Beginning
1 Adam begat Seth; and Seth, Enos, [Adam, Seth, Enos,]
2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noe, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, and Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
6 Forsooth the sons of Gomer were Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7 And the sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8 The sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah were Sheba, and Dedan.
10 And Cush begat Nimrod; this Nimrod began to be mighty in [the] earth.
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, of which the Philistines and Caphthorim went out, or came. (and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, and Caphthorim, from whom the Philistines came.)
13 And Canaan begat Sidon, his first begotten son (his first-born son), and Heth,
14 and (the) Jebusite, and Amorite, and Girgashite,
15 and Hivite, and Arkite, and Sinite,
16 and Arvadite, and Zemarite, and Hamathite.
17 The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram were Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah; which himself engendered Eber. (And Arphaxad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber.)
19 And to Eber were born two sons; the name of [the] one was Peleg, for the land was parted in his days (for the land was divided in his days); and the name of his brother was Joktan.
20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 Abram; this is Abraham.
28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 And these be the generations of them; the first begotten of Ishmael was Nebaioth, and then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (And these be their descendants; the first-born son of Ishmael was Nebaioth, and then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,)
30 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these be the sons of Ishmael.
32 And the sons of Keturah, the secondary wife of Abraham, the which she engendered, or conceived, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
33 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
34 Forsooth Abraham begat Isaac; whose sons were Esau, and Israel (whose sons were Esau, and Jacob).
35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezar, and Dishan.
39 The sons of Lotan were Hori, and Homam; soothly the sister of Lotan was Timna.
40 The sons of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, and Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon were Aiah, and Anah.
41 The son of Anah was Dishon. The sons of Dishon were Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
43 These be the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before that a king was on the sons of Israel (before that the Israelites had a king). Bela, the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 And when Bela was dead, and Jobab (then Jobab), the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned for him.
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of Temanites reigned for him.
46 And Husham died; and Hadad, the son of Bedad, that smote Midian in the land of Moab, reigned for him; and the name of the city of Hadad was Avith.
47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned for him.
48 But also Samlah was dead, and Saul of Rehoboth, which is set beside the river, reigned for him. (And when Samlah died, Saul of the city of Rehoboth, that is set on the banks of the river, reigned for him.)
49 Also when Saul was dead (And when Saul died), Baalhanan, the son of Achbor, reigned for him.
50 But also he was dead, and Hadad, the name of whose city was Pai, reigned for him (And when Baalhanan died, Hadad reigned for him; and his city was named Pai); and his wife was called Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
51 And when Hadad was dead, dukes began to be in Edom for kings (And after Hadad died, the leaders of Edom, or of Idumea, were these); duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These were the dukes of Edom (These were the chiefs, or the leaders, of Idumea).
2 Forsooth the sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him of Shua, a daughter of Canaan. And Er, the first begotten (son) of Judah, was evil before the Lord, and the Lord killed him. (The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him of the daughter of Shua, of Canaan/these three were born to him of Bathshua, a Canaanite. And Er, the first-born son of Judah, was evil before the Lord, and the Lord killed him.)
4 And Tamar, the wife of the son of Judah, childed to him Pharez, and Zerah (bare him Perez, and Zerah); and all the sons of Judah were five.
5 And the sons of Pharez were Hezron, and Hamul. (And the sons of Perez were Hezron, and Hamul.)
6 And the sons of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five (al)together.
7 The son of Carmi was Achar, that troubled Israel, and sinned in the theft of (the) thing hallowed to the Lord.
8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
9 And the sons of Hezron, that were born to him, were Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
11 And Nahshon begat Salma; of whom Boaz was born. (And Nahshon begat Salma; and Salma begat Boaz.)
12 And Boaz begat Obed; which himself begat Jesse. (And Boaz begat Obed; and Obed begat Jesse.)
13 And Jesse begat his first son, Eliab; the second, Abinadab; the third, Shimma;
14 the fourth, Nethaneel; the fifth, Raddai;
15 the sixth, Ozem; the seventh, David;
16 whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were three, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
17 And Abigail childed Amasa (And Abigail bare Amasa), whose father was Jether (the) Ishmaelite.
18 And Caleb, the son of Hezron, took a wife, Azubah, by name, of whom he begat Jerioth; and his sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon (and her sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon).
