1 Chronicles 1:1
"Adam, Sheth, Enosh,"

Commentary

Matthew Henry Concise

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Summary

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other

places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough.

Reflection

Has not one God created us? Malachi 2:10.

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This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some

differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Malachi 2:10.

Source: Matthew Henry Concise (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (3 words)

H0121 אָדָם
Definition:

16). In later texts Adam becomes the representative figure for human sin and covenant-breaking.Canonical Occurrences (10)Genesis 3:17; 4:25; 5:1-5;Joshua 3:16;1 Chronicles 1:1;Job 31:33;Hosea 6:7.Seve 16). In later texts Adam becomes the representative figure for human sin and covenant-breaking.Canonical Occurrences (10)Genesis 3:17; 4:25; 5:1-5;Joshua 3:16;1 Chronicles 1:1;Job 31:33;Hosea 6:7.Seve

Possible Meanings:
  • carnelian (semantic_range)
  • redness (semantic_range)
H8352 שֵׁת
Definition:

25; (where explained from vשִׁית),Genesis 4:26;Genesis 5:3,4,6,7,8;1 Chronicles 1:1;Σηθ— InכָּלבְּֿנֵישֵֿׁתNumbers 24:17(poem in J), read probablyשֵׁאתtumult(compareLamentations 3:47), orשְׁאֵת(see be 25; (where explained from vשִׁית),Genesis 4:26;Genesis 5:3,4,6,7,8;1 Chronicles 1:1;Σηθ— InכָּלבְּֿנֵישֵֿׁתNumbers 24:17(poem in J), read probablyשֵׁאתtumult(compareLamentations 3:47), orשְׁאֵת(see be

Possible Meanings:
  • six (semantic_range)
H0583 אֱנוֹשׁ
Definition:

26;Genesis 5:6,7,9,10,11;1 Chronicles 1:1.III.אנשׁ(soft, delicate, compare Arabic,id., see LagBN 68DlPr 160, also below I.אנשׁ; but compare NöZMG 1886, 739who derives this meaning fromfeminine).Topica 26;Genesis 5:6,7,9,10,11;1 Chronicles 1:1.III.אנשׁ(soft, delicate, compare Arabic,id., see LagBN 68DlPr 160, also below I.אנשׁ; but compare NöZMG 1886, 739who derives this meaning fromfeminine).Topica

Possible Meanings:
  • man (semantic_range)
  • mankind (semantic_range)
  • men (semantic_range)
  • man (semantic_range)
  • mankind (semantic_range)

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