1Ch 2:35 | KingComments | STEP | This list includes names of people whose particular characteristic is that they died childless or without sons ( ). Childlessness is not new. God’s providence gives or withholds children, or sometimes gives them only of the same sex. For those who desire to have children, it is a great trial when the desire for children remains unfulfilled. The need that this can bring with it cannot be understood by those who have children. Only the Lord can give His comfort therein. By His consolation they can come to accept in confidence that this is the way He wants to go with them. In this way they can serve Him in a special way. To those who love Him He will give a place and a name in His house, better than those of sons and daughters ( ). The marriage of Sesan’s daughter to an Egyptian slave ( ) can only be lawful if we assume that this slave has become a Jew, a proselyte.

‏ 1 Chronicles 2:35

Descendants of Jerahmeel

This list includes names of people whose particular characteristic is that they died childless or without sons (1Chr 2:30 ; 32-34). Childlessness is not new. God’s providence gives or withholds children, or sometimes gives them only of the same sex. For those who desire to have children, it is a great trial when the desire for children remains unfulfilled.

The need that this can bring with it cannot be understood by those who have children. Only the Lord can give His comfort therein. By His consolation they can come to accept in confidence that this is the way He wants to go with them. In this way they can serve Him in a special way. To those who love Him He will give a place and a name in His house, better than those of sons and daughters (Isa 56:5).

The marriage of Sesan’s daughter to an Egyptian slave (1Chr 2:35) can only be lawful if we assume that this slave has become a Jew, a proselyte.