1 Chronicles 1–2

The Family of Adam—Seth to Abraham

1Adam, ^abSeth, Enosh, ²Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ^4cNoah, ¹Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

^5dThe sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, ²Diphath, and Togarmah. ⁷The sons of Javan were Elishah, ³Tarshishah, Kittim, and ⁴Rodanim.

^8eThe sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁹The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, ⁵Sabta, ⁶Raama, and Sabtecha. The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰Cush ^fbegot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. ¹¹Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹²Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and the ^gCaphtorim). ^13hCanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth; ¹⁴the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; ¹⁵the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; ¹⁶the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

¹⁷The sons of ⁱShem were Elam, Asshur, ^jArphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and ⁷Meshech. ¹⁸Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. ¹⁹To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was ⁸Peleg, for in his days the ⁹earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. ^20kJoktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²¹Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

^24lShem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ^25mEber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷and ⁿAbram, who is Abraham. ^28oThe sons of Abraham were ^pIsaac and ^qIshmael.

The Family of Ishmael

²⁹These are their genealogies: The ^rfirstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ²Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

The Family of Keturah

³²Now ^sthe sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, 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 these were the children of Keturah.

The Family of Isaac

³⁴And ^tAbraham begot Isaac. ^uThe sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel. ³⁵The sons of ^vEsau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. ³⁶And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ³Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by ^wTimna, Amalek. ³⁷The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Family of Seir

^38xThe sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹And the sons of Lotan were Hori and ⁴Homam; Lotan’s sister was Timna. ⁴⁰The sons of Shobal were ⁵Alian, Manahath, Ebal, ⁶Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon were Ajah and Anah. ⁴¹The son of Anah was ^yDishon. The sons of Dishon were ⁷Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴²The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and ⁸Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³Now these were the ^zkings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ⁴⁴And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. ⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ⁴⁶And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who ⁹attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. ⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ^48aAnd when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. ⁴⁹When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ⁵⁰And when Baal-Hanan died, ¹Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was ²Pai. His wife’s name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. ⁵¹Hadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom were Chief Timnah, Chief ³Aliah, Chief Jetheth, ⁵²Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ⁵³Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

The Family of Israel

2These were the ^asons of ¹Israel: ^bReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

From Judah to David

³The sons of ^cJudah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of ^dShua, the Canaanitess. ^eEr, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. ⁴And ^fTamar, his daughter-in-law, ^gbore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of ^hPerez were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah were ²Zimri, ⁱEthan, Heman, Calcol, and ³Dara—five of them in all.

⁷The son of ^jCarmi was ⁴Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the ^kaccursed ⁵thing.

⁸The son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, ⁶Ram, and ⁷Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram ^lbegot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, ^mleader of the children of Judah; ¹¹Nahshon begot ⁸Salma, and Salma begot Boaz; ¹²Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³ⁿJesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, ⁹Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the ^oseventh.

¹⁶Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. ^pAnd the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three. ¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was ¹Jether the Ishmaelite.

The Family of Hezron

¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb ²took ^qEphrath ³as his wife, who bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot ^rBezalel.

²¹Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of ^sMachir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²Segub begot ^tJair, ⁴who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ^23u(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him ^vAshhur the father of Tekoa.

The Family of Jerahmeel

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. ³¹The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and ^wSheshan’s son was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. ³³The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot ^xZabad; ³⁷Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot ^yObed; ³⁸Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; ³⁹Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; ⁴⁰Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; ⁴¹Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.

The Family of Caleb

⁴²The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was ^zAchsah. ⁵

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of ^aHur, the firstborn of ⁶Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of ^bKirjath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: ⁷Haroeh, and half of the ⁸families of Manuhoth. ⁵³The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, ⁹Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the ^cKenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of ^dRechab.