1 Chronicles 1

From Adam to Abraham

1Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, ²Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared. ³Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech, ⁴who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁶The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

⁸The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁹The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰(Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world’s first great conqueror.) ¹¹The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ¹²Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended). ¹³Canaan’s sons—Sidon, the eldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁴Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷Shem’s sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁸Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. ¹⁹Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg,^a because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan. ²⁰The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

²⁴The family line from Shem to Abram is as follows: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷and Abram (also known as Abraham).

The Descendants of Ishmael

²⁸Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹The sons of Ishmael became the heads of twelve tribes: Nebaioth (from the name of Ishmael’s eldest son), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

³²Abraham had a concubine named Keturah, who bore him six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan had two sons: Sheba and Dedan. ³³Midian had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

The Descendants of Esau

³⁴Abraham’s son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. ³⁵Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶Eliphaz became the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷And Reuel became the ancestor of the tribes of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Original Inhabitants of Edom

³⁸The original inhabitants of Edom were descended from the following sons of Seir:

³⁹Lotan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Homam. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.);

⁴⁰Shobal, who was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam;

Zibeon, who had two sons, Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹Anah was the father of Dishon, and Dishon was the ancestor of the clans of Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran;

⁴²Ezer, who was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan;

Dishan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³The following kings ruled the land of Edom one after the other, in the time before there were any kings in Israel:

Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah;

⁴⁴Johab son of Zerah from Bozrah;

⁴⁵Husham from the region of Teman;

⁴⁶Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab);

⁴⁷Samlah from Masrekah;

⁴⁸Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River;

⁴⁹Baal Hanan son of Achbor;

⁵⁰Hadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab).

⁵¹The people of Edom were divided into the following tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Magdiel, and Iram.