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What does 1 Chronicles 2:1 mean?
"These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,"
— 1 Chronicles 2:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
Explanation
First Chronicles 2:1 simply begins a list: "These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun." On its surface, it is nothing more than a name and a beginning of a genealogical record—identifying "Israel" (the covenant name given to Jacob after he wrestled with God in Genesis 32) and naming the first six of his twelve sons, the patriarchs of Israel's twelve tribes. The
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