1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. ⁴The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Javan, Elishah, 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, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰Cush became the father of Nimrod. He was the first to become a mighty hunter on the earth. ¹¹Mizraim became the father of the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim. ¹²From them came the Philistines and the Caphtorim. Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, 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: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸Arphaxad became the father of Cainan, Cainan became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber. ¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber. One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. ²⁰Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. ²⁴The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Shelah, and Cainan, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷and Abram, who is Abraham. ²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations. The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then 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, whom she bore to him: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³The sons of Dedan: Raguel, Nabdeel, Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. All these were descendants of Keturah. ³⁴The sons of Medan: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. ³⁵Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Jacob. ³⁶The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁷The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna, the concubine of Eliphaz, bore him Amalek. ³⁸The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Seir, and Mizzah. ³⁹The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ⁴⁰The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Lotan's sister was Timna. ⁴¹The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. These were the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah his daughter. ⁴²The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴³The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ⁴⁴These are the kings who reigned in Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ⁴⁵Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah reigned in his place. His mother was from Bozrah. ⁴⁶Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Teman reigned in his place. ⁴⁷Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place. He was the one who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, and the name of his city was Gethaim. ⁴⁸Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ⁴⁹Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place. ⁵⁰Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place. ⁵¹Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place. The name of his land was Phogor, and his wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab. ⁵²Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, ⁵³chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵⁴chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁵chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These were all the chiefs of Edom.