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The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel (Jacob).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac’s sons: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac&#8217s sons: Esau and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Abraham's son Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac's sons were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Abraham's son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac's descendants were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Abraham begets Isaac. Sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Abraham begetteth Isaac. Sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Abraham will beget Isaak. The sons of Isaak: Esau and Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Abraham beget Isaac: and his sons were Esau and Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now Abraham conceived Isaac, whose sons were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Abraham begot Isaaq; the sons of Isaaq: Esau and Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Abraam begot Isaac: and the sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Jacob, and Esau.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=189" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/1.htm">The Descendants of Abraham</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">33</span>The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons. <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yō·w·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">was the father of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥå̄·qs (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">of Isaac:</a> <a href="/hebrew/6215.htm" title="6215: ‘ê·śāw (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently a form of the passive participle of asah in the original sense of handling; rough; Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity.">Esau</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: wə·yiś·rā·’êl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">and Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19-26</a></span><br />This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, / and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. / Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Genesis 21:1-3</a></span><br />Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. / So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. / And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19-21</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. / As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. / But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Genesis 28:1-4</a></span><br />So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. / May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-23.htm">Genesis 35:23-26</a></span><br />The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. / The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. / The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Genesis 36:1-8</a></span><br />This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). / Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, / and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1-28</a></span><br />Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come: / Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel. / Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6-13</a></span><br />It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. / Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm">Hebrews 11:20</a></span><br />By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a></span><br />Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">Genesis 46:8-27</a></span><br />Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. / The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. / The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-1.htm">Genesis 27:1-40</a></span><br />When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied. / “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death. / Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-15.htm">Genesis 22:15-18</a></span><br />And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time, / saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm">Matthew 1:2</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.</p><p class="hdg">Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/21-2.htm">Genesis 21:2,3</a></b></br> For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm">Matthew 1:2</a></b></br> Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Luke 3:34</a></b></br> Which was <i>the son</i> of Jacob, which was <i>the son</i> of Isaac, which was <i>the son</i> of Abraham, which was <i>the son</i> of Thara, which was <i>the son</i> of Nachor,</p><p class="hdg">The sons of Isaac.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-24.htm">Genesis 25:24-28</a></b></br> And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, <i>there were</i> twins in her womb… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-4</a></b></br> I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? <i>Was</i> not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a></b></br> And not only <i>this</i>; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, <i>even</i> by our father Isaac; … </p><p class="hdg">Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a></b></br> And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/1-28.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-20.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/judges/11-1.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-20.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/joshua/24-4.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-28.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-13.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/16-13.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-10.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-11.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-10.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-35.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-16.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Israel</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-1.htm">Adam's line to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-5.htm">The sons of Japheth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">The sons of Ham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-17.htm">The sons of Shem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-24.htm">Shem's line to Abraham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-29.htm">Ishmael's sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">The sons of Keturah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">The posterity of Abraham by Esau.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">The sons of Seir.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">The kings of Edom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">51. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-51.htm">The dukes of Edom.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Abraham was the father of Isaac.</b><br>Abraham, originally named Abram, is a central figure in the Bible, known as the patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and Midianites. His story is primarily found in Genesis, where God makes a covenant with him, promising that he would be the father of many nations (<a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4-5</a>). Isaac, his son, is the child of promise, born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/21.htm">Genesis 21:1-3</a>). This lineage is significant as it establishes the line through which the nation of Israel would come, and ultimately, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who is often referred to as the "seed of Abraham" (<a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a>).<p><b>The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.