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I Chronicles 1

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh;

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, 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: Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

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

⁹And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raama and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.

¹¹And Egypt was the father of the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim

¹²And the Pathrusim and the Casluhim and the Caphtorim (from whom came the Philistines).

¹³And Canaan was the father of Zidon, his oldest son, 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: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.

¹⁸And Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days a division was made of the earth; and his brother's name was Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan was 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 (that is Abraham).

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹These are their generations: the oldest son 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.

³²And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's servant-wife: she was the mother of 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 Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

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

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

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

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.

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

⁴¹The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

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

⁴³Now these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom, before there was any king over Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; his town was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

⁴⁵At the death of Jobab, Husham, from the land of the Temanites, became king in his place.

⁴⁶And at the death of Husham, Hadad, the son of Bedad, who overcame Midian in the field of Moab, became king; his town was named Avith.

⁴⁷And at the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

⁴⁸And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river became king in his place,

⁴⁹And at the death of Shaul, Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, became king in his place.

⁵⁰And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadad became king in his place; his town was named Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

⁵¹And Hadad came to his end. Now the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Aliah, the chief of Jetheth,

⁵²The chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon,

⁵³The chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar,

⁵⁴The chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

I Chronicles 1

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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

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

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

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

⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: 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 (from whence came the Philistines), 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: 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 (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,

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: Sheba, and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian: 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: Esau, and Israel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴¹The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: 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, chief Jetheth,

⁵²chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.