Text: 1 Chronicles 1:1-27
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 10:6-8
Subject: Hamite Genealogy Parallel
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression
Significance: These are parallel historiographical accounts of the Hamite genealogy. Genesis 10:6-8 records the sons of Ham -- Cush (כּוּשׁ), Mizraim, Put, and Canaan -- and traces Cush's line through to Nimrod, who "began to be a mighty one" (גִּבּוֹר) on the earth. 1 Chronicles 1:8-10 reproduces this genealogy nearly verbatim, compressing Genesis 10's narrative framework into a streamlined list while retaining the key note about Nimrod. The Chronicler's purpose in restating this material is to situate post-exilic Israel within the comprehensive backdrop of all nations descended from Noah, establishing the universal scope from which God's election of Abraham narrows. By including the Hamite line before moving to Shem's descendants and then Abraham, the Chronicler preserves the Table of Nations structure as the stage on which redemptive history unfolds.