ROOTED - Monday, March 23, 2026

1 Chronicles 6:1-5

1  The sons of
Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of
Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The
children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab,
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar
fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, 5 Abishua
fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 Uzzi
fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,

Reflection: Thoughts on Genealogies, Part 1

Written By: Pastor Jesse
Caro

1
Chronicles is mostly a chronicling (detailed accounting) of names of some sort…
mostly genealogies. There is some of this also in 2 Chronicles, but that book
spends some time Chronicling things like the details of the Temple, for
example. These are things that, if you have been following along, have been
covered in previous books that we have already read. To be perfectly honest
(and I am sure that this is true of everyone), genealogies are difficult to
read through, tedious and boring. I confess that as I was reading through these
genealogies today, I had to make a conscious effort to not fall asleep and to
attend to the reading of the Word… as pointless as it may seem.

There are about 2000 individual names listed in the Old Testament (of people,
not including names of places or cities). I would venture a guess that more than
half of these names have insignificant roles in their narratives. I will never
forget that in Seminary one of my professors said (as an encouragement to the
class that we should read the genealogies) that God cared enough for these
people that he wanted to list them. These were parents, and daughters, and brothers
and sisters… grandparents, leaders, and people of all kinds. These people were
loved by someone, at some point. They would have been proud that their name was
placed in the Bible. Furthermore, God, in his sovereignty, has seen fit to
honor these names by taking space out of his Holy Record, and adding the names
there. Perhaps if God has taken the time to write down these names, then he has
accounted for, and notices, me and my family!!! Sincerely, I think about this
every time I come upon a boring genealogy. Who am I, then, to think I should
not read those names, when God has seen fit to place them there?

Prayer

Lord, may we take care to value your word, even the parts that
seem, to us, utterly insignificant.