What Does 1 Chronicles 1:41 Mean?
The son of Anah, Dishon. And the sons of Dishon, Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
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King James wording
King James Version
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.THE KEY
The word translated “sons” is linked to “build,” so this genealogy presents continuity as something built through named relationships.
THE MEANING
Here continuity takes shape through named relationships: Anah’s line reaches Dishon, and Dishon’s line opens into four more names. Inheritance appears as a chain of distinct people, not an abstraction.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
bənê
GROWS FROM
בנה
b-n-h
Build, establish; the word for “son” is traditionally linked with this root.
The form בְּנֵי belongs to the word family traditionally associated with בָּנָה (bānâ, “build”). That connection lets the repeated “sons” carry an image of lineage taking shape through named branches.
ALSO GROWS
bānâ: Build
בָּנָה
It makes the line of descent legible as something formed through successive relationships.
binyan: Building, structure
בִּנְיָן
It echoes the verse’s linked names as a structure in which each person has a place.
THE PATTERN
Scripture makes continuity visible by naming who comes from whom.
And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.And the women who were her neighbors called out a name for him, saying, A son is born to Naomi, and they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.THE THREAD
Look, children are the LORD's portion; and the fruit of the womb is a wage.The Hebrew word for “children” here is בָּנִים (bānîm), from the word family traditionally associated with בנה, the root linked to “sons” in this verse. It lets the genealogy’s names resonate as both people in a lineage and an inheritance carried forward.
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