1 Chronicles 1–2

From Adam to Abraham

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

⁵The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. ⁷The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rhodanim.

⁸The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰And Cush fathered Nimrod; he himself began to be mighty on earth. ¹¹And Mizraim fathered the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, ¹²the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (from whence the Philistines descended), and the Caphtorim. ¹³And Canaan fathered Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

¹⁷The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸And Arphaxad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. ¹⁹And two sons were born to Eber: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother was Joktan. ²⁰And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal,^a Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah; ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu; ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah; ²⁷Abram, that is, Abraham.

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Abdeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedmah. These are the sons of Ishmael. ³²And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³And the sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

³⁴Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi,^b Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸And the sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and the sister of Lotan was Timna. ⁴⁰The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. ⁴²The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

⁴³These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:^c Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. ⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.^{d 47}When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place. ⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. ⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place. ⁵⁰When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pai.^e And the name of his wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Aliah, Jetheth, ⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Magdiel, and Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

The Genealogy of David

2These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him from Bathshua the Canaanite. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he put him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah to him. The sons of Judah were five in all.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. ⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing. ⁸And the son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ¹⁰And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. ¹¹And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz. ¹²And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse. ¹³And Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. ¹⁶And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And when Azubah died, Caleb married^a Ephrathah, and she bore Hur to him. ²⁰And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

²¹And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. And he married^b her when he was sixty years old.^c And she bore Segub to him. ²²And Segub fathered Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-Jair from them, Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were the descendants^d of Makir, the father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. ²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children. ³¹And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died without children. ³³And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the children of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, and his name was Jarha. ³⁵So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his slave for a wife, and she bore to him Attai. ³⁶And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad. ³⁷And Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed. ³⁸And Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah. ³⁹And Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah. ⁴⁰And Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum. ⁴¹And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn; he was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: Hebron. ⁴³And the sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem fathered Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. And Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Acsah. ⁵⁰These were the descendants^e of Caleb.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader. ⁵²And Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³And the families of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Ataroth-Beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab.