What Does 1 Chronicles 1:42 Mean?

The sons of Ezer, Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan, Uz, and Aran.

1 Chronicles 1:42 · SDV

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King James Version

The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

THE KEY

Hebrew links “sons” with “building,” so this genealogy presents a family line as something carried forward, branch by named branch.

THE MEANING

The verse shows you identity as life held in relation, not as an isolated name. Ezer’s and Dishan’s descendants remain distinct, each named within the lines that carry them.

THE ROOT

בְּנֵי

bənê

GROWS FROM

בנה

b-n-h

Build, establish; the word for son is traditionally linked with this root, giving a family line the image of something built through generations.

The English “sons” names descent, while its link with ⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah, build) adds an image of a line taking shape over time. Here, that line is not anonymous: each branch is carried by name.

ALSO GROWS

banah: Build, establish.

בָּנָה

In Genesis 2:22, this verb describes the LORD God making the woman; its connection with “sons” lets lineage echo the building of a family line.

ibbaneh: I may be built up.

אִבָּנֶה

In Genesis 16:2, Sarai uses this form when she says, “I may obtain children by her”; the English hides the same building image beneath “obtain children.”

THE PATTERN

Scripture carries lives forward through named lines, showing each generation in relation to those before it.

This is the book of the births of Adam. In the day that God created the ground-being, in the likeness of God he made him.

Genesis 5:1 · SDVThe generations are placed within a line that begins with Adam, whose name remains attached to those who follow.

Now these are the births of Perez. Perez brought forth Hezron.

Ruth 4:18 · SDVA person’s line continues through named descendants, one generation connected to the next.

The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · SDVEven the opening of Matthew identifies Jesus through the names and generations that precede him.

THE THREAD

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from Adam, he built into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

Genesis 2:22 · SDV

The Hebrew verb rendered “made” here is ⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah, build), linked to ⁨בְּנֵי⁩ (bənê, sons) in this genealogy. The shared root lets the family line read as something built and carried forward through generations.

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