1 Chronicles 1–2

1ST CHAPTER

The Genealogy of Isaac’s Descendants—Genesis 5:1–32; 10:1–32; 11:10–26; 25:1–4, 12–16; 36:1–43

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ⁴Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

⁵Japheth’s descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶Gomer’s descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes. 

⁸Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ⁹Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. ¹¹Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, ¹²Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. ¹³Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, then Heth, ¹⁴also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 

¹⁷The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. ¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber. The name of the one was Peleg ^[Division^[, because in his day the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁰Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 

²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷Abram (that is, Abraham). ²⁸Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael. 

²⁹This is their list of descendants: Ishmael’s firstborn was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael. 

³²Keturah, Abraham’s concubine,^agave birth to the following sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan. ³³The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. 

³⁴Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac’s sons were Esau and Israel. ³⁵Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶Eliphaz’s sons were Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Amalek, son of Timna.^b37Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸Seir’s sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister. ⁴⁰Shobal’s sons were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹Anah’s son was Dishon. Dishon’s sons were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴²Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran. 

⁴³These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel: Bela, son of Beor, and the name of his ⸤capital⸥ city was Dinhabah. ⁴⁴After Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him as king. ⁴⁵After Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king. ⁴⁶After Husham died, Hadad, son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king, and the name of his ⸤capital⸥ city was Avith. ⁴⁷After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king. ⁴⁸After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king. ⁴⁹After Shaul died, Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, succeeded him as king. ⁵⁰After Baal Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king, and the name of his ⸤capital⸥ city was Pai. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab. ⁵¹Then Hadad died. 

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

2ND CHAPTER

Israel’s Twelve Sons—Genesis 35:16–26

¹These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 

Judah’s Descendants—Genesis 46:12

³Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. The Lord considered Er, Judah’s firstborn, evil, so the Lord killed Er. ⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Judah’s sons Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 

⁵Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶Zerah’s sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^a—five in all. ⁷Carmi’s son was Achar, who caused trouble for Israel by taking goods that were claimed by God. ⁸Ethan’s son was Azariah. 

⁹The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, leader of Judah’s people. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. ¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab (his firstborn), Abinadab (his second son), Shimea (his third son), ¹⁴Nethanel (his fourth son), Raddai (his fifth son), ¹⁵Ozem (his sixth son), and David (his seventh son). ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. 

¹⁸Hezron’s son was Caleb. Caleb and his wife Azubah had a son named Jerioth. Her other sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She gave birth to Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. 

²¹Afterwards, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was 60 years old. She gave birth to Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had 23 towns in Gilead. ²³Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair with Kenath and its villages (60 cities in all). All of these people were descendants of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah gave birth to Ashhur, who first settled Tekoa. 

²⁵Jerahmeel (the firstborn son of Hezron) fathered Ram (his firstborn), then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah, and she was the mother of Onam. 

²⁷The sons of Ram (the firstborn son of Jerahmeel) were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail. She gave birth to Ahban and Molid. ³⁰Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children. ³¹Appaim’s son was Ishi, and Ishi’s son was Sheshan, and Sheshan’s son was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada (Shammai’s brother) were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children. ³³Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but he had daughters. He had an Egyptian slave named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan let Jarha marry one of his daughters. She gave birth to Attai. ³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. ³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. ³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. ³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. ⁴⁰Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. ⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. 

⁴²The descendants of Caleb (Jerahmeel’s brother) were his firstborn son Mesha, who first settled Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, who first settled Hebron. ⁴³Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham, who first settled Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵Shammai’s son was Maon, who first settled Beth Zur. ⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine,^bwas the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹Also, she was the mother of Shaaph, who first settled Madmannah, and of Sheva, who first settled Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. ⁵⁰These people were the descendants of Caleb. 

The sons of Hur, the firstborn son of Ephrath, were Shobal, who first settled Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma, who first settled Bethlehem, and Hareph, who first settled Beth Gadar. ⁵²Shobal, who first settled Kiriath Jearim, had these descendants: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, ⁵³the families of Kiriath Jearim, the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these people came the Zorahites and Eshtaolites. 

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma, ⸤who first settled⸥ Bethlehem, were the Netophathites, Atroth, ⸤who first settled⸥ Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the families of scribes who lived at Jabez. These families were the people of Tira, Shimea, and Sucah. These people are the Kenites who came from Hammath. They first settled Beth Rechab.