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10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

12 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begat Salah;

13 and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

14 And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber;

15 and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

16 And Eber lived thirty-four years and begat Peleg;

17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu;

19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years and begat sons and daughters.

20 And Reu lived thirty-two years and begat Serug;

21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters.

22 And Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor;

23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and begat sons and daughters.

24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begat Terah;

25 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah one hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters.

26 And Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nature, in Ur of the Chaldees.

29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran and dwelt there.

32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

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From Shem to Abram(A)

10 This is the account(B) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[a] of Arphaxad.(C) 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.(D) 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[b]

14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.(E) 15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.(F) 17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.(G) 19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.(H) 21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.(I) 23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.(J) 25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram,(K) Nahor(L) and Haran.(M)

Abram’s Family

27 This is the account(N) of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor(O) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.(P) 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(Q) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(R) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(S) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(T) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.(U)

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(V) son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law(W) Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans(X) to go to Canaan.(Y) But when they came to Harran,(Z) they settled there.

32 Terah(AA) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.
  2. Genesis 11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13 And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashchenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be mighty upon the earth.

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

12 Pathrusim and Casluhim of whom came the Philistines and the Caphthorim.

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn and the Hitite,

14 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

15 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

16 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

19 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27 and Abram, who is Abraham.

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The sons of Noah:[a](A)

Shem, Ham and Japheth.(B)

The Japhethites(C)

The sons[b] of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah.

The sons of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.

The Hamites(D)

The sons of Ham:

Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

The sons of Cush:

Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteka.

The sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

10 Cush was the father[d] of

Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

11 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

13 Canaan was the father of

Sidon his firstborn,[e] and of the Hittites, 14 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

The Semites(E)

17 The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:[f]

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.

19 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[g] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

20 Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal,[h] Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

24 Shem,(F) Arphaxad,[i] Shelah,

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah

27 and Abram (that is, Abraham).

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:4 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this line.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:5 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 6-9, 17 and 23.
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Septuagint and Gen. 10:3); most Hebrew manuscripts Diphath
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 11, 13, 18 and 20.
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:13 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:17 One Hebrew manuscript and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this line.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:19 Peleg means division.
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:22 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Gen. 10:28); most Hebrew manuscripts Ebal
  9. 1 Chronicles 1:24 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Arphaxad, Cainan (see also note at Gen. 11:10)

34 who was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham, who was the son of Thara, who was the son of Nachor,

35 who was the son of Saruch, who was the son of Ragau, who was the son of Peleg, who was the son of Heber, who was the son of Sala,

36 who was the son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah, who was the son of Lamech,

37 who was the son of Mathusala, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Maleleel, who was the son of Cainan,

38 who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.

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34 the son of Jacob,

the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,

the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,(A)

35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,

the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,

the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan,

the son of Arphaxad,(B) the son of Shem,

the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,(C)

37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,

the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel,

the son of Kenan,(D) 38 the son of Enosh,

the son of Seth, the son of Adam,

the son of God.(E)

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