Old/New Testament

From Adam to Abraham

1 Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. ² Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. ³ Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech. And he was the father of Noah.

⁴ The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

⁵ Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.

⁶ Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

⁷ Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim^[a] and Rodanim.

⁸ Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim,^[b] Put and Canaan.

⁹ Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca.

Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰ Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth.

¹¹ Mizraim was the father of the people living in Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh.

¹² Mizraim was also the father of the people living in Pathrus, Casluh and Crete. (The Philistine people came from Casluh.)

¹³ Canaan’s first child was Sidon. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁴ Jebusites, Amorites and the Girgashites. ¹⁵ He was the father of the Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶ Arvadites, Zemarites and the Hamathites.

¹⁷ Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.

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

¹⁹ Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg.^[c] He was named this because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his life. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan.

²⁰ Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal and Diklah. ²² He was also the father of Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons. ²⁴ The family line went from Shem to Abraham. It included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah ²⁷ and Abram, who is called Abraham.

Abraham’s Family

²⁸ Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹ These were the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael’s first son was Nebaioth. Ishmael’s other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons. ³² Keturah was Abraham’s slave woman. She gave birth to 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. All these people were 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, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.

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

The Edomites from Seir

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

³⁹ Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam. 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.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³ There were kings ruling in Edom before there were kings in Israel. Bela son of Beor was king of Edom. Bela’s city was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king. Jobab was from Bozrah.

⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham became king. He was from Teman.

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

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

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

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

⁵⁰ When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king. Hadad’s city was named Pau. Hadad’s wife was named Mehetabel, and she was Matred’s daughter. Matred was the daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹ Then Hadad died.

The leaders of the family groups of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Magdiel and Iram. These were the leaders of Edom.

Israel’s Family

2 The sons of Israel, also called Jacob, were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah’s Family

³ Judah’s sons were Er, Onan and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah’s first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴ Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father. 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 Carmi’s son was Achan. He caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.

⁸ Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹ Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

¹⁰ Ram was Amminadab’s father. And Amminadab was Nashon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. ¹² Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³ Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea. ¹⁴ His fourth son was Nethanel. His fifth son was Raddai. ¹⁵ Jesse’s sixth son was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was an Ishmaelite named Jether.

Caleb’s Family

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

²¹ Later, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married the daughter of Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. Hezron had intimate relations with Makir’s daughter, and she had a son named Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 cities in the country of Gilead. ²³ (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair. They also captured Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son. He was named Ashur. Ashur became the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel’s Family

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, who was named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

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. Abishur and Abihail’s sons were Ahban and Molid.

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

³¹ Appaim’s son was Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of 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.

These were Jerahmeel’s descendants.

³⁴ Sheshan did not have any sons, only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan let his daughter marry his servant Jarha. Then she had a son named Attai.

³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. ³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. ³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. ³⁹ Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. ⁴⁰ Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. ⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Caleb’s Family

⁴² Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb’s first son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. And his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

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

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

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

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

^50-51 These were Caleb’s descendants: Caleb’s son Hur was the first son of his mother Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma and Hareph. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. And Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵² Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. These were Shobal’s descendants: Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³ and the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. Shobal was also the ancestor of the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from the Mishraite people.

⁵⁴ Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites and the Zorites. ⁵⁵ His descendants were also the families who lived at Jabez. These were the people who wrote and copied important papers. These people were the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. They were from the Kenite family group who came from Hammath. He was the father of the people living in Recab.

David’s Family

3 These are David’s sons who were born in Hebron. David’s first son was Amnon. Amnon’s mother was Ahinoam from the town of Jezreel. David’s second son was Daniel. His mother was Abigail from Carmel. ² David’s third son was Absalom. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur. David’s fourth son was Adonijah. His mother was Haggith. ³ David’s fifth son was Shephatiah. His mother was Abital. David’s sixth son was Ithream. David’s wife Eglah was his mother. ⁴ These six sons of David were born to him in Hebron. David ruled there 7 years and 6 months.

David ruled in Jerusalem 33 years. ⁵ These were David’s children who were born in Jerusalem: David and Bathsheba, Ammiel’s daughter, had four children. They were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. ^6-8 David’s other nine children were Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. ⁹ Those are all of David’s sons, except for those born to his slave women. David also had a daughter named Tamar.

The Kings of Judah

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 These were Josiah’s sons: Josiah’s first son was Johanan. His second son was Jehoiakim. His third son was Zedekiah. His fourth son was Shallum.

¹⁶ Jehoiakim was followed by Jehoiachin. Jehoiachin was followed by Zedekiah.

David’s Descendants After the Babylonian Captivity

¹⁷ Jehoiachin was taken as a prisoner. His sons 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. Their sister was Shelomith. ²⁰ Zerubbabel also had five other sons. Their names were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed.

²¹ Hananiah’s descendants were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah and Shecaniah.

²² Shecaniah’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat. There were six in all.

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.

²⁵ I tell you the truth. The time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who hear will have life. ²⁶ Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has allowed the Son to give life. ²⁷ And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Don’t be surprised at this. A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice. ²⁹ Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever. But those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.

Jesus Is God’s Son

³⁰ “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is right. I don’t try to please myself. I try to please the One who sent me.

³¹ “If I tell people about myself, then they will not accept what I say about myself. ³² But there is another who tells about me. And I know that the things he says about me are true.

³³ “You have sent men to John. And he has told you about the truth. ³⁴ But I don’t need a man to tell about me. I tell you this so that you can be saved. ³⁵ John was like a burning and shining lamp. And you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.

³⁶ “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do are my proof. These are the things my Father gave me to do. They show that the Father sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent me has given proof about me himself. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like. ³⁸ His teaching does not live in you because you don’t believe in the One that the Father sent. ³⁹ You carefully study the Scriptures because you think that they give you eternal life. Those are the same Scriptures that tell about me! ⁴⁰ But you refuse to come to me to have that life.

⁴¹ “I don’t want praise from men. ⁴² But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you. ⁴³ I have come from my Father—I speak for him. But you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe? ⁴⁵ Don’t think that I will stand before the Father and say that you are wrong. Moses is the one who says that you are wrong. And he is the one that you hoped would save you. ⁴⁶ If you really believed Moses, you would believe me because Moses wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But you don’t believe what Moses wrote. So how can you believe what I say?”