And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan is simply a list of the sons of Helah by name as part of a genealogy. It belongs to the carefully preserved genealogy of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came. It is one of more than five hundred verses in twelve chapters of 1 Chronicles that are nearly all names of persons, and one of more than fifteen hundred such verses of names in the Bible. It is an example of the long lists of names in the Bible that readers may not understand or see the value of.
Its presence shows that the whole Bible is inspired even though every part is not equally interesting or useful to every person in every circumstance. Such material can reward scholarly study, including study of the origin and distribution of races. It is not a stated promise, much less a great and precious promise to God's people, and with other verses of names it reduces the verses that could possibly be promises to about thirty thousand out of thirty-one thousand five hundred thirteen total verses, proving there cannot be thirty-six thousand distinct promises. Its place in the genealogy shows that God is particular and that a faithful record of every soul is kept in heaven.
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan is simply a list of the sons of Helah by name as part of a genealogy. It belongs to the carefully preserved genealogy of Judah, the tribe through which Christ came. It is one of more than five hundred verses in twelve chapters of 1 Chronicles that are nearly all names of persons, and one of more than fifteen hundred such verses of names in the Bible. It is an example of the long lists of names in the Bible that readers may not understand or see the value of.
Its presence shows that the whole Bible is inspired even though every part is not equally interesting or useful to every person in every circumstance. Such material can reward scholarly study, including study of the origin and distribution of races. It is not a stated promise, much less a great and precious promise to God's people, and with other verses of names it reduces the verses that could possibly be promises to about thirty thousand out of thirty-one thousand five hundred thirteen total verses, proving there cannot be thirty-six thousand distinct promises. Its place in the genealogy shows that God is particular and that a faithful record of every soul is kept in heaven.