📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 1:2
What does 1 Chronicles 1:2 mean?
"Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,"
— 1 Chronicles 1:2 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Explanation
This verse simply lists three names in an unbroken chain: Kenan, Mahalalel, and Jared. On the surface it reads like a bare list of names with no story attached, but it is part of a genealogy that begins in verse 1 with Adam and continues through Seth's line, following the same order found in Genesis 5. Each name represents a generation, a father followed by his son, tracing the human family
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