1 Chronicles 1:37

The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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Interpretation

The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it.

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This thought runs through 1 Chronicles 1:37-39.

1 Chronicles 1:37 1 Chronicles 1:38 1 Chronicles 1:39

Glossary

Reuel Person: Friend of God. (1. ) A son of Esau and Bashemath ( Gen. 36:4 , 10; 1 Chr. 1:35 ). (2. ) “The priest of Midian,” Moses’ father-in-law ( Ex. 2:18 )=Raguel ( Num. 10:29 ). If he be identified with Jethro.
Mizzah Person: Despair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau ( Gen. 36:13 , 17).
Nahath Person: Rest. (1. ) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau ( Gen. 36:13 , 17). (2. ) A Kohathite Levite ( 1 Chr. 6:26 ). (3. ) A Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple ( 2 Chr. 31:13 ).