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genealogies. In all there are twenty -seven genealogies in addition to the
eleven generations that must be included if we are to perceive the extreme
value of this opening book of revealed Truth. The eleven generations taken
by themselves are definite links in a chain that unites Adam with Israel and
carries the purpose forward, but the book of Genesis speaks of tares as well
as wheat, and these records must be kept distinct. Extracting from this long
list those generations which record the history of the true seed, we find
that there are seven such genealogies:
The
generations
of the heaven and the earth.
The
book of the
generations of Adam.
The
generations
of Noah.
The
generations
of Shem.
The true seed.
The
generations
of Terah.
The
generations
of Isaac.
The
generations
of Jacob.
We will now set out the list of genealogies of those other than the
direct line:
Cain (Gen. 4:16 -24).
Ends in Lamech.
The sons of God and the daughters of men (Gen. 6:1 -4). Two irruptions
of fallen angels with their progeny the Rephaim, the Giants and the
Canaanites.
Sons of Noah (Gen. 10:1 to 11:9).
This list includes Babel and Shem's
generations via Joktan.
Ishmael (Gen. 16:16).
Abram.
Fourscore and six years.
Daughters of Lot (Gen. 19:30 -38).
The Ammonite and the Moabite.
Isaac (Gen. 21:1 -5).
Abraham.
One hundred years.
Milcah (Gen. 22:20 -24).
Ancestry of Rebekah.
Abraham (Gen. 25:1 -5).
Children of Keturah.
Jacob (Gen. 29 and 30).
Family history of Jacob's wives.
Jacob (Gen. 35:22 -26).
The twelve sons born in Padan -aram.
Esau (Gen. 36:1 -8).
Esau, who is Edom.
Esau (Gen. 36:9 -43).
Esau's sons.
Esau (Gen. 36:15 -19).
The dukes of Esau's sons.
Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:20-30).
The dukes in the land of Seir.
Kings of Edom (Gen. 36:31 -39).
The kings that reigned in Edom.
Dukes of Esau (Gen. 36:40 -43).
A further list.
According to place.
Jacob (Gen. 46:8 -27).
All the souls that came into Egypt.