What Does 1 Chronicles 6:19 Mean in the King James?

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

1 Chronicles 6:19 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The word “sons” carries the root of building, so this verse shows named descendants as what a family is built from.

THE MEANING

This verse presents identity through relationship: Mahli and Mushi are named as Merari’s sons, and the Levite families are traced through their fathers. You see a life held within a line of names and kinship, continuing beyond any one person.

THE ROOT

בְּנֵי

b'nei

GROWS FROM

בנה

banah

To build or establish.

The Hebrew word for sons belongs to the same word family as “build.” That connection lets the list show descendants as part of what builds a family across generations.

ALSO GROWS

banah: To build.

בָּנָה

This verb makes the building sense in the word family visible.

mivneh: Structure or form.

מִבְנֶה

This noun shows what is built: an ordered form, like a family line carried through named generations.

THE PATTERN

Scripture traces identity through named kinship lines, showing a person’s place through those who come before and after.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:1 · KJVThe verse names Noah’s sons and shows the family line continuing through them.

The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:1 · KJVThe verse names the sons whose descendants appear in the families listed here.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe verse places a named person within a line that reaches through earlier generations.

THE THREAD

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:2 · KJV

The Hebrew behind “obtain children” says “be built through her,” using the same build-root carried by “sons” here. The family line in this verse holds that same image: descendants are part of what builds a household.

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