At one point, the genealogies in Genesis list Korah as a son of Eliphaz, who was a son of Esau. But everywhere else in the Bible, it says Korah was Esau’s son, including several times in that same chapter that says he was his grandson. Also in the first chapter of 1 Chronicles.
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Did everyone descend from Eve?
The Bible says Eve “would become the mother of all the living“. I take that to mean that everyone who has ever lived, or ever will live, is a descendant of Eve.
But the Bible also says there was a guy named Melchizedek who had no ancestors at all. He was “without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life”. If that’s true, he certainly didn’t descend from Eve. He didn’t descend from anybody!
Oh, and there’s also Adam. He didn’t descend from Eve either.
Continue reading Did everyone descend from Eve?Who was Maakah’s father?
According to 1 Kings, King Abijah’s mother Maakah was the daughter of Abishalom. Then in 2 Chronicles, it says she was the daughter of Absalom. That’s probably supposed to be the same name, just written a little differently.
(From the context, it sounds like that likely means David’s son Absalom. That would mean Abijah’s father Rehoboam married his cousin, which might seem weird and unlikely to some people, but note that there are two more first cousin marriages mentioned right there in that same passage. Absalom’s mother was also named Maakah, so maybe he named his daughter after her.)
Two chapters later, though, it says Maakah was the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. That doesn’t sound like the same person at all. Absalom was born in Hebron, not Gibeah.
Continue reading Who was Maakah’s father?Was Jehoiachin the son or grandson of Josiah?
2 Kings says Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah, and Jehoiachin was the son of Jehoiakim. 1 Chronicles says the same thing.
Continue reading Was Jehoiachin the son or grandson of Josiah?Was Shelah the son or grandson of Arphaxad?
In Luke’s genealogy of Jesus, it says Shelah was the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad (who was Noah’s grandson).
Continue reading Was Shelah the son or grandson of Arphaxad?Which tribe was Huram’s mother from?
In 1 Kings, the Bible says Solomon hired a skilled craftsman named Huram to make a bunch of bronze stuff for the temple. It says Huram’s father (who was also a skilled craftsman) was from the Phoenician city of Tyre, and his mother was from the Israelite tribe of Naphtali.
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