1 Chronicles 1:1-54

1 Adam,
Seth,
E´nosh,

2 Ke´nan,
Ma·hal´a·lel,
Ja´red,

3 E´noch,
Me·thu´se·lah,
La´mech,

4 Noah,
Shem, Ham and Ja´pheth.

5 The sons of Ja´pheth were Go´mer and Ma´gog and Ma´da·i and Ja´van and Tu´bal and Me´shech and Ti´ras.

6 And the sons of Go´mer were Ash´ke·naz and Ri´phath and To·gar´mah.

7 And the sons of Ja´van were E·li´shah and Tar´shish, Kit´tim and Ro´da·nim.

8 The sons of Ham were Cush and Miz´ra·im, Put and Ca´naan.

9 And the sons of Cush were Se´ba and Hav´i·lah and Sab´tah and Ra´a·mah and Sab´te·ca.

And the sons of Ra´a·mah were She´ba and De´dan.

10 And Cush himself became father to Nim´rod. He it was that made the start in becoming a mighty one in the earth.

11 As for Miz´ra·im, he became father to Lu´dim and An´a·mim and Le·ha´bim and Naph·tu´him 12 and Path·ru´sim and Cas·lu´him (from among whom the Phi·lis´tines went forth) and Caph´to·rim.

13 As for Ca´naan, he became father to Si´don his firstborn and Heth 14 and the Jeb´u·site and the Am´or·ite and the Gir´ga·shite 15 and the Hi´vite and the Ark´ite and the Si´nite 16 and the Ar´vad·ite and the Zem´a·rite and the Ha´math·ite.

17 The sons of Shem were E´lam and As´shur and Ar·pach´shad and Lud and A´ram,

And Uz and Hul and Ge´ther and Mash.

18 As for Ar·pach´shad, he became father to She´lah, and She´lah himself became father to E´ber.

19 And to E´ber two sons were born. The name of the one was Pe´leg, because in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Jok´tan.

20 As for Jok´tan, he became father to Al·mo´dad and She´leph and Ha·zar·ma´veth and Je´rah 21 and Ha·do´ram and U´zal and Dik´lah 22 and O´bal and A·bim´a·el and She´ba 23 and O´phir and Hav´i·lah and Jo´bab; all these were the sons of Jok´tan.

24 Shem,
Ar·pach´shad,
She´lah,

25 E´ber,
Pe´leg,
Re´u,

26 Se´rug,
Na´hor,
Te´rah,

27 A´bram, that is to say, Abraham.

28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ish´ma·el.

29 These are their family origins: Ish´ma·el’s firstborn Ne·ba´ioth and Ke´dar and Ad´be·el and Mib´sam, 30 Mish´ma and Du´mah, Mas´sa, Ha´dad and Te´ma, 31 Je´tur, Na´phish and Ked´e·mah. These were the sons of Ish´ma·el.

32 As for the sons of Ke·tu´rah, Abraham’s concubine, she gave birth to Zim´ran and Jok´shan and Me´dan and Mid´i·an and Ish´bak and Shu´ah.

And the sons of Jok´shan were She´ba and De´dan.

33 And the sons of Mid´i·an were E´phah and E´pher and Ha´noch and A·bi´da and El·da´ah.

All these were the sons of Ke·tu´rah.

34 And Abraham came to be father to Isaac. The sons of Isaac were E´sau and Israel.

35 The sons of E´sau were El´i·phaz, Reu´el and Je´ush and Ja´lam and Ko´rah.

36 The sons of El´i·phaz were Te´man and O´mar, Ze´pho and Ga´tam, Ke´naz and Tim´na and Am´a·lek.

37 The sons of Reu´el were Na´hath, Ze´rah, Sham´mah and Miz´zah.

38 And the sons of Se´ir were Lo´tan and Sho´bal and Zib´e·on and A´nah and Di´shon and E´zer and Di´shan.

39 And the sons of Lo´tan were Ho´ri and Ho´mam. And Lo´tan’s sister was Tim´na.

40 The sons of Sho´bal were Al´van and Man´a·hath and E´bal, She´pho and O´nam.

And the sons of Zib´e·on were A´iah and A´nah.

41 The sons of A´nah were Di´shon.

And the sons of Di´shon were Hem´dan and Esh´ban and Ith´ran and Che´ran.

42 The sons of E´zer were Bil´han and Za´a·van and A´kan.

The sons of Di´shan were Uz and A´ran.

43 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of E´dom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel: Be´la the son of Be´or, the name of whose city was Din´ha·bah. 44 Eventually Be´la died, and Jo´bab the son of Ze´rah from Boz´rah began to reign in place of him. 45 Eventually Jo´bab died, and Hu´sham from the land of the Te´man·ites began to reign in place of him. 46 Eventually Hu´sham died, and Ha´dad the son of Be´dad, who defeated Mid´i·an in the field of Mo´ab, began to reign in place of him. And the name of his city was A´vith. 47 Eventually Ha´dad died, and Sam´lah from Mas·re´kah began to reign in place of him. 48 Eventually Sam´lah died, and Sha´ul from Re·ho´both by the River began to reign in place of him. 49 Eventually Sha´ul died, and Ba´al-ha´nan the son of Ach´bor began to reign in place of him. 50 Eventually Ba´al-ha´nan died, and Ha´dad began to reign in place of him; and the name of his city was Pa´u, and the name of his wife was Me·het´a·bel, the daughter of Ma´tred, the daughter of Me´za·hab. 51 Eventually Ha´dad died.

And the sheiks of E´dom came to be sheik Tim´na, sheik Al´vah, sheik Je´theth, 52 sheik O·hol·i·ba´mah, sheik E´lah, sheik Pi´non, 53 sheik Ke´naz, sheik Te´man, sheik Mib´zar, 54 sheik Mag´di·el, sheik I´ram. These were the sheiks of E´dom.

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