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1 Chronicles 1

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1Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.footnote a

7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.footnote b

8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.footnote c

18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.footnote d

20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27Abram; the same is Abraham.

28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

29These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,footnote e

31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

33And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

36The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.footnote f

37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

39And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.footnote g

40The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.footnote hfootnote i

41The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.footnote j

42The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.footnote k

43Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

44And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

45And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

46And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

47And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

48And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

49And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

50And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.footnote lfootnote m

51Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,

52Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

54Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

Footnotes

  1. a 1:6 Riphath: or, Diphath as it is in some copies
  2. b 1:7 Dodanim: or, Rodanim, according to some copies
  3. c 1:17 Meshech: or, Mash
  4. d 1:19 Peleg: that is, division
  5. e 1:30 Hadad: also called, Hadar
  6. f 1:36 Zephi: or, Zepho
  7. g 1:39 Homam: or, Hemam
  8. h 1:40 Alian: also called, Alvan
  9. i 1:40 Shephi: also called, Shepho
  10. j 1:41 Amram: or, Hemdan
  11. k 1:42 Jakan: or, Akan
  12. l 1:50 Hadad: or, Hadar
  13. m 1:50 Pai: or, Pau

From Adam to Abraham

1Adam, Seth, Enosh,

2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

4The sons of Noah:footnote a
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,footnote b and Togarmah.

7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

8The sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta,footnote c Raamah, and Sabteca.
The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

10Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty onefootnote d on the earth.

11Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, 12the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.footnote e

13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,footnote f and of the Hittites,footnote g 14the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram:footnote h Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.footnote i

18Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

19Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,footnote j because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

20And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Obal,footnote k Abimael, Sheba, 23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

24So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,footnote l 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27and Abram (that is, Abraham).

The Descendants of Abraham

28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their genealogies:
Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

32The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:
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 of these were Keturah’s sons.

34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:
Esau and Israel.

The Descendants of Esau

35The sons of Esau:
Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho,footnote m Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Descendants of Seir

38The sons of Seir:
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

39The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam.footnote n Timna was Lotan’s sister.

40The sons of Shobal: Alvan,footnote o Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,footnote p and Onam.
The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

41The sonfootnote q of Anah: Dishon.
The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,footnote r Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

42The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.footnote s
The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

43These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:footnote t
Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.

44When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

45When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

46When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

47When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

48When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphratesfootnote u reigned in his place.

49When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

50When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau,footnote v and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

51Then Hadad died.
Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
52Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

Footnotes

  1. a 1:4 LXX; Hebrew does not include The sons of Noah:; see Genesis 5:32.
  2. b 1:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see also LXX and Genesis 10:3); most Hebrew manuscripts Diphath
  3. c 1:9 Sabta is a variant of Sabtah; see Genesis 10:7.
  4. d 1:10 Or who established himself as a mighty warrior
  5. e 1:12 Some translators adjust the Hebrew word order to the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (from whom the Philistines came); see also Jeremiah 47:4 and Amos 9:7.
  6. f 1:13 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
  7. g 1:13 Hebrew and of Heth
  8. h 1:17 One Hebrew manuscript and some LXX manuscripts (see also Genesis 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts do not include The sons of Aram.
  9. i 1:17 Meshech is a variant of Mash; see Genesis 10:23.
  10. j 1:19 Peleg means division.
  11. k 1:22 LXX and Syriac (see also Genesis 10:28); Hebrew Ebal
  12. l 1:24 Literally Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah; some LXX manuscripts Shem, Arphaxad, Cainan, Shelah; see also Genesis 10:24 LXX and Luke 3:35–36.
  13. m 1:36 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also Genesis 36:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Zephi
  14. n 1:39 Homam is a variant of Hemam; see Genesis 36:22.
  15. o 1:40 LXX (see also Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Alian
  16. p 1:40 LXX (see also Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Shephi
  17. q 1:41 Hebrew sons
  18. r 1:41 LXX (see also Genesis 36:26); Hebrew Hamran
  19. s 1:42 LXX (see also Genesis 36:27); Hebrew Jaakan
  20. t 1:43 Or before an Israelite king ruled over them
  21. u 1:48 Hebrew the River
  22. v 1:50 Many MT manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also Genesis 36:39); most MT manuscripts Pai

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