1 Chronicles 1

From Adam to Abraham

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

⁵The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.⁶The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.⁷The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

⁸The 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.

¹¹Egypt 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.

¹⁷The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 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 (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, Abimael, Sheba,²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu;²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah;²⁷Abram, that is, Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.²⁹These 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.³²The 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 Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.³⁵The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.³⁶The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna, Amalek.³⁷The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.³⁹The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.⁴⁰The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.⁴¹The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.⁴²The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

⁴³These 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 Bozrah reigned in his place.⁴⁵Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites 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 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.