genesis 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADAM. Compare Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:7. SHETH. Compare Genesis 4:25; Genesis 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
KENAN. Cainan (Genesis 5:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEM. Compare Genesis 5:32; Genesis 10:21. In cases where there are several sons of one father, the collateral are dealt with first, and the main line taken up later. Hence Shem's main line is not dealt with till 1 Chronicles 1:24, after the sons of Japheth and Ham have been given.... [ Continue Reading ]
JAPHETH. Compare Genesis 10:2, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIPHATH. Some codices; with four early printed editions, Syriac and Vulgate, read "Riphath", others "Diphath", owing to Hebrew ("D")and ("R").... [ Continue Reading ]
DODANIM, or Rodanim. See above note.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUSH. Recent discoveries at Pterium, in Cappadocia, show that the Babylonians called Cappadocia _Kus._ The great king of the Hitt _i_ tes had his palace there, and was called "king of _Kus_ ". The river Gihon (classic, Pijramus) flows into the Mediterranean. Compare Genesis 10:6; Genesis 10:7; Isaia... [ Continue Reading ]
NIMROD. Compare Genesis 10:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
UZ... MESHEEH were sons of Aram (Shem's youngest son). No error, for grandsons are often reckoned, by descent, as sons. See Laban (Genesis 29:5), Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 19:24). Of the "sons of Judah" (1 Chronicles 4:1) only the first-named was his son. It is assumed that we are acquainted with Genes... [ Continue Reading ]
PELEG. disruption. See note on Genesis 10:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOKTAN. Compare Genesis 10:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEM. Direct descent taken up here, from 1 Chronicles 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ESAU. Compare Genesis 36:9; Genesis 36:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZEPHI. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "Zepho" (compare Genesis 36:11), owing to the slight difference between the Hebrew ("O") and ("I"). TIMNA, There was. Tirana. daughter of Seir. The Timna here is. son of Eliphaz.... [ Continue Reading ]
SONS OF SEIR. Horites dwelling in Seir before the descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALLAN. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Alvan" (Genesis 36:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
SONS.. special various reading called _Sevir_ reads "son". See App-34.Genesis 36:25; Genesis 36:25 tells of. daughter. This shows that _banim_ may include daughters. AMRAM. Some codices read "Hemdan" (compare Genesis 36:26). These names are more alike in Hebrew than in English.... [ Continue Reading ]
JAKAN. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "and Akan", with the "and" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE ANY KING. See note on Genesis 36:31, which must have been before the writer's eyes. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
AVITH. Hebrew text reads "Ayuth". But some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Avith", which Authorized Version follows.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAAL-HANAN. Some codices, with one early printed edition, add "son of Achbor". Compare Genesis 36:39. HADAD. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Hadar". See note _on_ Amram, 1 Chronicles 1:41. PAI. Some codices read "Pau". See note on Zep 1:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUKES OF EDOM WERE. Read, "there arose chiefs to Edom", viz. These seem to have superseded the kings. ALIAH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Alvah". See note on Zep 1:36.... [ Continue Reading ]