父

'テコアの父'　(the father of Tekoa) 1 Chronicles 4:5

My own father hated the lists of names on some pages of the Bible. I can see why he thought it was boring to read, but what he perhaps failed to appreciate is each name is someone's life.

We don`t know what chariot he drove, or even if he had a chariot. We don`t know what kind of neighbourhood he lived in. We don`t know the kind of alcohol he liked, the clothes he wore, or any of the other things that advertisers say define us.

We do know his child's name.