1 Chronicles 1:1–26

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,