1 Chronicles 1

Chapter 1

Genealogy from Adam

^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 Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴and the Jebusites, 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 became the father of Shelah and Shelah became 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 became 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.

Descendants of Abraham

²⁸The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

^29aThese are their genealogies: 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 Dishan 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.

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

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

⁴⁶When 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.

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

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

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

⁵⁰When 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.

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.