person

Saraph

שָׂרָף

Saraph was a son of Shelah and a descendant of Judah, mentioned in the genealogy of Judah.

verses
1
first named
1 Chronicles 4:22
last named
1 Chronicles 4:22
period
Egypt and Wilderness
tribe
Judah

Description

Who was Saraph?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Saraph is briefly mentioned in 1Ch.4.22 as one of the sons of Shelah, who was a son of Judah. The genealogy in 1Chronicles 4 lists some of the prominent families and individuals within the tribe of Judah. Saraph is described as one of the men who "had dominion in Moab and Jashubi-lehem" (1Ch.4.22). This suggests that Saraph and his family may have had some influence or authority in the region of Moab, a neighboring nation to Israel. However, no further details are provided about Saraph's life or his specific role. The mention of Jashubi-lehem is also unclear, as it could refer to a place or a person. Saraph's inclusion in the genealogy serves to highlight the various descendants of Judah and their activities in the surrounding regions.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Saraph7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Saraph, in 2 groups: kinship 5, events 2. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ShelahChild of · 8 versesErSibling of · 1 verseJoashSibling of · 1 event · 1 verseJokimSibling of · 1 event · 1 verseLaadahSibling of · 1 verseKinshipMoab1 event · 160 versesBethlehem1 event · 53 versesEventsSaraph

Child of

Sibling of

  • Erregistry, no verse
  • Joashregistry, no verse
  • Jokimregistry, no verse
  • Laadahregistry, no verse

Stands in the same events as

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Saraph happensAll 2 places the claims about Saraph reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Bethlehem, Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Saraph there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BethlehemMoab
Egypt and WildernessAll 2 places the claims about Saraph reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

  1. 1 Chronicles1 verse

    4:22

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

Sources

What this rests on