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1 Chronicles 1:1
1Adam, Seth, Enosh,
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Context of 1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:1
- Genesis 4:25Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another offspring in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 5:3Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
- Luke 3:38son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
- Genesis 5:9Enosh was 90 years old when he fathered Kenan.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Adam, Sheth, Enosh - That is, Adam was the father of Sheth or Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, and so on. No notice is taken of Cain and Abel, or of any of the other sons of Adam. One line of patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, is what the historian intended to give; and to have mentioned the posterity of Cain or Abel would have been useless, as Noah was not the immediate descendant of either. Besides, all their posterity had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Compare the margin references and notes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The books of Chronicles are, in a great measure, repetitions of what is in the books of Samuel and of the Kings, yet there are some excellent useful things in them which we find not elsewhere. The FIRST BOOK traces the rise of the Jewish people from Adam, and afterward gives an account of the reign of David. In the SECOND BOOK the narrative is continued, and relates the progress and end of the kingdom of Judah; also it notices the return of the Jews from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4A summary of the generations from Adam to the sons of Noah (compare Genesis 5:3–32).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-23Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1Ch 1:1-23. Adam's Line to Noah. 1. Adam, &c.--"Begat" must be understood. Only that one member of the family is mentioned, who came in the direct order of succession.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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