1 Chronicles 1:24
Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Jectan.
Cross References
Genesis 11:10These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →