1 Chronicles 1:17-27
Christian Standard Bible
17 Shem’s(A) sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19 Two sons were born to Eber. One of them was named Peleg[a] because the earth was divided during his lifetime, and the name of his brother was Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan’s sons.
24 Shem,(B) Arpachshad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 and Abram (that is, Abraham).
Footnotes
- 1:19 = Division
1 Chronicles 1:17-27
International Standard Version
17 Shem’s descendants were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.[a] 18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah and Shelah fathered Eber. 19 Eber fathered two sons. The name of the one was Peleg (because the earth was divided during his lifetime) and his brother was named Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab—all of these were Joktan’s descendants.
24 In summary,[b] Shem fathered[c] Arpachshad, who fathered[d] Shelah, 25 who fathered Eber, who fathered Peleg, who fathered Reu, 26 who fathered Serug, who fathered Nahor, who fathered Terah, 27 who fathered Abram—that is, Abraham.
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- 1 Chronicles 1:17 So MT; cf. Gen 10:23 Mash
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 The Heb. lacks In summary
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 The Heb. lacks fathered
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 The Heb. lacks who fathered; and so through v 27
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