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1 Chronicles Chapter 1

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

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

⁶The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

⁷The sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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

⁹The sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba, and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

¹¹Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, ¹²and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (where the Philistines came from), and Caphtorim.

¹³Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, 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.

¹⁷The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of 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 became the father of 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 were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷Abram (which is Abraham).

²⁸The sons of Abraham were 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, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

³²The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba, and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

³⁴Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau, and Israel.

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

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

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

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

³⁹The sons of Lotan were Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon were Aiah, and Anah.

⁴¹The son of Anah was Dishon. The sons of Dishon were Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The son of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz, and Aran.

⁴³Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was 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 struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.

⁴⁸Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by 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; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

⁵¹Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were chief Timna, chief Aliah and chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.