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“Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Ken-an, Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and…”
Genealogies in the Bible seem to go on forever, don’t they?
This quote is from I Chronicles 1, and it continues for 407 verses—with about 1,000 names. While this is the longest familial list in the Bible, such daunting blocks of text are found throughout the Old Testament and can make reading God’s Word a challenge.
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