1 Chronicles 2:35

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler records a patriarchal genealogy at the moment of documenting Sheshan’s family, immediately after noting his lack of sons and the presence of his Egyptian servant Jarha.

The words — לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה (le./'i.Shah) means “to a wife,” and וַ/תֵּ֥לֶד (va./Te.led) means “and she bore,” marking the formal transfer of the daughter and the immediate generation of an heir.

The thread — This genealogical pattern runs through the immediate context of 1 Chronicles 2:34–36, where the absence of sons forces the marriage of a daughter to a servant to continue the recorded line.

Why it lands — The text documents a practical solution for preserving a family name when direct male heirs are missing, requiring the reader to accept that biblical lineage records pragmatic family structures rather than uniform social norms.

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.