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1 Chronicles 1:17 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 17
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.1 Chronicles 1:17 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:17 in context
15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ArphaxadʼArpakshadArpakshad, a son of NoahH775 →
- AsshurʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- GetherGetherGether, a son of Aram, and the region settled by himH1666 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- ShemShêmShem, a son of NoahH8035 →
- ElamʻÊylâmElam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their countryH5867 →
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This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-27