I finally decided that this time round the Bible I would read all
the genealogies, too, line by line, rather than give them a lick
and a promise. Because I was reading at a snail’s pace rather than
a gallop, I noticed a few intriguing entries in the endless list of
1 Chronicles 1-9: “And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she
conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because
disaster had befallen his house” (7:23). “Beriah” means “tragedy.”
But that’s all we
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