1 Chronicles 1:9

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler continues a patriarchal genealogy, listing the descendants of Cush immediately after recording Ham’s four sons and before noting Cush’s role as Nimrod’s father.

The words — כ֔וּשׁ (Khush) denotes Cush, while וּ/בְנֵ֣י (u./ve.Nei) literally translates as "and [the] sons of," structuring the verse as a direct lineage report.

The thread — This lineage parallels the Table of Nations in Genesis 10:6-7, where Cush’s descendants are similarly enumerated, and reappears in Genesis 10:8 when Cush is named as Nimrod’s father.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize how biblical geography and ethnic origins are systematically traced through ancestral lines, grounding later historical and theological claims in documented lineage.

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