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Categories: OLD TESTAMENTWhy does the Bible list all the names of the sons and daughters at some point? Is it important? How should we take it?Sincerely,
Kid Counter
Dear Kid Counter,
The section of the Bible that lists the names of the sons descended from Adam is found in Genesis chapter five; we are assuming this is the list of names that you are referring to. This particular chapter is given as an overview of the time between Adam and Noah. After the early events with Adam and Eve (the sin in the Garden of Eden, Cain killing Abel, etc.), the next big event in Bible history was the worldwide flood and the ark that Noah built. Genesis chapter five sums up all the generations in between, so we have an idea about what happened during that time period, but in the end, the details of that section of history weren’t important for us so an overview was all God deemed necessary for us to be given.
