1 Chronicles 7
1 Chronicles 7 is the seventh chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. This chapter contains the genealogies of tribes settled north of Judah: Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim and Asher. It belongs to the section focusing on the list of genealogies from Adam to the lists  of the people returning from exile in Babylon ( to 9:34). Text. This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 40 verses. Textual witnesses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; formula_1; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; formula_1; 5th century). Structure. The whole chapter  belongs to an arrangement comprising 1 Chronicles 2:3–8:40 with the king-producing tribes of Judah (David; 2:3–4:43) and Benjamin (Saul; 8:1–40) bracketing the series of lists as the priestly tribe of Levi (6:1–81) anchors the center, in the following order: Descendants of Issachar (7:1–5). The list parallels and , but with additional information about the tribe of Issachar whose allotted land was located southwest of the Sea of Galilee. "Puah" (Hebrew: ): written as "Puvvah" () in Genesis 46:13, and "Puvah" () in Numbers 26:23. Descendants of Benjamin (7:6–12). This is one of varying Benjamin's genealogies in Chronicles and other Old Testament documents , with one uniting element: Bela is Benjamin's firstborn son (cf. Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1). A longer genealogy is listed in 1 Chronicles 8:1–28. Descendants of Naphtali (7:13). The genealogy consists of only one verse, paralleling Genesis 46:24 and Numbers 26:48–50. Descendants of Manasseh (7:14–19). The list is difficult to understand because of possible transmission corruption in some places since it differs from older source (Numbers 26:29–34). It also parallels Joshua 17:1–6. Descendants of Ephraim (7:20–29). This section consists of 3 parts: Joshua's genealogy resembles David's in . Verse 22. This verse recalls the opening of  the story of Job (Job 2:11) suggesting that the Chronicler wished to draw a parallel between Job and Ephraim, Descendants of Asher (7:30–40). The first part of Asher's genealogy parallels Genesis 46:17 and Numbers 26:44-7, but the rest has no other parallel and contains far more non-Hebrew names than other biblical documents.