Ezra 7:3

Study note

Setting — The text functions as a genealogical entry within Ezra’s priestly record. It lists three successive generations of his direct male line without addressing an audience or describing an event.

The words — The Hebrew בֶּן (ben) literally means "son" and structures the verse as a descending lineage. The name מְרָיֽוֹת (Meraioth) anchors the third generation in this specific record.

The thread — This pattern continues in Ezra 7:2 with Ahitub and Zadok, and extends downward through Ezra 7:4 to Bukki and Uzzi. The adjacent verses maintain the identical "son of" formula to preserve the chain.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to verify the documented continuity of Ezra’s ancestral line. It establishes his priestly identity through a fixed historical record rather than oral tradition.

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.