1 Chronicles 1–2

From Adam to Abraham

1Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. ²Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. ³Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah.

⁴The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁷Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, ⁿ and Rodanim.

⁸Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim, ⁿ Put, and Canaan.

⁹Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.

Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth.

¹¹Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, and Naphtuhites,

¹²Pathrusites, Casluhites, and Caphtorites. (The Philistines came from the Casluhites.)

¹³Canaan’s first child was Sidon. He was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁴Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.

¹⁹Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, ⁿ because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his life. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan.

²⁰Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons. ²⁴The family line included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷and Abram, who was called Abraham.

Abraham’s Family

²⁸Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹These were the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael’s first son was Nebaioth. His other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons. ³²Keturah, Abraham’s slave woman, gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

³³Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

³⁴Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac’s sons were Esau and Israel.

³⁵Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶Eliphaz’s sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

³⁷Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Edomites from Seir

³⁸Seir’s sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam, and his sister was Timna.

⁴⁰Shobal’s sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹Anah’s son was Dishon.

Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

⁴²Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³These kings ruled in Edom before there were kings in Israel. Bela son of Beor was king of Edom, and his city was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king. He was from Bozrah.

⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham became king. He was from the land of the Temanites.

⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king, and his city was named Avith. Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab.

⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah became king. He was from Masrekah.

⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul became king. He was from Rehoboth by the river.

⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor became king.

⁵⁰When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king, and his city was named Pau. Hadad’s wife was named Mehetabel, and she was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹Then Hadad died.

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

Israel’s Family

2The sons of Israel ⁿ were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah’s Family

³Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah’s first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked, so the Lord put him to death. ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father, so Judah had five sons.

⁵Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

⁷Carmi’s son was Achan, who caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.

⁸Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰Ram was Amminadab’s father, and Amminadab was Nahshon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, ¹⁴his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, ¹⁵his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, and his father was Jether, an Ishmaelite.

Caleb’s Family

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They had a son named Hur, ²⁰who was the father of Uri, who was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Makir, Gilead’s father. Hezron had sexual relations with Makir’s daughter, and she had a son named Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled twenty-three cities in the country of Gilead. ²³(But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the small towns around it—sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son, named Ashhur. Ashhur became the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel’s Family

²⁵Hezron’s first son was Jerahmeel. Jerahmeel’s sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel’s first son. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷Jerahmeel’s first son, Ram, had sons. They were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada.

Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and their sons were Ahban and Molid.

³⁰Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having children.

³¹Appaim’s son was Ishi, who became the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³²Jada was Shammai’s brother, and Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having children.

³³Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza.

These were Jerahmeel’s descendants.

³⁴Sheshan did not have any sons, only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan let his daughter marry his servant Jarha, and she had a son named 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, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Caleb’s Family

⁴²Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb’s first son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham, who was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵Shammai was the father of Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s slave woman was named Ephah, and she was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb had another slave woman named Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber, Tirhanah, ⁴⁹Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

^50–51These were Caleb’s descendants: Caleb’s son Hur was the first son of his mother Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. And Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Shobal’s descendants were Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³and the family groups of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from the Mishraite people.

⁵⁴Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, and the Zorites. ⁵⁵His descendants included the families who lived at Jabez, who wrote and copied important papers. They were called the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites and were from the Kenite family group who came from Hammath. He was the father of the people living in Recab.