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⁵ The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶ The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath,^[b] and Togarmah.

⁷ The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

⁸ The sons of Ham were Cush,^[c] Mizraim,^[d] Put, and Canaan.

⁹ The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰ Nimrod, a descendant of Cush, grew up to become the strongest and bravest soldier in the world.

¹¹ Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ¹² Pathrus, Casluh, and Caphtor. (The Philistines came from Casluh.)

¹³ Canaan was the father of Sidon. Sidon was his first child. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁴ Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶ Arvadites, Zemarites, and the people from Hamath.

¹⁷ Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were^[e] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.^[f]

¹⁸ Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹ Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg,^[g] because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his lifetime. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan. ²⁰ (Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Ebal,^[h] Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these men were Joktan’s sons.)

²⁴ Shem’s descendants were Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷ and Abram. (Abram is also called Abraham.)

²⁸ Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹ These are their descendants:

Ishmael’s first son was Nebaioth. His other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons.

³² Abraham also had sons by Keturah, his slave woman. They were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

³³ Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

These men were the descendants of Keturah.

³⁴ Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac’s sons were Esau and Israel.

³⁵ Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶ Eliphaz’s sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho,^[i] Gatam, and Kenaz. Also Eliphaz and Timna had a son named Amalek.

³⁷ Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸ Seir’s sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹ Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam.^[j] Lotan had a sister named Timna.

⁴⁰ Shobal’s sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹ Anah’s son was Dishon.

Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

⁴² Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.

⁴³ There were kings in Edom long before there were kings in Israel. These are the names of the kings of Edom:

Bela was the son of Beor. The name of Bela’s city was Dinhabah.

⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became the new king. Jobab came from Bozrah.

⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham became the new king. Husham was from the country of the Temanites.

⁴⁶ When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became the new king. Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab. Hadad’s city was named Avith.

⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah became the new king. Samlah was from Masrekah.

⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Shaul became the new king. Shaul was from Rehoboth by the Euphrates River.

⁴⁹ When Shaul died, Baal Hanan son of Acbor became the new king.

⁵⁰ When Baal Hanan died, Hadad became the new king. Hadad’s city was named Pau.^[k] Hadad’s wife was named Mehetabel. Mehetabel was Matred’s daughter. Matred was Mezahab’s daughter. ⁵¹ Then Hadad died.

The leaders of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Magdiel, and Iram. This is a list of the leaders of Edom.

2 Israel’s sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Bathshua^[l] from Canaan was their mother. The Lord killed Er, the first son, because he saw that he was evil. ⁴ Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah.^[m] So Judah had five sons.

⁵ Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ Zerah had five sons. They were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

⁷ Zimri’s son was Carmi. Carmi’s son was Achar.^[n] Achar was the man who brought many troubles to Israel. Achar kept the things he took in battle, but he was supposed to give them all to God.

⁸ Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹ Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^[o]

¹⁰ Ram was Amminadab’s father, and Amminadab was Nahshon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah.^{[p] 11} Nahshon was Salmon’s father. Salmon was Boaz’s father. ¹² Boaz was Obed’s father. Obed was Jesse’s father. ¹³ Jesse was Eliab’s father. Eliab was Jesse’s first son. Jesse’s second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea. ¹⁴ Nethanel was Jesse’s fourth son. Jesse’s fifth son was Raddai. ¹⁵ Ozem was Jesse’s sixth son, and David was his seventh son. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail was Amasa’s mother. Amasa’s father was Jether. Jether was from the Ishmaelites.

¹⁸ Caleb was Hezron’s son. Caleb had children with his wife Azubah. Azubah was the daughter of Jerioth.^[q] Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Caleb and Ephrath had a son. They named him Hur. ²⁰ Hur was Uri’s father. Uri was Bezalel’s father.

²¹ Later when Hezron was 60 years old, he married Makir’s daughter. Makir was the father of Gilead. Hezron had sexual relations with Makir’s daughter, and she gave birth to Segub. ²² Segub was Jair’s father. Jair had 23 cities in the country of Gilead. ²³ But Geshur and Aram took Jair’s villages. Among them were Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 small towns in all. All these towns belonged to the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in the town of Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son, who was named Ashhur. Ashhur was the father of Tekoa.

