Ezra 2:51

Study note

Setting — The narrator records a genealogical register of families returning from Babylonian exile. The verse appears within a sequential list of household heads and their descendants.

The words — The Hebrew בְּנֵי (benei) literally means "descendants," establishing lineage. The proper noun חַרְחֽוּר (charChur) identifies one specific returning family.

The thread — This genealogical formula repeats across Ezra 2:50 through 2:52, tracking multiple returning clans. The structure mirrors the census method used to reorganize the post-exilic community.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of restored tribal and family identities after displacement. It requires the reader to track how specific lineages are preserved and accounted for in the rebuilding effort.

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.