1 Chronicles 1
From Adam to Abraham
1 ▼▼Many names in these genealogies are spelled differently in other biblical books
bAdam, Seth, Enosh; 2 cKenan, Mahalalel, Jared; 3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; 4Noah, dShem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 eThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew Diphath
and Togarmah. 7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 gThe sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man. ▼▼Or He began to be a mighty man on the earth
11 iEgypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. 13Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 14and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 17 jThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram: ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks And the sons of Aram
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg ▼▼ Peleg means division
(for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan. 20Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Obal, ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac (compare Genesis 10:28); Hebrew Ebal
Abimael, Sheba, 23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 24 nShem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25Eber, Peleg, Reu; 26Serug, Nahor, Terah; 27Abram, that is, Abraham. From Abraham to Jacob
28The sons of Abraham: oIsaac and pIshmael. 29 qThese are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 rThe sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah. 34Abraham fathered sIsaac. The sons of Isaac: tEsau and uIsrael. 35 vThe sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna, ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:12); Hebrew lacks and of
Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 xThe sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam; ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:22); Hebrew Homam
and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 40The sons of Shobal: Alvan, ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Alian
Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Shephi
and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 41The son ▼▼Hebrew sons
of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:26); Hebrew Hamran
Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 42The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ▼▼Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:27); Hebrew Jaakan
The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 aeThese are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 44Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of afBozrah reigned in his place. 45Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the agTemanites reigned in his place. 46Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 47Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates ▼▼Hebrew the River
reigned in his place. 49Shaul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place. 50Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51And Hadad died.The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.
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