Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan…
This book must have been written after the return from Babylon where genealogy had become so important (Ezra 8:1).
Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan.
When the continents split up?
Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah’s descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
Joshua 7. All that I have and will have is devoted to you, Lord. May I rather be a source of blessing to your people.
By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
Genesis 38. It’s funny how this episode keeps coming up (Matthew 1:3) – something you’d bring up at a party at Judah’s expense. 😁
…David ruled there… In Jerusalem… His wife Bathsheba, daughter of Ammiel, bore him four sons: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
With no mention of his adultery (2 Samuel 11)?! A bit of whitewashing? Judah wasn’t spared…
…Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain.” And God gave him what he prayed for.
There are those who have taken this passage as a formula for success. I’m not so sure…
The people who had lived there before were Hamites. In the time of King Hezekiah of Judah, the men… went east to Edom. …There they killed the surviving Amalekites, and they have lived there ever since.
Genesis 9:22-25. They were still practicing extermination even as late as Ezekial’s time.