What Does 1 Chronicles 7:25 Mean in the King James?

And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

1 Chronicles 7:25 · 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 repeated “his son” gives these names structure: each is held in kinship rather than left as an isolated entry.

THE MEANING

You meet continuity here through particular names and the relationships that connect them. The repeated “his son” makes those ties visible, while each person keeps a distinct name. The line is carried through both relationship and identity.

THE ROOT

בֵּן

ben

GROWS FROM

בנה

⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah) means to build. ⁨בן⁩ (ben, son) is traditionally associated with this root as one who builds or extends a family, though that connection is not certain.

The Hebrew word for “son” can carry an image of building a household or extending a line. That association gives the repeated “his son” a structural resonance: the names are linked in a family taking shape.

ALSO GROWS

banah: Build, establish.

בָּנָה

This is the root verb; its sense of building adds a possible family-building dimension to the repeated word “son.”

binyan: Building, structure.

בִּנְיָן

This related noun gives the lineage an image of structure, formed through named relationships.

THE PATTERN

A lineage becomes legible through names connected by relationships across generations.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJVA named son connects one generation to the next while remaining a distinct person.

Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

Ruth 4:18 · KJVThe verse makes descent visible by naming the people who carry the line forward.

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

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe names and repeated sonship connect one person to a wider lineage.

THE THREAD

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJV

Genesis uses the same Hebrew word, ⁨בֵּן⁩ (ben, son), and adds that Seth bears Adam’s likeness. The shared word opens this genealogy further: sonship marks a relation that carries a line forward while the name remains distinct.

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