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took a wife, Ephrath, which childed Hur to him (who bare him Hur).
20 And Hur begat Uri; (and) Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 After these things Hezron entered to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her to wife, when he was of sixty years; and she childed Segub to him. (After these things Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her for his wife, when he was sixty years old; and she bare him Segub.)
22 But also Segub begat Jair; and he had in possession three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead;
23 and he took Geshur, and Aram, the cities of Jair, and Kenath, and the towns thereof, of seventy cities (but Geshur and Aram captured the cities of Jair, and Kenath, and their towns, sixty towns in all). All these were (of) the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 And when Hezron was dead, Caleb entered into Ephratah. And Hezron had a wife Abiah, the which childed to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. (And when Hezron died, Caleb went to Ephratah, the wife of his father Hezron, and married her. And she bare him Ashhur, the founder of Tekoa.)
25 And sons were born of Jerahmeel, the first begotten (son) of Hezron; (and) Ram was the first begotten son of him, and then Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. (And sons were born to Jerahmeel, the first-born son of Hezron; and Ram was his first-born son, and then Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.)
26 Also Jerahmeel wedded another wife, Atarah by name, that was the mother of Onam. (And Jerahmeel wed another wife, who was named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.)
27 But and the sons of Ram, the first begotten (son) of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And Onam begat sons, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab, and Abishur;
29 and the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, that childed to him Ahban, and Molid (who bare him Ahban, and Molid).
30 And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; forsooth Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, the which Ishi begat Sheshan; certainly Sheshan begat Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether, and Jonathan; but Jether died without sons;
33 and Jonathan begat Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sheshan had not sons, but daughters, and a servant of Egypt (and an Egyptian servant), Jarha by name;
35 and he gave his daughter to wife to Jarha, which childed Attai to him. (and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha for a wife, and she bare him Attai.)
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad.
37 Also Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed.
38 Obed begat Jehu, Jehu begat Azariah,
39 Azariah begat Helez, Helez begat Eleasah,
40 Eleasah begat Sisamai, Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 Shallum begat Jekamiah, (and) Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, the first begotten son of him, that is the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. (And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his first-born son, who is the founder of Ziph; and Mareshah, the founder of Hebron.)
43 Certainly the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
46 And Ephah, the secondary wife of Caleb, childed Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, the secondary wife of Caleb (the concubine of Caleb), childed Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 And (Maachah also bare) Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, (and she also) engendered Sheva, the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. (And Maachah also bare Shaaph, the founder of Madmannah, and Sheva, the founder of Machbenah, and the founder of Gibea; and Caleb’s daughter was Achsa.)
50 These were (also) the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the first begotten son of Ephratah, were Shobal, the father of Kiriathjearim (the founder of Kiriathjearim);
51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Bethgader. (Salma, the founder of Bethlehem; and Hareph, the founder of Bethgader.)
52 And the sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriathjearim, that saw the half of [the] restings, (And the sons of Shobal, the founder of Kiriathjearim; and Haroeh/and Reaiah, and half of the Manahethites.)
53 and was of the kindred of Kiriathjearim, were Ithrites, and Puhites, and Shumathites, and Mishraites. Of these were born Zareathites, and Eshtaulites. (And those of the kindred of Kiriathjearim, were the Ithrites, and Puhites, and Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these were born the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.)
54 The sons of Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and of Netophathites, were the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the resting of Zorites. (The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites./The sons of Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, were the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.)
55 And the kindreds of scribes, dwelling in Jabez, singing, and sounding, and dwelling in tabernacles. These be Kenites, that came of the heat of the father of the house of Rechab. (And the kindreds, or the families, of the writers, or the copyists, living in Jabez; the Tirathites, and Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These be the Kenites, who joined with the house of Rechab.)
2001 by Terence P. Noble