What Does 1 Chronicles 23:12 Mean?
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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King James wording
King James Version
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.THE KEY
Hebrew’s word for “sons” echoes the root “to build,” so this list shows a family line taking shape through generations.
THE MEANING
The verse holds four names within Kohath’s family line. Each name has a place in a record that carries the line forward.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A lineage is more than a number: the verse counts four, then preserves each name.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
benei
GROWS FROM
בנה
b-n-h
to build
The word for “sons” is linked to the root for building. That echo lets the family line appear as something formed across generations, with each name adding a place in its structure.
ALSO GROWS
banah: to build
בָּנָה
The shared root makes the family line resonate with the act of building: one generation follows and extends another.
binyan: building, structure
בִּנְיָן
The list gives the family line a visible structure, naming the members who compose it.
THE PATTERN
Scripture preserves continuity by naming each generation within a larger line.
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.And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izehar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.THE THREAD
And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izehar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.Exodus repeats the same four names under “the sons of Kohath,” echoing the Hebrew benei in this verse. It also gives Kohath’s years, placing the list within a fuller record of the line.
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