1 Chronicles 1–9
1 aAdam, Seth, Enosh,
4 Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.
5 aThe sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, 1Diphath, and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and 1Rodanim.
8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush 1became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
11 aMizraim became the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
12 Pathrus, Casluh, from which the 1Philistines came, and Caphtor.
13 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,
14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites.
17 aThe sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether and 1Meshech.
18 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber.
19 Two 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.
20 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
22 1Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
24 aShem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
29 aThese are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael.
32 aThe 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.
33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
34 aAbraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were bEsau and Israel.
35 aThe sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 1Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38 aThe sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.
39 The sons of Lotan were Hori and 1Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
40 The sons of Shobal were 1Alian, Manahath, Ebal, 2Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.
41 The 1son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon were 2Hamran, Eshban, Ithran and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and 1Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
43 aNow 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.
44 When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of aBozrah became king in his place.
45 When Jobab died, Husham of the land of athe Temanites became king in his place.
46 When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who 1defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
47 When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.
48 When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.
49 When Shaul died, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.
50 When Baal-hanan died, 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, the daughter of Mezahab.
Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief 1Aliah, chief Jetheth,
52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
Genealogy: Twelve Sons of Jacob (Israel)
1 aThese are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 aThe sons of Judah were Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so He put him to death.
4 aTamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah were 1Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and 2Dara; five of them in all.
7 The 1son of Carmi was 2aAchar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.
8 The 1son of Ethan was Azariah.
9 Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.
10 Ram 1became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;
11 Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,
12 Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
13 and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, 1Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were 1Abshai, Joab and Asahel.
17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was 1Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 But Geshur and Aram took 1the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25 Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
29 The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.
31 The 1son of Appaim was Ishi. And the 1son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the 1son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.
33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage, and she bore him Attai.
36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and 1his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb.
The 1sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
53 and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 aNow these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;
2 the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3 the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth was Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
4 Six were born to him in Hebron, and athere he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
5 aThese were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and bSolomon, four, by cBath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
6 and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
8 Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet, nine.
9 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and aTamar was their sister.
10 Now Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,