1 Chronicles 1:18 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

1 Chronicles 1:18

16 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

17 The sons of ^aShem were Elam, Asshur, ^bArphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

18 Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was¹ Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

20 ^aJoktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Arphaxad begat Shelah—Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here. (See Luke 3:36).

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Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth—The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Genesis 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

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