Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful.

Commenting on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

1Ch 1:24-27 The patriarchs from Shem to Abraham. - The names of these, again, are simply ranged in order according to Gen 11:10-26, while the record of their ages before the begetting and after the birth of sons is omitted.

Commenting on 1 Chronicles 1:24-27