1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness. 2He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam. 3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters. 5All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

6Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh. 7Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 8All of the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.

9Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. 10Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 11All of the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.

12Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel. 13Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters 14and all of the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

15Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Jared. 16Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 17All of the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

18Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, then became the father of Enoch. 19Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 20All of the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

21Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah. 22After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters. 23All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

25Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech. 26Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 27All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son. 29He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.” 30Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. 31All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

32Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Person

Uriah

Also called Urias

Spouse Bathsheba

Biography | Hershel Wayne House

Matthew's genealogy departs from its pattern in reference to Solomon in Matthew 1:6 by adding the words "by her who had been Uriah's wife."¹ The name Uriah is found in biblical Hebrew as אוּרִיָּה (uriyyah) and אוּרִיָּהוּ (uriyyahu), and is the name of five or six persons in the Old Testament.² Within this number is Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba (daughter of Eliam 2 Sam 11:3, and possibly granddaughter of Ahithophel, 2 Sam 23:34). He also bears the name "the Hittite," though this does not mean that he descended from the Hittites of Anatolia (with capital in northwestern Asia Minor at Hattusa). Rather, he may be from the Neo-Hittites found in northern Syria, who are survivors of the collapse of the Hittite empire.

The late professor of Hittite at the University of Chicago, Harry Hoffner, argues regarding the term Hittite that this

designation need not mark him as descended from the Anatolian Hittites of the second millennium bc. It may merely mean that he—or less likely, an ancestor—came from one of the Neo-Hittite states in northern Syria, where vestiges of Hittite civilization survived the collapse of the empire. Uriah was one of the warriors in David’s elite force of the “Thirty” (2 Sam 23:39; 1 Chr 11:41).³

Attention will be given to the escapade between David and Bathsheba, and the murder of Uriah in 2 Samuel 11. ↩︎
Harry Hoffner, 1 & 2 Samuel, Evangelical Exegetical Commentary, H. Wayne House, Gen. Ed. ↩︎
Ibid. ↩︎

Person & place data: Theographic Bible Metadata by Robert Rouse (Viz.Bible), CC BY-SA 4.0.