1 Chronicles 1 — John Gill

Ver. 1-4. Adam, Seth,.... These first four verses exactly agree with the account of the antediluvian patriarchs in Ge 5:1, the first letter in Adam is larger than usual, as a memorial, as Buxtorf observes, of the first and only man, from whence mankind had their beginning, and whose history the author had undertaken to write.

See Gill on "1Ch 1:1"

Ver. 5-27. The sons of Japheth, Gomer,.... Here begins the genealogy of the sons of Noah after the flood; of the sons of Japheth the elder, in this and the two following verses; next of the sons of Ham, the younger brother, 1Ch 1:8, then of Shem, whose posterity are mentioned last, because from him, in the line of Heber, sprang Abraham, the ancestor of the Jewish nation, of whom the Messiah was to come, for whose sake this genealogy is given, 1Ch 1:17. The whole is the same with the account in Ge 10:1

See Gill on "1Ch 1:5"

See Gill on "1Ch 1:5".

See Gill on "1Ch 1:5"

See Gill on "1Ch 1:5".

Ver. 28-34. The sons of Abraham,.... The famous and well known ancestor of the Jews; of Ishmael his firstborn, and his posterity; of his sons by Keturah; and of Isaac and his sons, an account is given from hence to the end of 1Ch 1:34 entirely agreeing with that in Ge 25:1.

See Gill on "1Ch 1:28".

Ver. 35-37. The sons of Esau,.... The firstborn of Isaac; his posterity are named in this and the two following verses, as in Ge 36:1 only it should be observed, that Timna, 1Ch 1:36 is not the name of a man, but was the concubine of Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau, and the mother of Amalek, Ge 36:12, and so in the Arabic version it is read,

"and Timna, which was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, bare him Amalek;'' and so the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint.

See Gill on "1Ch 1:35".

Ver. 38-42. And the sons of Seir,.... This man and his posterity were not of the race of Esau, but are mentioned because they were a family into which Esau, and a son of his, married, and whose possessions he and his obtained. The account from hence, to the end of 1Ch 1:42 is the same with Ge 36:20, with some little variation of names.

See Gill on "1Ch 1:38".

Ver. 43-54. Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,.... Which had its name from Esau, who was so called, Ge 25:30. From hence, to the end of the chapter, an account is given of the kings and dukes of Edom, in the same order as in Ge 30:31.

See Gill on "1Ch 1:43".