All things bear record · 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1

0 witnesses of Christ here, and 2 further echoes from the reading.

Lineage of Christ

Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1 Chronicles 1:1–4

Chronicles opens with the same patriarchs Luke uses to trace Jesus back to Adam. The long list quietly shows God preserving a line through which the Savior would be born.

A readingEchoAn echo of Him
  • alludes to Luke 3:36-38 — Luke's genealogy of Jesus runs through Shem, Noah, Lamech, Mathusala, Enoch, Jared, Maleleel, Cainan, Enos, Seth, and Adam.

Seed of Abraham

Abraham — father of a multitude

Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1 Chronicles 1:24–34

The genealogy narrows from Shem to Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, the covenant line. Paul teaches that the promised seed of Abraham is Christ, so this line points toward Him.

A readingEchoAn echo of Him
  • alludes to Galatians 3:16 — The promises were made to Abraham and his seed, "which is Christ."
  • alludes to Luke 3:34 — Jesus' genealogy passes through Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.