1 Chronicles 1

CHAPTER 1

Generations from Adam to Abraham

^1aAdam, Seth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

^5aThe sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, ¹Diphath, and Togarmah.

⁷The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and ¹Rodanim.

⁸The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁹The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush ¹was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

^11aMizraim was the father of the people of ¹Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

¹²Pathrus, Casluh (from which came the ¹Philistines), and Caphtor.

¹³Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,

¹⁴and the ^1aJebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

^17aThe sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and ¹Meshech.

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, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

²⁰Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²²¹Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

^24aShem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷Abram, that is Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

²⁸The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

^29aThese are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael.

^32aThe sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

^34aAbraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were ^bEsau and Israel.

^35aThe sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ¹Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

³⁷The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

^38aThe sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹The sons of Lotan were Hori and ¹Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal were ¹Alian, Manahath, Ebal, ²Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹The ¹son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon were ²Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and ¹Jaakan. The sons of Dishon were Uz and Aran.

^43aNow these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

⁴⁴Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of ^aBozrah became king in his place.

⁴⁵Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of ^athe Temanites became king in his place.

⁴⁶Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

⁴⁸Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by ¹the River became king in his place.

⁴⁹Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

⁵⁰Then Baal-hanan died, and ¹Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was ²Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

⁵¹Then Hadad died.

Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief ¹Aliah, chief Jetheth,

⁵²chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.