1 Chronicles 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 1

Adam's line to Noah, 1 Chronicles 1:1-4. Noah's posterity, by Japheth, 1 Chronicles 1:5-7; by Ham, 1 Chronicles 1:8-16; by Shem to Abraham, 1 Chronicles 1:17-27. His posterity, by Ishmael, 1 Chronicles 1:28-31; by Keturah, and Isaac, 1 Chronicles 1:32-34. His posterity by Esau: the kings and dukes of Edom, 1 Chronicles 1:35-54.

i.e. Adam begat Sheth; and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but the rest is easily understood out of the former books, and from the nature of the thing; and from some following passages where the sense is completed.

1 Chronicles 1:1

1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,