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1 Chronicles 1:1–26

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Adam’s Descendants

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

Japheth’s Descendants

1:5The sons of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

1:6The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath,2 and Togarmah.

1:7The sons3 of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.4

Ham’s Descendants

1:8The sons of Ham:

Cush, Mizraim,5 Put, and Canaan.

1:9The sons of Cush:

Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

1:10Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.6

1:11Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 1:12Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended7), and the Caphtorites.

1:13Canaan was the father of Sidon—his firstborn—and Heth, 1:14as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 1:15Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 1:16Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

Shem’s Descendants

1:17The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

The sons of Aram:8

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.9

1:18Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 1:19Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided;10 his brother’s name was Joktan.

1:20Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 1:21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 1:22Ebal,11 Abimael, Sheba, 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

1:24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,121:25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 The reads “Noah; the sons of Noah [were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” Several English translations (e.g., , ) follow the . Shem, Ham, and Japheth were Noah’s three sons (Gen 6:10).
  2. 2 Many medieval Hebrew , along with the and , read “Riphath” (see Gen 10:3). This is followed by several English translations (e.g., , , ), while others (e.g., , , ) follow the reading (“Diphath”).
  3. 3 Or in this case, “descendants.”
  4. 4 The Kethiv has “Rodanim,” which probably refers to the island of Rhodes. The Qere has “Dodanim,” which refers to one of the most ancient and revered locations in ancient Greece. The and most medieval Hebrew of the parallel list in Gen 10:4 read “Dodanim,” but a few have “Rodanim.” Heb “Kittim and Rodanim.”
  5. 5 That is, “Egypt.”
  6. 6 Heb “he began to be a mighty warrior in the earth.”
  7. 7 Heb “came forth.”
  8. 8 The words “the sons of Aram” do not appear in the Hebrew text. Apparently the phrase וּבְנֵי אֲרָם (uvéney ’aram) has accidentally dropped out of the text by homoioteleuton (note the presence of אֲרָם just before this). The phrase is included in Gen 10:23.
  9. 9 The of the parallel geneaology in Gen 10:23 reads “Mash,” but the there reads “Meshech” in agreement with 1 Chr 1:17.
  10. 10 Perhaps this refers to the scattering of the people at Babel (Gen 11:1–9).
  11. 11 Some medieval Hebrew and the read “Obal” (see Gen 10:28).
  12. 12 Some read “Arphaxad, Cainan, Shelah” (see also the notes on ; ).

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