1 Chronicles 1:34

“And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.”

1 Chronicles 1:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 1:34, word by word

And Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham

Abraham

Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.

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fatheredיּוֹלֶדyoled

father

For a man to have a child.

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Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak

Isaac

Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).

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The sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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Esauעֵשָׂוesav

Esau

Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.

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and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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Translation note

“Israel” is the name Jacob received (Genesis 32:28); Chronicles almost always calls him that.

Parallel passages

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Descendants of Abraham

Genesis 25:1-4Genesis 25:12-16

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1 Chronicles 1:28-34

28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Genesis 25:1-4

1Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah. 2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim. 4The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

Genesis 25:12-16

12These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham. 13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve chiefs according to their peoples.

The context

33And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

34 · This verse (above)

35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

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