1 Chronicles 1:1–26

FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM

1Adam,^a Seth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Noah’s sons:^A

Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵Japheth’s^b sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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

⁷Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

⁸Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim,^D Put, and Canaan.

⁹Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca.

Raama’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

¹¹Mizraim^c fathered the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ¹²Pathrus, Casluh (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtor.^d

¹³Canaan fathered Sidon as his firstborn and Heth, ¹⁴as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷Shem’s^e sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. ¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber. One of them was named Peleg^E because the earth was divided during his lifetime, and the name of his brother was Joktan. ²⁰Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan’s sons.

²⁴Shem,^f Arpachshad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,