1 Chronicles 1:34
32 The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.
Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
- KJV
- And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
- WEB
- Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
- ASV
- And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
- DARBY
- And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
- BLB
- And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
- ÅB
- Og Abraham fikk sønnen Isak. Isaks sønner var Esau og Israel.
- OTB
- Abraham var far til Isak.
Isaks sønner var:
Esau og Israel. - B1930
- Og Abraham fikk sønnen Isak. Isaks sønner var Esau og Israel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Read in contextLuke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Read in contextActs 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Read in contextMatthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Read in contextGenesis 21:2–3
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
Read in contextMalachi 1:2–4
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Read in contextRomans 9:10–13
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
Read in contextGenesis 25:24–28
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
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