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by: Lowell Harrup

03/14/2026

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Why would anyone list these hundreds of names, most of which we know very little, and put them in Scripture?  God’s promise was He would bless the offspring of Abraham, that they would be numerous as the stars, that they would have a period of captivity, but that He would bring them back, Genesis 15. These genealogies were used to prove one’s relationship to Abraham and their part in his covenant blessing. Every name in these lists was important.

Perhaps this is a picture, a “foreshadowing” of Revelation 20:15 which speaks of a book of life in heaven. An honest prayer of faith and repentance will assure us our name is there.

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Why would anyone list these hundreds of names, most of which we know very little, and put them in Scripture?  God’s promise was He would bless the offspring of Abraham, that they would be numerous as the stars, that they would have a period of captivity, but that He would bring them back, Genesis 15. These genealogies were used to prove one’s relationship to Abraham and their part in his covenant blessing. Every name in these lists was important.

Perhaps this is a picture, a “foreshadowing” of Revelation 20:15 which speaks of a book of life in heaven. An honest prayer of faith and repentance will assure us our name is there.

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