What stood out to me was that every person listed there, while just a name on a page to us, was a unique individual known and loved by God. Every person is made in His image and that makes all of them extraordinary!!
Imagine finding your own family’s lineage inscribed forever in scripture! I recently learned of a dear friend’s friend who’s from the tribe of Asher. I only know of my ancestors back to my 7th-great grandfather, Johann Jost Zimmerman from 1747. But God has adopted me and my family into this story since Abraham is my spiritual father and the Jewish people are my spiritual brothers and sisters. God makes us heirs of His Son when we believe and confess that King David’s Son is Lord and Savior.
My Godshot came from the passage towards the end of chapter 1 where the kings of Edom are listed. The text states, so and so died and so and so reigned in his place, so and so died and so and so reigned in his place. This reminded me of the frailty of all humans no matter how powerful but more importantly, of the reign of Crist which is the only eternal reign. Christ's reign lasts forever, no one is coming to reign in His place! Hallelujah! Praise Jesus!
Love the way Tara-Leigh can make a droll book interesting….reference to Elmer Fudd 😂…names that sound like disease or medicines. She’s the reason I continue on this Bible journey.
Definitely a hard one to see God's character. But I love how you pulled out the nugget of who He is in the midst of this genealogy. What a beautiful truth of who our God is!
Note starting in 1 Chron 43 that the Edomite kings all have different fathers. Assuming they were wrote in succeeding order as is common throughout the Bible, this implies the Edomites had a matrilineal descent system, and the lineage was actually on the mother's side. Foreign men would marry into the female line, just as Esau does (which angers his mother). Jacob does the same, moving at first to his wives' land, but he moves them back to Canaan, and Laban is incensed by this because that's not matrinieal custom. Laban also claims ownership of his nephews and nieces (Jacob's sons), so Laban was most likely matrilineal as well.
Nimrod wasn't a good guy, though. Genesis doesn't say much about him because the first nearly 2000 years it covers is just a brief history of the world. But we find out a lot more about Nimrod through other ancient texts such as Book of Jasher (mentioned in Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18, and elsewhere) and information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of the story details that emerge from these sources are that Nimrod was a very powerful, wicked, and cruel tyrant who instigated and oversaw the construction of the Tower of Babel. Abraham was born in Nimrod's 40th year. Nimrod is likely Amraphel king of Shinar mentioned in Genesis 14:1. Nimrod wanted to kill Abraham. Nimrod had a dream that was interpreted to mean that a descendant of Abraham would kill him. Sure enough, Esau, though young at the time, was a rival who killed Nimrod while both parties were out hunting. And there's a lot more. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anybody's interested. It's also thought by many that when Genesis 10:8 and 1 Chronicles 1:10 say that Nimrod "was the first on earth to be a mighty man" (or "began to be a mighty man on the earth") that it's not a compliment, but rather a reference to becoming a Nephilim, which is to say he was the first after the Great Flood to alter his genes in such a way as to become a giant again or in some way Nephilim-like.
Aloha and good morning BR family. Giving God all the praise and honor for today's reading. Little bit of a challenges but I trust and know that God will get me through reading and understanding his words. He is where the JOY is.💯
This may not be true, but I was struck that it seems that there aren’t often repeats of names in the Old Testament. That is why their names sound like gibberish…they need to make up new ones? Not an important comment but interesting. When we say David, for instance, we’re not wondering “which David?”
What stood out to me was that every person listed there, while just a name on a page to us, was a unique individual known and loved by God. Every person is made in His image and that makes all of them extraordinary!!
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing this, it'll really impact how I view these genealogies.
So happy that you keep doing this! Makes it a lot easier to read the Bible and know what I’m reading!
Only TLC could work Bugs Bunny into the recap!! Love it!!
Imagine finding your own family’s lineage inscribed forever in scripture! I recently learned of a dear friend’s friend who’s from the tribe of Asher. I only know of my ancestors back to my 7th-great grandfather, Johann Jost Zimmerman from 1747. But God has adopted me and my family into this story since Abraham is my spiritual father and the Jewish people are my spiritual brothers and sisters. God makes us heirs of His Son when we believe and confess that King David’s Son is Lord and Savior.
