1 Chronicles 1–2

A List of Names From Adam to Abraham

A List of Names From Adam to the Sons of Noah

1Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

⁴The sons of Noah were

Shem, Ham and Japheth.

The Sons of Japheth

⁵The sons of Japheth were

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

⁶The sons of Gomer were

Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

⁷The sons of Javan were

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanites.

The Sons of Ham

⁸The sons of Ham were

Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

⁹The sons of Cush were

Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah were

Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush was the father of

Nimrod. Nimrod grew up to be a mighty hero on the earth.

¹¹Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites and Naphtuhites. ¹²He was also the father of the Pathrusites, Casluhites and Caphtorites. The Philistines came from the Casluhites.

¹³Canaan was the father of Sidon. Sidon was his oldest son.

Canaan was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁴Jebusites, Amorites and Girgashites. ¹⁵And he was the father of the Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

The Sons of Shem

¹⁷The sons of Shem were

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram were

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.

¹⁸Arphaxad was the father of Shelah.

Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹Eber was the father of two sons.

One was named Peleg. The earth was divided up in his time. His brother was named Joktan.

²⁰Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth and Jerah. ²¹He was also the father of Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All of them were sons of Joktan.

A List of Names From Shem to Abraham

²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷Abram. Abram was also called Abraham.

The Family Line of Abraham

²⁸The sons of Abraham were

Isaac and Ishmael.

The Family Line of Hagar

²⁹Here are the members of the family line of Hagar.

Nebaioth was Ishmael’s oldest son. Then came Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. All of them were Ishmael’s sons.

The Family Line of Keturah

³²Here are the sons that were born to Abraham’s concubine Keturah.

They were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

The sons of Jokshan were

Sheba and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian were

Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah.

All of them came from Keturah.

The Family Line of Sarah

³⁴Abraham was the father of Isaac.

The sons of Isaac were

Esau and Israel.

The Family Line of Esau

³⁵The sons of Esau were

Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz were

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.

Timna had Amalek by Eliphaz.

³⁷The sons of Reuel were

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

The People of Seir in Edom

³⁸The sons of Seir were

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.

³⁹The sons of Lotan were

Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal were

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

The sons of Zibeon were

Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹The son of Anah was

Dishon.

The sons of Dishon were

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer were

Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

The sons of Dishan were

Uz and Aran.

The Rulers of Edom

⁴³Before Israel had a king, there were kings who ruled in Edom.

Bela was the son of Beor. Bela’s city was called Dinhabah.

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

⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham became the next king. Husham was from the land of the people of Teman.

⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad became the next king. Hadad was the son of Bedad. Hadad had won the battle over Midian in the country of Moab. Hadad’s city was called Avith.

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

⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul became the next king. Shaul was from Rehoboth on the river.

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

⁵⁰When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became the next king. Hadad’s city was called Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred. Matred was the daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹Hadad also died.

The chiefs of Edom were

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Magdiel and Iram. They were the chiefs of Edom.

The Sons of Israel

2Here are the names of the sons of Israel.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, Asher.

The Family Line of Judah

The Family Line From Judah’s Sons to Hezron’s Sons

³The sons of Judah were

Er, Onan and Shelah. A woman from Canaan had those three sons by him. She was the daughter of Shua. Er was Judah’s oldest son. He was evil in the Lord’s eyes. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law. She had Perez and Zerah by him. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

⁵The sons of Perez were

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah were

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda. The total number of Zerah’s sons was five.

⁷The son of Carmi was Achar.

He brought trouble on Israel. He took some of the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. When he did that, he disobeyed the Lord’s command.

⁸The son of Ethan was

Azariah.

⁹Hezron was the father of

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

The Family Line of Ram

¹⁰Ram was the father of

Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon 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. The third was Shimea. ¹⁴The fourth was Nethanel. The fifth was Raddai. ¹⁵The sixth was Ozem. And the seventh was David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was Jether. Jether belonged to the family line of Ishmael.

The Family Line of Caleb

¹⁸Caleb was the son of Hezron. Caleb’s wife Azubah had children by him. Jerioth also had children by him. Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb got married to Ephrath. She had Hur by him. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri. And Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron made love to the daughter of Makir. He had gotten married to her when he was 60 years old. She had Segub by him. Makir was the father of Gilead. ²²Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 towns in Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair. They also captured Kenath and the settlements that were around it. The total number of towns that were captured was 60. Hezron, Segub and Jair belonged to the family line of Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead.

²⁴Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah. Abijah was Hezron’s wife. She had Ashhur by him. Ashhur was born after Hezron died. Ashhur was the father of Tekoa.

The Family Line of Jerahmeel

²⁵Here are the sons of Jerahmeel. He was the oldest son of Hezron. Ram was Jerahmeel’s oldest son. Then came Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷Here are the sons of Ram. He was the oldest son of Jerahmeel. The sons of Ram were

Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam were

Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai were

Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. She had Ahban and Molid by him.

³⁰The sons of Nadab were

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having any children.

³¹The son of Appaim was

Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada were

Jether and Jonathan. Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jether died without having any children.

³³The sons of Jonathan were

Peleth and Zaza.

They belonged to the family line of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan didn’t have any sons. All he had was daughters.

He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to be married to his servant Jarha. She had Attai by Jarha.

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.

The Family Groups of Caleb

⁴²Caleb was the brother of Jerahmeel.

Caleb’s oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Caleb had another son named Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron were

Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Caleb had a concubine named Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai were

Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb had a concubine named Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. ⁵⁰All of them belonged to the family line of Caleb.

Hur was the oldest son of Ephrathah.

Hur was the brother of Shobal. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. ⁵¹Hur was the father of Salma. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. Hur was also the father of Hareph. Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²Here is the family line of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim. It included

Haroeh and half of the people of Manahath. ⁵³It also included the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. They were the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. The people of Zorah and Eshtaol belonged to those family groups.

⁵⁴Here is the family line of Salma. It included

Bethlehem, the people of Netophah, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the people of Manahath, and the Zorites. ⁵⁵It also included the family groups of…