The Genealogies and Heredity
W. H. Bennett, M. A. 1 Chronicles 1:1-54 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,… Each nation rightly regards its religious ideas and life and literature as a precious inheritance peculiarly its own; and it should not be too severely blamed for being ignorant that other nations have their inheritance also. Such considerations largely justify the interest in heredity shown by the chronicler's genealogies. On the positive practical side religion is largely a matter of heredity, and ought to be. The Christian sacrament of baptism is a continued profession of this truth: our children are "clean"; they are within the covenant of grace; we claim for them the privileges of the Church to which we belong. This was also part of the meaning of the genealogies. (W. H. Bennett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Adam, Sheth, Enosh, WEB: Adam, Seth, Enosh,