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put into my heart

"inspired me" or "led me"

to enroll them

"to list and register them"

the book of the genealogy

This was a book that no longer exists. The people who returned from Persia were counted according to their families. Nehemiah ensured that those who lived in Jerusalem had a completely Jewish ancestry.

found the following written in it

"found that someone had written the following in it"