1 Chronicles 1

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From Adam to Abraham

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh; ² Kenan, Mahal′alel, Jared; ³ Enoch, Methu′selah, Lamech; ⁴ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶ The sons of Gomer: Ash′kenaz, Diphath, and Togar′mah. ⁷ The sons of Javan: Eli′shah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Ro′danim.

⁸ The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ⁹ The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav′ilah, Sabta, Ra′ama, and Sab′teca. The sons of Ra′amah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰ Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

¹¹ Egypt was the father of Ludim, An′amim, Leha′bim, Naph-tu′him, ¹² Pathru′sim, Caslu′him (whence came the Philistines), and Caph′torim.

¹³ Canaan was the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁴ and the Jeb′usites, the Amorites, the Gir′gashites, ¹⁵ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁶ the Ar′vadites, the Zem′arites, and the Ha′mathites.

¹⁷ The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpach′shad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸ Arpach′shad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber. ¹⁹ To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan. ²⁰ Joktan was the father of Almo′dad, Sheleph, Hazarma′veth, Jerah, ²¹ Hador′am, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Ebal, Abim′a-el, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Hav′ilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴ Shem, Arpach′shad, Shelah; ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Re′u; ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah; ²⁷ Abram, that is, Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ish′mael. ²⁹ These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ish′mael, Neba′ioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Ked′emah. These are the sons of Ish′mael. ³² The sons of Ketu′rah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Mid′ian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³ The sons of Mid′ian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abi′da, and Elda′ah. All these were the descendants of Ketu′rah.

³⁴ Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵ The sons of Esau: Eli′phaz, Reu′el, Je′ush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶ The sons of Eli′phaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Am′alek. ³⁷ The sons of Reu′el: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸ The sons of Se′ir: Lotan, Shobal, Zib′eon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ⁴⁰ The sons of Shobal: Al′ian, Man′ahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zib′eon: A′iah and Anah. ⁴¹ The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za′avan, and Ja′akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

⁴³ These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela the son of Be′or, the name of whose city was Din′habah. ⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Te′manites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶ When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid′ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith. ⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masre′kah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Shaul of Reho′both on the Euphra′tes reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹ When Shaul died, Ba′al-ha′nan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰ When Ba′al-ha′nan died, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pa′i, and his wife’s name Mehet′abel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me′zahab. ⁵¹ And Hadad died.

The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Al′iah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholiba′mah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Mag′diel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.