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1 Chronicles 1:20 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 20
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,1 Chronicles 1:20 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:20 in context
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.
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HazarmavethChătsarmâvethChatsarmaveth, a place in ArabiaH2700 →
- AlmodadʼAlmôwdâdAlmodad, a son of JoktanH486 →
- ShelephshelephSheleph, a son of JokthanH8026 →
- JoktanYoqṭânJoktan, an Arabian patriarchH3355 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- JerahYerachJerach, an Arabian patriarchH3392 →
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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