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title = "1 Chronicles 2:42–55"
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date = "2023-09-01"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles2.42-55)
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After detailing the line of Jerahmeel, we go back to the line of Caleb and get
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even more descendants. None of the names listed in these verses match up to the
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ones given in verses 18 to 20. They aren't even close. Sometimes names will be
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altered like "Chelubai" becoming "Caleb" later on, but those are fairly close
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if you aren't strict with the vowel sounds. It's possible that the "Eprath" (or
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"Eprhathah"?) from v. 19 got her name shortened to "Ephah" in v. 46. Then
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again, it might be a copy error, because "Ephah" is the name of a son of Jahdai
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in v. 47. Who is Jahdai, though, and why doesn't this genealogy say who begat
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him or her? Unfortunately, I have not been able to find an answer.
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Finally in the middle of verse 50 we see a familiar name: Hur the son of Caleb.
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However his list of sons doesn't include Uri from v. 20. It's very strange to
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me that all of these family lines are so disconnected in the text, without
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markers of some kind to show you where the line had left off when there is a
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reason to take a break. The genealogies in Genesis, Matthew, and Luke are much
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neater.
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The Reformation Study Bible has a note explaining that to say someone is the
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father of a town probably means that they founded it, or were the leader of
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that place. It's hard to know when the Israelites conquered Canaan which towns
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were sacked and taken over versus which might be built fresh later on as the
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people expanded.
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In addition to the Judahites living in these towns, we are also given a list of
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clans of scribes. These are descended from the Kenites, which were not children
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of Israel directly, but had been adopted into God's people long ago. Moses's
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wife was a Kenite, and her father's family traveled with them into the land of
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Canaan and dwelt there as part of the tribe of Judah. ([Judges
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1:16](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Judges1.16))
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Even when we don't understand perfectly, we trust You to be in control, perfect
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in Your knowledge and power.
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