I Chronicles 1-4  Genealogies are hard to read and follow!  They back-track and skip around so much... and there are another 5 chapters to read through.  These lists of sons and daughters, wives and concubines, are here for a purpose.  They may have been recorded by Ezra after the exile.  This may have been used to establish identity or position, or maybe inheritance rights.

Through all these generations, God was at work.  Hundreds of years and millions of people..  Psalm 145:13 says, "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endures throughout all generations."  God has never changed and His purpose has not varied.  Some of these people followed the word of God and some did not.  But, even through the ones who failed to obey, God was fulfilling His promises.

One little nugget that I never noticed before is found in 4:4 , "... These were the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem."  Let me go back a little further :
Judah, the son of Israel ( Jacob) had 5 sons. Perez was born to Judah by his daughter in law Tamar.
Perez also had 5 sons.  Hezron was one of them. (2:5)
Hezron had many sons. One son,  Ram, was an ancestor or David. Another son was Caleb.
Caleb had a wife who died.  He remarried a woman named "Ephrath" (2:19) Ephrath was the mother of Hur.
Hur is called the first-born of Ephrathah. (2:50)
His sons were Shobal, and Salma, the father of Bethlehem. (v51)

Bethlehem was a person, from the line of Judah! And Ephrathah was his grandmother! Who knew?

Truth - God's Word is given for a purpose. Every word of it is able to teach, encourage, rebuke, or guide us.  I will trust You Father to teach me what You desire for me to learn, even though the genealogies.

"But as for you Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.  His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity. " Micah 5:2

Father, thank You that Your word is always truth and Your promises are always kept.  Thank You that Jesus came to be born in this little town of Bethlehem. Thank You that He came to be our King.
Be glorified in all things and in every aspect of our lives. Amen.