Arphaxad fathered Shelah and Shelah fathered Eber, continuing the line from Arphaxad through his son Shelah to Eber. The genealogies in Chronicles preserved hereditary descent, which was needed after the exile for assigning land and maintaining hereditary duties in temple service. They were written and preserved by God's direction because accurate genealogies were necessary to the development and certainty of the gospel.
They preserve the origin and distribution of races and can interest scholars studying ethnology. The chapter is no less inspired than the twenty-third Psalm, and the presence of this descent in Scripture is purposeful and needed even when its use or value is not understood. Its lists have value in Scripture even when their details are not equally useful or interesting to everyone. Their inclusion illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in heaven.
Arphaxad fathered Shelah and Shelah fathered Eber, continuing the line from Arphaxad through his son Shelah to Eber. The genealogies in Chronicles preserved hereditary descent, which was needed after the exile for assigning land and maintaining hereditary duties in temple service. They were written and preserved by God's direction because accurate genealogies were necessary to the development and certainty of the gospel.
They preserve the origin and distribution of races and can interest scholars studying ethnology. The chapter is no less inspired than the twenty-third Psalm, and the presence of this descent in Scripture is purposeful and needed even when its use or value is not understood. Its lists have value in Scripture even when their details are not equally useful or interesting to everyone. Their inclusion illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in heaven.