1 Chronicles 1
Living Bible
1 1-4 These are the earliest generations of mankind:[a] Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah,
5-9 The sons of Japheth[b] were:
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
The sons of Ham:
The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabta,
The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
10 Another of the sons of Cush was Nimrod, who became a great hero.
11-12 The clans named after the sons of Mizraim were: the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, the Caphtorim, and the Casluhim (the ancestors of the Philistines).
13-16 Among Canaan’s sons were: Sidon (his firstborn) and Heth.
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur,
18 Arpachshad’s son was
19 Eber had two sons: Peleg (which means “Divided,” for it was during his lifetime that the people of the earth were divided into different language groups) and
20-23 The sons of Joktan: Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
24-27 So the son[c] of Shem was Arpachshad, the son of Arpachshad was Shelah, the son of Shelah was Eber, the son of Eber was Peleg, the son of Peleg was Reu, the son of Reu was Serug, the son of Serug was Nahor, the son of Nahor was Terah, the son of Terah was Abram (later known as
28-31 Abraham’s sons were
The sons of Ishmael: Nebaioth (the oldest), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
32 Abraham also had sons by his concubine Keturah: Zimram,
Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were the descendants of Abraham by his concubine Keturah.
34 Abraham’s son Isaac had two sons,
35 The sons of Esau:
36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38-39 The sons of Esau[d] also included
40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and
41 Anah’s son was
42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.
43 Here is a list of the names of the kings of Edom who reigned before the kingdom of Israel began:
Bela (the son of Beor), who lived in the city of Dinhabah.
44 When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah became the new king.
45 When Jobab died, Husham from the country of the Temanites became the king.
46 When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad—the one who destroyed the army of Midian in the fields of Moab—became king and ruled from the city of Avith.
47 When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah came to the throne.
48 When Samlah died, Shaul from the river town of Rehoboth became the new king.
49 When Shaul died, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king.
50 When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king and ruled from the city of Pai (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab).
51-54 At the time of Hadad’s death, the kings of Edom were: Chief Timna, Chief Aliah, Chief Jetheth, Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 1:1 These are the earliest generations of mankind, implied. Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The names in boldface type are referred to in the following verse or verses. The use of bold type or italic type does not mean that these persons were more important; it is simply a way of easier identification of ancestors and descendants.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5 Japheth. Italics mean that the name has previously appeared in bold face type.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 son, or “descendant.” The subsequent use of the word son could also be interpreted descendant.
- 1 Chronicles 1:38 Esau, or “Seir.”
歷代志上 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
從亞當到亞伯拉罕
1 亞當生塞特，塞特生以挪士， 2 以挪士生該南，該南生瑪勒列，瑪勒列生雅列， 3 雅列生以諾，以諾生瑪土撒拉，瑪土撒拉生拉麥， 4 拉麥生挪亞，挪亞生閃、含、雅弗。
5 雅弗的兒子是歌篾、瑪各、瑪代、雅完、土巴、米設、提拉。 6 歌篾的兒子是亞實基拿、低法、陀迦瑪。 7 雅完的兒子是以利沙、他施、基提、多單。
8 含的兒子是古實、麥西、弗、迦南。 9 古實的兒子是西巴、哈腓拉、撒弗他、拉瑪、撒弗提迦。拉瑪的兒子是示巴、底但。 10 古實也是寧錄之父，寧錄是世上第一位勇士。 11 麥西[a]的後代有路低人、亞拿米人、利哈比人、拿弗土希人、 12 帕斯魯細人、迦斯路希人、迦斐托人。非利士人是迦斐托人的後代。
13 迦南生長子西頓和次子赫。 14 他的後代還有耶布斯人、亞摩利人、革迦撒人、 15 希未人、亞基人、西尼人、 16 亞瓦底人、洗瑪利人和哈馬人。
17 閃的兒子是以攔、亞述、亞法撒、路德、亞蘭、烏斯、戶勒、基帖、米設。 18 亞法撒生沙拉，沙拉生希伯。 19 希伯有兩個兒子，一個名叫法勒[b]，因為那時，世人分地而居；法勒的兄弟叫約坍。 20 約坍生亞摩答、沙列、哈薩瑪非、耶拉、 21 哈多蘭、烏薩、德拉、 22 以巴錄、亞比瑪利、示巴、 23 阿斐、哈腓拉、約巴。這些都是約坍的兒子。 24 閃生亞法撒，亞法撒生沙拉， 25 沙拉生希伯，希伯生法勒，法勒生拉吳， 26 拉吳生西鹿，西鹿生拿鶴，拿鶴生他拉， 27 他拉生亞伯蘭——又名亞伯拉罕。
從亞伯拉罕到雅各
28 亞伯拉罕的兒子是以撒和以實瑪利。 29 以下是他們的後代：
以實瑪利的長子是尼拜約，其餘的兒子是基達、押德別、米比衫、 30 米施瑪、度瑪、瑪撒、哈達、提瑪、 31 伊突、拿非施、基底瑪。這些人都是以實瑪利的兒子。 32 亞伯拉罕的妾基土拉所生的兒子是心蘭、約珊、米但、米甸、伊施巴、書亞。約珊的兒子是示巴和底但。 33 米甸的兒子是以法、以弗、哈諾、亞比大和以勒大。這些都是基土拉的子孫。
34 亞伯拉罕的兒子以撒生以掃和以色列。 35 以掃的兒子是以利法、流珥、耶烏施、雅蘭、可拉。 36 以利法的兒子是提幔、阿抹、洗玻、迦坦、基納斯、亭納、亞瑪力。 37 流珥的兒子是拿哈、謝拉、沙瑪、米撒。
以東地區的原住民
38 西珥的兒子是羅坍、朔巴、祭便、亞拿、底順、以察、底珊。 39 羅坍的兒子是何利和荷幔，羅坍的妹妹是亭納。 40 朔巴的兒子是亞勒文、瑪拿轄、以巴錄、示非、阿南。祭便的兒子是亞雅、亞拿。 41 亞拿的兒子是底順。底順的兒子是哈默蘭、伊是班、益蘭、基蘭。 42 以察的兒子是辟罕、撒番、亞干。底珊的兒子是烏斯和亞蘭。
以東諸王
43 以色列人還沒有君王統治之前，在以東做王的人如下：
比珥的兒子比拉，他定都亭哈巴。 44 比拉死後，波斯拉人謝拉的兒子約巴繼位。 45 約巴死後，提幔地區的戶珊繼位。 46 戶珊死後，比達的兒子哈達繼位，定都亞未得，他曾在摩押地區擊敗米甸人。 47 哈達死後，瑪士利加人桑拉繼位。 48 桑拉死後，大河邊的利河伯人掃羅繼位。 49 掃羅死後，亞革波的兒子巴勒·哈南繼位。 50 巴勒·哈南死後，哈達繼位，定都巴伊，他的妻子名叫米希她別，是米·薩合的孫女、瑪特列的女兒。
51 哈達死後，在以東做族長的人有亭納、亞勒瓦、耶帖、 52 亞何利巴瑪、以拉、比嫩、 53 基納斯、提幔、米比薩、 54 瑪基疊、以蘭。這些人都是以東的族長。
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