My Godshot came from the passage towards the end of chapter 1 where the kings of Edom are listed. The text states, so and so died and so and so reigned in his place, so and so died and so and so reigned in his place. This reminded me of the frailty of all humans no matter how powerful but more importantly, of the reign of Crist which is the only eternal reign. Christ's reign lasts forever, no one is coming to reign in His place! Hallelujah! Praise Jesus!
Praise the living GOD
Love the way Tara-Leigh can make a droll book interesting….reference to Elmer Fudd 😂…names that sound like disease or medicines. She’s the reason I continue on this Bible journey.
I love this God shot
Definitely a hard one to see God's character. But I love how you pulled out the nugget of who He is in the midst of this genealogy. What a beautiful truth of who our God is!
Good morning bible Family ❤❤❤ Have a blessed day in His Presence ❤️ He is where the Joy is ❤️💯
“Half the names sound like diseases and half the names sound like medications”. That is very funny!! 😊😊😊
God shot was very hard; I know He is where is the Joy is: ❤
You did a great job of bring this all together for all of us to see how this all started.🧔♂
Note starting in 1 Chron 43 that the Edomite kings all have different fathers. Assuming they were wrote in succeeding order as is common throughout the Bible, this implies the Edomites had a matrilineal descent system, and the lineage was actually on the mother's side. Foreign men would marry into the female line, just as Esau does (which angers his mother).
Jacob does the same, moving at first to his wives' land, but he moves them back to Canaan, and Laban is incensed by this because that's not matrinieal custom. Laban also claims ownership of his nephews and nieces (Jacob's sons), so Laban was most likely matrilineal as well.
Nimrod wasn't a good guy, though. Genesis doesn't say much about him because the first nearly 2000 years it covers is just a brief history of the world. But we find out a lot more about Nimrod through other ancient texts such as Book of Jasher (mentioned in Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18, and elsewhere) and information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of the story details that emerge from these sources are that Nimrod was a very powerful, wicked, and cruel tyrant who instigated and oversaw the construction of the Tower of Babel. Abraham was born in Nimrod's 40th year. Nimrod is likely Amraphel king of Shinar mentioned in Genesis 14:1. Nimrod wanted to kill Abraham. Nimrod had a dream that was interpreted to mean that a descendant of Abraham would kill him. Sure enough, Esau, though young at the time, was a rival who killed Nimrod while both parties were out hunting. And there's a lot more. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anybody's interested. It's also thought by many that when Genesis 10:8 and 1 Chronicles 1:10 say that Nimrod "was the first on earth to be a mighty man" (or "began to be a mighty man on the earth") that it's not a compliment, but rather a reference to becoming a Nephilim, which is to say he was the first after the Great Flood to alter his genes in such a way as to become a giant again or in some way Nephilim-like.
😮 David is the last son born... he's the 7th!
I love this 🙏🏽
Aloha and good morning BR family. Giving God all the praise and honor for today's reading. Little bit of a challenges but I trust and know that God will get me through reading and understanding his words. He is where the JOY is.💯
*He's where the Joy is!*
This may not be true, but I was struck that it seems that there aren’t often repeats of names in the Old Testament. That is why their names sound like gibberish…they need to make up new ones? Not an important comment but interesting. When we say David, for instance, we’re not wondering “which David?”
I have to always pause when reading about Peleg, because my brain keeps thinking his name is Peg-leg.
Me too!! 😮
Hey Bible Readers!
Interesting - Cain and Able aren't listed.
Abel was a dead end and whatever Cain made afterwards died in the flood.
But they were born. @@tompomona
@@carollindsey4864 sure, but for lineage purposes, unimportant.
I am glad I’m not the only one that thought some of these names sounded like diseases!!! And medication 🤣.
I was hoping for a family tree diagram link lol
I see how God included a select few women in this genealogy account.
Yes, I noticed Timna was one of the chiefs.
The pronunciation for the place Ai is “eye” not “ay eye”.
Don't downplay the pagan god Nimrod. Lots of people still celebrate him today and don't even know it. "Easter ham" and his birthday 12.25.