I find the Bible genealogies fascinating. Studying them yields some truly interesting insights. We’ll begin with some well known pairs. Kids on the left, dads on the right. Match ‘em up.
(The dots are only to separate the columns. It won’t let me do tabs.)
Cain…………………………..Zebedee
Isaac………………………….Solomon
David…………………………Laban
Rehoboam…………………Noah
Adam………………………..David
Rachel………………………Zacharias
Jonathan………………….Jacob
Esau…………………………Abraham
Apostle John……………Jesse
Baptizer John……………Adam
Solomon……………………Isaac
Judah……………………….Saul
Shem………………………..God
That was the warmup round. Let’s kick it up a notch. You will recognize the name of at least one in each pair. So I figured you might as well know the other.
Ishmael…………………..Jacob
Archelaus……………….Salmon
Samuel……………………Nun
Samson…………………..Boaz
Dinah………………………Obed
Peter……………………….Terah
Perez………………………Elkanah
Boaz………………………Joseph
Obed……………………..Amram
Jude………………………Haran
Miriam……………………Herod
Joshua…………………..Abraham
Jesse…………………….Ahab
Lot………………………..Jonah
Sarah…………………….Manoah
Athaliah…………………Judah
And one more notch. These are for folks who are really paying attention:
Saul…………….……..…Ham
Nimrod………….…..…Abraham
Methuselah……...…..Lot
Gershom………………Job
Canaan……………...…Cush
Jemimah……….……..Enoch
Ichabod……….….…..Jonathan
Noah…………….….….Samuel
Mephibosheth…..….Kish
Moab…………….……..Methusaleh
Haran……………..……Bethuel
Lamech………….……Moses
Laban…………….……Phinehas
Midian………….……..Lamech
Joel……………….…….Terah
Some of the Bible References
Genesis 5:28-31, 7, 16, 20
Exodus 2:21-22
Judges 13
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 4:4, 9
1 Chronicles 23:12-17
2 Chronicles 21:18-19, 22 & 23
Job 42
Matthew 1, 13:55-58
2 Peter 2:6-8
Jude 1
Photo: Father and Kids and Lake Ontario
Answers are in the podcast. In case you have questions on pronunciations, here’s helping you out.
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