1 Chronicles 7:32

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler inserts this line into a continuous tribal register, documenting the descendants of Beriah without a specific speaker, audience, or narrative event. The text simply advances the genealogical record from one patriarch to the next.

The words — The verb הוֹלִיד (ho.Lid) literally means “he fathered” and anchors the verse’s genealogical function. The object marker אֶת (‘et) appears before each named child, grammatically marking them as the direct recipients of Heber’s paternal line.

The thread — This entry sits between 1 Chronicles 7:31 and 7:33, which frame the verse within a standardized patriarchal listing pattern. The same structural formula repeats throughout 1 Chronicles 1–9 and is echoed in Ezra 2:20 and Nehemiah 7:25 when cataloging tribal families.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how biblical genealogies preserve tribal identity through precise familial enumeration. It asks the reader to track how individual names function within a larger covenantal record rather than to extract personal application.

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