Nehemiah 7:53

Study note

Setting — The narrator documents the genealogical records of the returned exiles, listing specific family lines to catalog the community's composition.

The words — בְּנֵי (benei) translates literally as "descendants of," and it appears three times in the verse to introduce the proper names Bakbuk, Hakupha, and Harhur.

The thread — This exact listing format appears in Nehemiah 7:52 and Nehemiah 7:54, which continue the same pattern of naming returning clans.

Why it lands — The text states a sequence of family names to preserve ancestral boundaries, and it requires the reader to acknowledge the structured continuity of the post-exilic community.

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.