Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 1:42
The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler compiles a genealogical register for post-exilic Israel, listing the descendants of Esau’s regional chieftains to map Edomite clan boundaries.
The words — בְּנֵי (benei) literally means “[the] sons of,” functioning as a structural marker that attaches each listed name to its patriarchal source.
The thread — The identical name sequence appears in Genesis 36:27 as a parallel Edomite record, and Uz reappears in Lamentations 4:21 as a territorial identifier for Edom.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge how the Chronicler anchors Israel’s historical consciousness in documented kinship networks and geographic markers rather than theological abstraction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
Cross-references
- Genesis 36:27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
- Lamentations 4:21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.