1-Chronicles - 1:20



20 Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 1:20.

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And Jectan beget Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, and Jare,
And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
Then Joktan conceived Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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Joktan begat Almodad - "He divided and measured the earth by lines. Sheleph; he assigned rivers to be boundaries. Hazarmaveth; he prepared a place of snares to kill by the highways. Jerah; he built inns, and when any person came to eat and drink, he gave him deadly poison, and so took his property." - T.
According to these traditions, the two first were geographers; the third, a public robber; and the fourth, an unprincipled innkeeper, who gave poison to his rich guests, that he might get their property. Such things have been done even in modern times.

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