And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
1 Chronicles 2:35 belongs to the long, carefully preserved genealogy and lists of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came. It records one obscure family among many ordinary people about whom nothing is now known, some prosperous and some failures, who lived their lives and passed away thousands of years ago and were forgotten by men, with hard names that are difficult to read aloud. It shows that Sheshan's daughter married his servant Jarha and bore him Attai, and Attai's place in the genealogy proves that the children of servants among the Israelites were free and not bound to their parents' service.
Its place in the list shows that God remembers every person by name and keeps every life in His record, even though men forgot them long ago. Because God does not change, His remembering care still holds. Therefore the verse gives comfort when downhearted or feeling like a failure, with assurance that one's own obscure name is put away safe and sure in God's lists.
1 Chronicles 2:35 belongs to the long, carefully preserved genealogy and lists of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came. It records one obscure family among many ordinary people about whom nothing is now known, some prosperous and some failures, who lived their lives and passed away thousands of years ago and were forgotten by men, with hard names that are difficult to read aloud. It shows that Sheshan's daughter married his servant Jarha and bore him Attai, and Attai's place in the genealogy proves that the children of servants among the Israelites were free and not bound to their parents' service.
Its place in the list shows that God remembers every person by name and keeps every life in His record, even though men forgot them long ago. Because God does not change, His remembering care still holds. Therefore the verse gives comfort when downhearted or feeling like a failure, with assurance that one's own obscure name is put away safe and sure in God's lists.