In First Chronicles, chapter one, verse one, the inclusion of genealogies in this book serves several purposes. All of First Chronicles reconnect the returned exiles with their ancestry and redemptive past, enabling them to recover a sense of their roots and heritage.
The genealogies revealed how God chose and preserved a remnant for Himself from the beginning of human history to the post-exilic present. The genealogies’ immediate objective was to help the families of Israel to resettle the land according to the previous family ownership as in Leviticus twenty-five. And to mark the tribe of Levi from which the priests were to come.
Their ultimate objective was to trace the descendants of the family line through which God would bring salvation to the world. God had chosen Abraham in verse twenty-seven of this chapter, and there from Abraham another family, Israel, in verse thirty-four. From the family of Israel in chapter two, verse one, the tribe of Judah came the Davidic line in chapter three, verse one. From the family of David, God promised that the Messianic Son would come, who would bring redemption from Satan and sin.
The section here from the beginning of this verse and throughout the chapter is called the descendants of the patriarchs. The meaning is the person in the line of ancestry where the male head, founder, heir, or offspring are recognized. In verses one through four of chapter one, Adam starts and ends with Japheth. These names are from Genesis one to thirty-two and show the first chapters of Genesis to be a reliable history and not a legend.
The significance of the genealogy describes our ancestry. This family line illustrates where we came from, and through heritage, we can trace or find out through the relatives before us how they used to live. Their lifestyle gives us an idea of where we came from and may affect our living today. If we get information from those before us, we can ask God to remove whatever is ungodly from our lives. Ask God to reveal whatever is negative to remove it in the name of Jesus.