1 Chronicles 2:46 Meaning and Explanation
“And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 2:46 Mean?
The chronicler records the children of Ephah, a concubine of Caleb, naming Haran, Moza, and Gazez. The inclusion of a concubine's children reflects the household structures of that age, which the record sets down honestly. Even these are counted among Caleb's descendants in Judah.
Scripture does not airbrush the realities of the families through whom God worked; it records them as they were. That God's purposes ran through imperfect and complicated households is a mercy, not an endorsement. The Lord does not wait for ideal families before He blesses; He works within the tangled lives of real people. This honest record assures every reader that no family is too complicated for God to weave into His redemptive story.
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What does 1 Chronicles 2:46 mean?
Caleb's concubine Ephah bears Haran, Moza, and Gazez.