Benjamin's family tree does not match the three different ones found in the Bible...

My daughter's reading her Bible through and asked me a question about the two different family trees for Benjamin in 1 Chron.7.6-12 and 1 Chron.8.1-7. Wanting to prove her that she can come to me with any question about the Bible, I used Logos 6 to bring up Benjamin's family tree. Oups! It shows 14 sons instead of the three presented in 1 Chron.7 (and Numbers 26.38-41) and of the five presented in 1 Chron.8.

I'll work on understanding the apparent contradiction in the Bible. But can someone help me understand the huge discrepancy between L6 and any of the biblical texts?

PS: I used "Topic Guide" to look up "judgement seat" and L6 came up with... ONE entry! It referred me to the fact tool which showed even less. Same thing happened about something else recently. Any reasonable explanations?

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Francis

It looks like they have opted to conflate together in one tree all the sons that are mentioned in various passages instead of just the ones mentioned in the passage to which the family tree is connected. For instance, you will find a number of these sons mentioned in Gen 46:21.

You can search for each son in the series of 14 by doing a person search in the Bible. For instance, type Gera, wait for choices to be offered to you and then select the one that is labeled "son of Benjamin". Doing the same with the others will help you find the references to them all and should give you material to ponder the differences between these genealogies and discuss them with your daughter. There are, of course, other resources that can help with that if need be.

MJ. Smith

PS: I used "Topic Guide" to look up "judgement seat" and L6 came up with... ONE entry! It referred me to the fact tool which showed even less. Same thing happened about something else recently. Any reasonable explanations?

It would depend on your library - I get many hits. Try spelling it as "judgment" and see if that makes a difference.

Sylvio Janelle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/749685#Comment_749685

Francis, you're right. I was in too much of a surprise to go check the most logical source of information: Genesis! Thanks.

MJ, you're a genious! It's because of my French accent! I can't believe that I came up with one result with the way I spelled "judgement"!

Problems solved. Thank you both!

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/749691#Comment_749691

Even though we have found the source of its information, it still remains something of a problem, in my view, that people diagrams that are attached to a specific passage, such as 1 Chr 7:6-12, can in fact include material that does not come from this passage.

David Paul

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/749691#Comment_749691

I can't believe that I came up with one result with the way I spelled "judgement"!

I've never understood why the "e" was dropped to begin with. No real reason for doing it.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/749767#Comment_749767

I can't believe that I came up with one result with the way I spelled "judgement"!

I've never understood why the "e" was dropped to begin with. No real reason for doing it.

The spelling of "judgement" is apparently gaining in popularity - http://grammarist.com/spelling/judgment-judgement/