1 Chronicles 1–2

¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, ³Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵Sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶And sons of Gomer: Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷And sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁸Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁹And sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecka. And sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land. ¹¹And Mizraim begat the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, ¹²and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from whom came out the Philistim), and the Caphtorim. ¹³And Canaan begat Zidon his first born, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ¹⁵and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁶and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. ¹⁷Sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. ¹⁹And to Eber have been born two sons, the name of the one is Peleg, for in his days hath the land been divided, and the name of his brother is Joktan. ²⁰And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²¹and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ²²and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ²³and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷Abram—he is Abraham.

²⁸Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedema. These are sons of Ishmael. ³²And sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³And sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these are sons of Keturah. ³⁴And Abraham begetteth Isaac. Sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵Sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. ³⁶Sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷Sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸And sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. ³⁹And sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam, and sister of Lotan is Timna. ⁴⁰Sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And sons of Zideon: Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹The sons of Anah: Dishon. and sons of Dishon: Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴²Sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ⁴³And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king of the sons of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city is Dinhabah. ⁴⁴And Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali; ⁴⁵and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite; ⁴⁶and Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab) and the name of his city is Avith; ⁴⁷and Hadad dieth, and reign in his stead doth Samlah from Masrekah; ⁴⁸and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Shaul from Rehoboth of the River; ⁴⁹and Shaul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-Hanan son of Achbor; ⁵⁰and Baal-Hanan dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, and the name of his city is Pai, and the name of his wife is Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab; Hadad also dieth. ⁵¹And chiefs of Edom are: chief Timnah, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are chiefs of Edom.

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¹These are sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five. ⁵Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. ⁶And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. ⁷And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. ⁸And sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh, ¹⁶and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El—three. ¹⁷And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa is Jether the Ishmeelite.

¹⁸And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these are her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. ²¹And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he is a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. ²²And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, ²³and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities—all these belonged to the sons of Machir father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa. ²⁵And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name is Atarah, she is mother of Onam. ²⁷And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur is Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons. ³¹And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons. ³³And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name is Jarha, ³⁵and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; ³⁶and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, ³⁸and Obed begat Jehu, ³⁹and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. ⁴²And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he is father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron. ⁴³And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵And a son of Shammai is Maon, and Maon is father of Beth-Zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. ⁴⁷And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah; ⁴⁹and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb is Achsa. ⁵⁰These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim, ⁵¹Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader. ⁵²And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite; ⁵³and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite. ⁵⁴Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite; ⁵⁵and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They are the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.

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