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"Adam, Seth, Enosh"

Text: 1 Chronicles 1:1

A SELECIVE GENEALOGY

1 Chronicles begins with a Genealogy. This list may be called a Selective Genealogy. There were some details missing, such as “Cain and Abel”.

“Adam, Seth, Enosh, Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch,
Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
The sons of Javan were Elishah,
Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.”
1 Chronicles 1:1-7

1. Antediluvian patriarchs

a) Nine of them were noted.

b) They were:

i) Adam

ii) Seth

iii) Enosh

iv) Cainan

v) Mahalalel

vi) Jared

vii) Enoch

viii) Methuselah

ix) Lamech

2. Postdiluvian patriarchs

a) Noah

b) His three sons:

i) Shem

ii) Ham

iii) Japheth

3. Tracing the line of Japheth.

a) Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

b) The line of Gomer was singled out for mention.

c) The line of Javan was emphasised too.

4. A comment from a scholar (Philip B. Payne).

a) The sons of Japheth: It is commonly supposed that “The seven sons of Japheth founded the people of Europe and northern Asia.”

b) From Javan came Greek Ionia.

c) From Gomer came the ancient Cimmerians of the Russian plains.

d) From Madai came the Medes and Persians of Iran.

e) From Tubal and Meshech came the inhabitants of the Turkish plateau.

f) Kittim, and Rodanim: These are respectively the islands of Cyprus and Rhodes.