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1 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Catholic Bible
1 Chronicles 2:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 2
1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,[a] 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Judah. 3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. They were born to him by Shuah the Canaanite. Er, the firstborn of Judah, did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and he slew him.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:1 The chosen people emerge against the preceding background of human history. The chapters that follow are interested solely in the twelve tribes that are the origin of this people. The books of the Bible provide a number of lists of the tribes; there are differences, sometimes considerable, from list to list; the differences can be explained by reference to the various periods in which the documents were composed. Why these lists? In the unceasing effort to paint a picture of the people, a list represents a new awareness of the people’s vocation. Here the author is recalling the past, not so much out of a concern for history as in the name of a hope: in a period in which no glory attaches to the people, he looks ahead to the rebuilding of the Israel of God.
