Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 1:31
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler compiles a genealogical register for a post-exilic audience, listing Ishmael’s descendants at the midpoint of a broader ancestral catalog that moves from verse 30 through verse 32.
The words — אֵ֥לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י ('E.leh be.Nei) translates literally as “these [are] the sons of,” serving as a fixed genealogical formula that binds the three proper names to their stated patriarch.
The thread — This verse operates within the Chronicler’s structural method of cataloging tribal branches, directly bridging the Ishmaelite line in 1 Chronicles 1:30 to the subsequent enumeration of Keturah’s children in 1 Chronicles 1:32.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to track documented lineage and accept the text’s unadorned presentation of ancestral divisions without adding theological commentary or narrative expansion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.