1 Chronicles 1
From Adam to Abraham
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Many names in these genealogies are spelled differently in other biblical books
b Adam, Seth, Enosh; 2 c Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; 4 Noah d Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 e The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,
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Septuagint; Hebrew Diphath
and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 g The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
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Or He began to be a mighty man on the earth
11 i Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. 13 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 17 j The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram:
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Septuagint; Hebrew lacks And the sons of Aram
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg
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Peleg means division
(for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal
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Septuagint, Syriac (compare Genesis 10:28); Hebrew Ebal
Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 24 n Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu; 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah; 27 Abram, that is, Abraham. From Abraham to Jacob
28 The sons of Abraham: o Isaac and p Ishmael. 29 q These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 r The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah. 34 Abraham fathered s Isaac. The sons of Isaac: t Esau and u Israel. 35 v The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna, ▼
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:12); Hebrew lacks and of
Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 x The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam;
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:22); Hebrew Homam
and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 40 The sons of Shobal: Alvan,
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Alian
Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Shephi
and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 41 The son
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Hebrew sons
of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:26); Hebrew Hamran
Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
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Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:27); Hebrew Jaakan
The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 ae These 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. 44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of af Bozrah reigned in his place. 45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the ag Temanites reigned in his place. 46 Husham 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. 47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates
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Hebrew the River
reigned in his place. 49 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place. 50 Baal-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. 51 And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.
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