ContradictionsReading order 489Bible context 2 min read
Who was Sheba's father?
The name Sheba appears under three different fathers, but the quotations do not establish that all three entries identify one individual.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
The genealogies do not establish that people sharing the name Sheba across separate branches are one individual.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Sheba is listed as Raamah's son
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis 10:7
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chronicles 1:9
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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