1-Chronicles - 1:24



24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 1:24.

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Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Shem - "The great priest." - T.

(f) Shem, (g) Arphaxad, Shelah,
(f) He repeats Shem again because he would come to the stock of Abraham.
(g) Who came from Shem, and of him Shelah.

SHEM'S LINE TO ABRAHAM. (1-Chronicles 1:24-28)
Shem, &c.--This comprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham.

The patriarchs from Shem to Abraham. - The names of these, again, are simply ranged in order according to Genesis 11:10-26, while the record of their ages before the begetting and after the birth of sons is omitted. Of the sons of Terah only Abram is named, without his brothers; with the remark that Abram is Abraham, in order to point out to the reader that he was the progenitor of the chosen people so well known from Genesis (cf. 1-Chronicles 1:27).

Arphaxad - Having given a brief and general account of the original of the world and the people in it, he now returns to a more large and particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jews were descended.

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