The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
The passive construction 'what was born to him' subordinates the names that follow with את, a grammatical pattern that appears again in chapters 3 and 26. Ram appears as Aram in Matthew's genealogy, and Caleb later takes the fuller form of his name from this shortened כּלוּבי.
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The twelve sons of Jacob descended through all Scripture, yet several of them were much blemished in character. But the covenant was entailed on their seed by free grace alone, not works, else any man might boast. The tribe of Judah, most praised and increased, produced both the vile and the virtuous in one line; Christ Himself, the top branch of that tree, grew from roots that held Achan the troubler and Tamar the woman wronged.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:1-17
Jether is called an Ishmaelite here but an Israelite elsewhere; he was likely either a proselyte or an Israelite who dwelt among the Ishmaelites long enough to take their name, as Obededom was called the Gittite for the same reason.
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