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Chronicles skips Eve

Chronicles begins with Adam, never mentions Eve, and lists nine chapters of men's genealogies. Women appear only when needed for male lines.

A history that erases formative women.

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It skips straight to a king, Saul, who achieves nothing before David replaces him.

Bible reference: 1 Chronicles 1–10

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 313

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