Text: 1 Chronicles 1:1-27
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 11:10-29
Subject: Shemite 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 Shemite genealogy from Shem to Abraham. Genesis 11:10-26 provides the תּוֹלְדוֹת (toledot, "generations") of Shem with detailed chronological data -- ages at fathering and total lifespans -- narrowing the line from Shem through Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, and Terah to Abram. 1 Chronicles 1:24-27 compresses this same lineage into a bare name list, stripping away the chronological framework. The Chronicler's selective abbreviation serves a post-exilic audience that needs to trace David's (and Israel's) descent back to creation without the narrative detail, focusing on the line of election rather than the passage of time. Both texts share the same redemptive-historical function: demonstrating that God preserved a chosen line through the generations after the flood, culminating in the call of Abraham.