WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE (1)

0. Introduction

a) Here are some of the people mentioned in this genealogy who are also mentioned  elsewhere in the Bible. The writer of Chronicles reproduced a thorough history of Israel in one list of people. Many of the people in this list have exciting stories that can be traced through the Bible. Look up some of the names below that intrigue you. You may be surprised what you discover!

1. What are their names, key life lesson and story told elsewhere?

@1. Name: Adam (1 Chronicles 1:1)

i) Adam, Seth, Enosh. (1 Chronicles 1:1 NKJV)

a) Key life lesson

i) Our sins have far greater implications than we realize.

b) Story told in Genesis 3:21-24 

i) ²¹ Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
²² Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— ²³ therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Genesis 3:21-24 NKJV)
 
@2. Name: Noah (1 Chronicles 1:4)

i) ⁴ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (1 Chronicles 1:4 NKJV)

a) Key life lesson

i) Great rewards come from obeying God.

b) Story told in Genesis 9:8-17

i) ⁸ Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: ⁹ “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, ¹⁰ and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. ¹¹ Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

¹² And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: ¹³ I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. ¹⁴ It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; ¹⁵ and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶ The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ¹⁷ And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” (Genesis 9:8-17 NKJV)

@3. Name: Abraham (1 Chronicles 1:27)

i) ²⁷ and Abram, who is Abraham. (1 Chronicles 1:27 NKJV)

a) Key life lesson

i) Faith alone makes one right in God's eyes.

b) Story told in Genesis 15:4-6

i) ⁴ And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” ⁵ Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” ⁶ And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. (Genesis 15:4-6 NKJV)