</b><br>Isaac's sons, Esau and Jacob (later named Israel), are pivotal figures in biblical history. Esau, the elder, is the ancestor of the Edomites, while Jacob, renamed Israel after wrestling with God (<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a>), becomes the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. The relationship between Esau and Jacob is marked by conflict, beginning with Jacob's acquisition of Esau's birthright and blessing (<a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a>; 27:1-40). This sibling rivalry is emblematic of the later tensions between their descendants, the Israelites and Edomites. Jacob's renaming to Israel signifies his role as the progenitor of the nation of Israel, through whom God's covenant promises to Abraham are further realized. This lineage is crucial in the biblical narrative, as it sets the stage for the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through the nation of Israel and ultimately through Jesus Christ, who is born from the tribe of Judah, one of Jacob's sons (<a href="/matthew/1-2.htm">Matthew 1:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>Known as the father of faith, Abraham is a central figure in the Bible. God made a covenant with him, promising that he would be the father of many nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac is a patriarch in the lineage of the Israelites. His birth was a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a></b><br>The elder son of Isaac, Esau is known for selling his birthright to his brother Jacob (Israel) for a meal. He is the ancestor of the Edomites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel (Jacob)</a></b><br>The younger son of Isaac, Jacob was later named Israel by God. He is the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant_lineage.htm">The Covenant Lineage</a></b><br>This verse highlights the continuation of God's covenant through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, emphasizing the chosen lineage through which God's promises are fulfilled.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lineage_in_god's_plan.htm">The Importance of Lineage in God's Plan</a></b><br>God's promises often unfold through specific family lines, demonstrating His sovereignty and faithfulness across generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_and_obedience.htm">The Role of Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>Abraham's faith and obedience set a precedent for his descendants. Believers today are called to trust and obey God, even when His plans are not fully visible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_choices.htm">The Consequences of Choices</a></b><br>Esau's decision to sell his birthright serves as a warning about the long-term consequences of short-sighted decisions. We must value spiritual inheritance over temporary satisfaction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_election.htm">God's Sovereign Election</a></b><br>The choice of Jacob over Esau illustrates God's sovereign will. Believers are reminded that God's purposes are beyond human understanding and are rooted in His divine wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_chr_2_3-4_align_with_gen_38.htm">How does 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 align with Genesis 38 regarding Judah and Tamar's lineage, and does it create inconsistencies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_17_3-4_reverse_nathan's_ok.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 17:3-4 reverse Nathan's initial approval (17:2) for David to build the temple, and does this indicate an inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_an_8-year-old_lead_and_reform.htm">(2 Chronicles 34:1) How plausible is it that an eight-year-old could rule a nation and initiate extensive reforms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/israel's_leaders'_genealogies,_reigns.htm">What are the genealogies and reigns of Israel's leaders?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) <span class= "bld">Abraham begat Isaac.</span>--From <a href="/genesis/25-19.htm" title="And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:">Genesis 25:19</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Esau and Israel.</span>--Esau is named first, not as the elder, but because the tribes of Esau are to be first enumerated. (Comp. Note above on <a href="/context/1_chronicles/1-28.htm" title="The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.">1Chronicles 1:28-42</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Israel.</span>--The more honourable appellation (<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm" title="And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed.">Genesis 32:28</a>) almost wholly supplanted Jacob as the name of the chosen people, except in poetry and prophecy. Some moderns have seen in such double names as Jacob-Israel, Esau-Edom, a trace of an ancient fusion or amalgamation of distinct races.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 34-37</span> lead us on to the descendants of Isaac, the more important branch of Abraham's family. It breaks again at once into two, <span class="cmt_word">Esau</span>, the less important, treated of first; and <span class="cmt_word">Israel</span>, reserved till we enter on ch. 2. Of <span class="accented">Esau</span>, the names of five sons are given; and of seven grandsons by the first in order, and four grandsons by the second in order of these sons. In <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Genesis 36:1-5</a> we have the names of the five sons of Esau, which correspond in the Authorized Version and in the Hebrew text exactly with those of this list. We have there in addition the names of their mothers respectively, who were "daughters of Canaan," Adah of the Hittites, mother of the first; Bashamath of the Ishmaelites, mother of the second (and by these two lines came the seven and four grandsons); and Aholibamah of the Hivites, mother of the remaining three sons. The names correspond also in the Septuagint in the two places, with the minute differences of Eliphaz and Ieoul here, for <span class="accented">Eliphas</span> and <span class="accented">Ieous</span> there. Then follow the names of seven grandsons of Esau though his son <span class="cmt_word">Eliphaz</span>, of whom the first five are found and in agreement (<a href="/genesis/36-11.htm">Genesis 36:11</a>), with the exception of <span class="cmt_word">Zephi</span> here for Zepho there, both in the Authorized Version and in the Hebrew text. But the sixth name here, Timna, is explained in Genesis as the name of a concubine of Eliphaz, by whom he had the son <span class="cmt_word">Amalek</span>, who appears here as the seventh son. There can be no doubt that we come here upon a transcriber's error, and it would be easily amended if we read "and by Timna, Amalek," <span class="accented">vice</span> "and Timna and Amalek." If this be the correct account of the matter, the grandsons of Esau of course count one fewer here. These two names also tally in the Authorized Version and in the Hebrew text in the two places; while for all seven names the agreement in the Septuagint is exact, except that we read Gootham here for Gothom there. There remain, in ver. 37, four grandsons to Esau, by Reuel. Their names agree with Genesis in the Authorized Version, in the Hebrew text, and in the Septuagint, except that this last reads <span class="cmt_word">Naches</span> here for Nachoth there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Abraham</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was the father of</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּ֥וֹלֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָ֑ק</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Isaac:</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָ֔ק</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Esau</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵשָׂ֖ו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·śāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6215.htm">Strong's 6215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Esau -- oldest son of Isaac</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 1:34 Abraham became the father of Isaac (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 1:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 1:35" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>