1Ch 1:1 | Clarke | e4.org | THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES Chronological Notes relative to this Book -Year of the World, 1. -Year before Christ, according to Archbishop Usher, 4004. -Year before the Flood, according to the common Hebrew Bible, 1656. -Year of the Julian period, 710. CHAPTER I The genealogy of Adam to Noah , 1-3. Of Noah to Abraham , 4-27. The sons of Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac , 28. The sons of Ishmael , 29-31. The sons of Keturah , 32, 33. The sons of Esau , 34-42. A list of the kings of Edom , 43-50. A list of the dukes of Edom , 51-54. NOTES ON CHAP. I Verse 1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh ] That is, Adam was the father of Sheth or Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, and so on. No notice is taken of Cain and Abel , or of any of the other sons of Adam. One line of patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, is what the historian intended to give; and to have mentioned the posterity of Cain or Abel would have been useless, as Noah was not the immediate descendant of either. Besides, all their posterity had perished in the deluge, none remaining of the Adamic family but Noah and his children; and from these all the nations of the earth sprang. How learned must those men be who can take for a text " The first verse of the first chapter of the first book of CHRONICLES ." and find a mystery in each name ; which, in the aggregate, amounts to a full view of the original perfection, subsequent fall, consequent misery , and final restoration , of MAN! O ye profound illustrators of the names of men and cities ! why do ye not give us the key of your wisdom, write comments, and enlighten the world?

‏ 1 Chronicles 1:1

THE FIRST BOOK

THE CHRONICLES

Chronological Notes relative to this Book

-Year of the World, 1.

-Year before Christ, according to Archbishop Usher, 4004.

-Year before the Flood, according to the common Hebrew Bible,

1656.

-Year of the Julian period, 710.

CHAPTER I

The genealogy of Adam to Noah, 1-3.

Of Noah to Abraham, 4-27.

The sons of Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, 28.

The sons of Ishmael, 29-31.

The sons of Keturah, 32, 33.

The sons of Esau, 34-42.

A list of the kings of Edom, 43-50.

A list of the dukes of Edom, 51-54.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse 1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh] That is, Adam was the father of Sheth or Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, and so on. No notice is taken of Cain and Abel, or of any of the other sons of Adam. One line of patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, is what the historian intended to give; and to have mentioned the posterity of Cain or Abel would have been useless, as Noah was not the immediate descendant of either. Besides, all their posterity had perished in the deluge, none remaining of the Adamic family but Noah and his children; and from these all the nations of the earth sprang.

How learned must those men be who can take for a text "The first verse of the first chapter of the first book of CHRONICLES." and find a mystery in each name; which, in the aggregate, amounts to a full view of the original perfection, subsequent fall, consequent misery, and final restoration, of MAN! O ye profound illustrators of the names of men and cities! why do ye not give us the key of your wisdom, write comments, and enlighten the world?