And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
The verse names Bedan among the sons of Ulam and places this family in the line of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. It belongs to the long lists of names in the first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles, a genealogical record of family lines and names. That genealogical record supplied the hereditary proof needed after the exile for assigning land and maintaining temple service.
The verse is fully inspired as part of the whole Bible even when it is not read in family worship or private devotion and is not equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances. God put deep things like genealogies in the Bible for all classes and not for one class only, to interest scholars while the most illiterate finds manna elsewhere. The genealogies record the origin and distribution of races for those who would study ethnology, scattering pearls of spiritual truth along the way by which God leads them as scientists so that many seeking only human knowledge find that which is divine. Its inclusion shows that God is particular about keeping records, and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in the books of heaven.
The verse names Bedan among the sons of Ulam and places this family in the line of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. It belongs to the long lists of names in the first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles, a genealogical record of family lines and names. That genealogical record supplied the hereditary proof needed after the exile for assigning land and maintaining temple service.
The verse is fully inspired as part of the whole Bible even when it is not read in family worship or private devotion and is not equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances. God put deep things like genealogies in the Bible for all classes and not for one class only, to interest scholars while the most illiterate finds manna elsewhere. The genealogies record the origin and distribution of races for those who would study ethnology, scattering pearls of spiritual truth along the way by which God leads them as scientists so that many seeking only human knowledge find that which is divine. Its inclusion shows that God is particular about keeping records, and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in the books of heaven.