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1 Chronicles 1:24

1 Chronicles 1:24
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 1:1-27

This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Chronicles 1:24-27

The Descent of Abraham from Shem

These verses are compressed within the smallest limits from Gen 11:10-26. For another example of this extreme compression compare 1Ch 1:1-4.

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