1 Chronicles 1:8

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler’s narrator records a genealogical entry following the descendants of Javan and preceding the descendants of Cush. The passage operates as a structural node within a continuous ancestral catalog.

The words — בְּנֵ֖י (benei) translates literally to “sons of,” establishing the patrilineal frame for the list. חָ֑ם (Cham) identifies the patriarch whose offspring are enumerated.

The thread — The identical phrase and list appear in Genesis 10:6. The same structural formula repeats in 1 Chronicles 1:7 for Javan and 1 Chronicles 1:9 for Cush.

Why it lands — The text presents a fixed genealogical formula mapping nations to a single ancestor. It requires the reader to track the Chronicler’s method of organizing history through patrilineal descent rather than narrative development.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.