1 Chronicles 1:7
"And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim."

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 (6 words)

H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H3120 יָוָן
Definition:

19forᵑ0וְדָן וְיָוָן; compare Assyrianwine of Aranabanim.יָוָןproper name, of a peopleIonia ns), Greece(GreekἸάονες(i.e. originallyἸάονες), see alsoᵐ5below; Old PersianYaunaSpiegAPK 237; AssyrianIaman 19forᵑ0וְדָן וְיָוָן; compare Assyrianwine of Aranabanim.יָוָןproper name, of a peopleIonia ns), Greece(GreekἸάονες(i.e. originallyἸάονες), see alsoᵐ5below; Old PersianYaunaSpiegAPK 237; AssyrianIaman

H0473 אֱלִישָׁה
Definition:

4;1 Chronicles 1:7;׳אִיֵּי אEzekiel 27:7(AeolisJosephus Jerome Kn; H. DerenbourgMélanges Graux, 235 f (English translationHebraica. Oct. 1887, 7);Hellasᵑ7Jonetc., LenOrig. ii. 2. 34 f;Italy, withSicil 4;1 Chronicles 1:7;׳אִיֵּי אEzekiel 27:7(AeolisJosephus Jerome Kn; H. DerenbourgMélanges Graux, 235 f (English translationHebraica. Oct. 1887, 7);Hellasᵑ7Jonetc., LenOrig. ii. 2. 34 f;Italy, withSicil

Possible Meanings:
  • son of Javan (semantic_range)
H8659 תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Definition:

Tyrseni(Etruscans) in Italy, WMMHast. DB TARSHISH,PhoeniciaRenoufPSBA xvi. 134 ff.,SardiniaHalREJ xiii. 14; see also Ency. Bib.TARSHISH; —Tarshish,ᵐ5usuallyΘαρς(ε)ις(Isaiah 23:1,14Καρχήδων=Carthage); Tyrseni(Etruscans) in Italy, WMMHast. DB TARSHISH,PhoeniciaRenoufPSBA xvi. 134 ff.,SardiniaHalREJ xiii. 14; see also Ency. Bib.TARSHISH; —Tarshish,ᵐ5usuallyΘαρς(ε)ις(Isaiah 23:1,14Καρχήδων=Carthage);

Possible Meanings:
  • yellow jasper (semantic_range)
H3794 יתִתכִּ
Definition:

1,כִּתִּיי֯םIsaiah 23:12;כִּתִּים(as son of Yawan)Genesis 10:4=1 Chronicles 1:7;וְצִים׳מִיַּד כNumbers 24:24ships from the side(direction)of Kittim; more Generally, of coast-lands of Mediterranean,אִי 1,כִּתִּיי֯םIsaiah 23:12;כִּתִּים(as son of Yawan)Genesis 10:4=1 Chronicles 1:7;וְצִים׳מִיַּד כNumbers 24:24ships from the side(direction)of Kittim; more Generally, of coast-lands of Mediterranean,אִי

H1721 דֹּדָנִים
Definition:

7) {ro-daw-neem'}; a plural of uncertain derivation; Dodanites, or descendants of a son of Javan -- Dodanim.NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originof uncertain derivation, see alsoRodanimDefinitiona son 7) {ro-daw-neem'}; a plural of uncertain derivation; Dodanites, or descendants of a son of Javan -- Dodanim.NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originof uncertain derivation, see alsoRodanimDefinitiona son

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