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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, Jered, 3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:1
- Genesis 4:25And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 5:3When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
- Luke 3:38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Genesis 5:9When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of 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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