²⁵ Jerahmeel was Hezron’s first son. Jerahmeel’s sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel’s first son. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Onam’s mother was Atarah.

²⁷ Jerahmeel’s first son, Ram, had sons. They were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. They had two sons. Their names were Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having children.

³¹ Appaim’s son was Ishi. Ishi’s son was Sheshan. Sheshan’s son was Ahlai.

³² Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having children.

³³ Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. This was the list of Jerahmeel’s children.

³⁴ Sheshan did not have sons. He only had daughters. Sheshan had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan let his daughter marry Jarha. They had a son. His name was Attai.

³⁶ Attai was Nathan’s father. Nathan was Zabad’s father. ³⁷ Zabad was Ephlal’s father. Ephlal was Obed’s father. ³⁸ Obed was Jehu’s father. Jehu was Azariah’s father. ³⁹ Azariah was Helez’s father. Helez was Eleasah’s father. ⁴⁰ Eleasah was Sismai’s father. Sismai was Shallum’s father. ⁴¹ Shallum was Jekamiah’s father, and Jekamiah was Elishama’s father.

⁴² Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb had some sons. His first son was Mesha. Mesha was Ziph’s father. There was also Caleb’s son Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³ Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was Raham’s father. Raham was Jorkeam’s father. Rekem was Shammai’s father. ⁴⁵ Shammai’s son was Maon. Maon was Beth Zur’s father.

⁴⁶ Caleb’s slave woman was named Ephah. Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was Gazez’s father.

⁴⁷ Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Maacah was another slave woman of Caleb. Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ Maacah was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was Madmannah’s father. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

⁵⁰ This is a list of Caleb’s descendants: Hur was Caleb’s first son. He was born to Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, the founder^[r] of Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹ Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the founder of Beth Gader.

⁵² Shobal was the founder of Kiriath Jearim. This is a list of Shobal’s descendants: Haroeh, half the people in Manahti, ⁵³ and the tribes from Kiriath Jearim. These are the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from the Mishraites.

⁵⁴ This is a list of Salma’s descendants: the people from Bethlehem, Netophah, Atroth Beth Joab, half the people from Manahti, the Zorites, ⁵⁵ and the families of scribes who lived at Jabez, Tirath, Shimeath, and Sucah. These scribes are the Kenites who came from Hammath. Hammath was the founder of Beth Recab.

¹⁰ Solomon’s son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam’s son was Abijah. Abijah’s son was Asa. Asa’s son was Jehoshaphat. ¹¹ Jehoshaphat’s son was Jehoram. Jehoram’s son was Ahaziah. Ahaziah’s son was Joash. ¹² Joash’s son was Amaziah. Amaziah’s son was Azariah. Azariah’s son was Jotham. ¹³ Jotham’s son was Ahaz. Ahaz’s son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah’s son was Manasseh. ¹⁴ Manasseh’s son was Amon. Amon’s son was Josiah.

¹⁵ This is a list of Josiah’s sons: The first son was Johanan. The second son was Jehoiakim. The third son was Zedekiah. The fourth son was Shallum.

¹⁶ Jehoiakim’s sons were Jehoiachin, his son, and Zedekiah, his son.^[t]

¹⁷ This is a list of Jehoiachin’s children after Jehoiachin became a prisoner in Babylon: His children were Shealtiel, ¹⁸ Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

¹⁹ Pedaiah’s sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel’s sons were Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. ²⁰ Zerubbabel had five other sons also. Their names were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed.

²¹ Hananiah’s son was Pelatiah. His son was Jeshaiah.^[u] His son was Rephaiah. His son was Arnan. His son was Obadiah. His son was Shecaniah.^[v]

²² This is a list of Shecaniah’s descendants: Shemaiah. Shemaiah had six sons: Shemaiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

²³ Neariah had three sons. They were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam.

²⁴ Elioenai had seven sons. They were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.