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¹Adam gendride Seth; Enos,

²Chaynan, Malaleel, Jared,

³Enoch, Matussale, Lameth;

⁴Noe gendride Sem, Cham, and Japhet.

⁵The sones of Japhat weren Gomer, Magog, Magdai, and Jauan, Tubal, Mosoch, and Tiras.

⁶Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asceneth, and Riphat, and Thogorma.

⁷Sotheli the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym.

⁸The sones of Cham weren Chus, and Mesraym, Phuth, and Chanaan.

⁹Sotheli the sones of Chus weren Saba, and Euila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. Forsothe the sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.

¹⁰Sotheli Chus gendride Nemroth; this Nemroth bigan to be myyti in erthe.

¹¹Forsothe Mesraym gendride Ludym, and Ananyn, and Labaym,

¹²and Neptoym, and Phetrusym, and Casluym, of whiche the Philisteis and Capthureis yeden out.

¹³Sotheli Chanaan gendride Sidon his first gendrid sone,

¹⁴and Ethei, and Jebusei, and Ammorrei, and Gergesei,

¹⁵and Euei, and Arachei, and Synei,

¹⁶and Aradye, and Samathei, and Emathei.

¹⁷The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxat, and Luth, and Aram. Forsothe the sones of Aram weren Hus, and Hul, and Gothor, and Mosoch.

¹⁸Forsothe Arphaxat gendride Sale; which hym silf gendride Heber.

¹⁹Sotheli to Heber weren borun twei sones; name of oon was Phaleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brother was Jectan.

²⁰Forsothe Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech, and Aselmod,

²¹and Jare, and Adoram, and Vzal,

²²and Deda, Hebal, and Ameth, and Abymael,

²³and Saba, also and Ophir, and Euila, and Jobab; alle these weren the sones of Jectan.

²⁴Sem, Arphaxat, Sale,

²⁵Heber, Phalech, Ragau,

²⁶Seruth, Nachor, Thare, Abram;

²⁷forsothe this is Abraham.

²⁸The sones of Abraham weren Isaac and Ismael.

²⁹And these the generaciouns of hem; the firste gendrid of Ismael Nabioth, and Cedar, and Abdahel, and Mapsam,

³⁰and Masma, and Duma, and Massa, Adad, and Themar, Jahur, Naphis, Cedma;

³¹these ben the sones of Ismael.

³²Forsothe the sones of Cethure, secoundarie wijf of Abraham, whiche sche gendride, weren Zamram, Jersan, Madan, Madian, Jelboe, Sue. Sotheli the sones of Jersan weren Saba, and Dadan. Forsothe the sones of Dadan weren Assurym, and Latusym, and Laomym.

³³Sotheli the sones of Madian weren Epha, Ethei, and Enoch, and Abdia, and Heldaa. Alle these weren the sones of Cethure.

³⁴Forsothe Abraham gendride Isaac; whose sones weren Esau and Israel.

³⁵The sones of Esau weren Eliphat, Rahuel, Semyaus, and Elam, and Chore.

³⁶The sones of Eliphath weren Theman, Omer, Sephi, Gethem, Genez, Cenez, Thanna, Amalech.

³⁷The sones of Rahuel weren Naab, Gazara, Samma, Masa.

³⁸The sones of Seir weren Lothan, Sobal, Sebeon, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disan.

³⁹The sones of Lothan weren Horry, Huma; sotheli the sistir of Lothan was Thanna.

⁴⁰The sones of Sobal weren Alian, and Manaath, and Ebal, and Sephi, and Onam. The sones of Sebeon weren Ana, and Anna. The sone of Ana was Dison.

⁴¹The sones of Dison weren Amaram, and Hesabam, and Lecram, and Caram.

⁴²The sones of Eser weren Balaam, and Jaban, and Jesan. The sones of Disan weren Hus and Aram.

⁴³These ben the kyngis that regneden in the lond of Edom, bifor that a kyng was on the sones of Israel. Bale, the sone of Beor; and the name of his citee was Danaba.

⁴⁴Sotheli Bale was deed; and Jobab, sone of Zare of Basra, regnyde for hym.

⁴⁵And whanne Jobab was deed, Husam of the lond of Themayns regnede for hym.

⁴⁶And Husam diede; and Adad, sone of Badad, that smoot Madian in the lond of Moab, regnyde for hym; and the name of the citee of `hym, that is, of Adad, was Abyud.

⁴⁷And whanne Adad was deed, Semela of Maserecha, regnede for hym.

⁴⁸But also Semela was deed, and Saul of Robooth, which is set bisidis the ryuer, regnyde for hym.

⁴⁹Also whanne Saul was deed, Balanam, the sone of Achabor, regnyde for him.

⁵⁰But also he was deed, and Adad, the name of whos citee was Phou, regnede for hym; and his wijf was clepid Methesael, the douyter of Mathred, douyter of Mezaab.

⁵¹Forsothe whanne Adad was deed, dukis bigunnen to be in Edom for kyngis; duyk Thanna, duyk Alia, duyk Jetheth,

⁵²duyk Olibama, duyk Ela, duyk Phynon,

⁵³duik Ceneth, duyk Theman, duyk Mabsar,

⁵⁴duyk Magdiel, duyk Iram. These weren the duykis of Edom.

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¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

³Henoch, 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; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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

⁹And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

¹¹And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

¹²And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

¹³And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

¹⁴The Jebusite also, 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 Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

¹⁹And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

²¹Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

²²And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

²³And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, 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.

³²Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare 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 Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

³⁴And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

³⁵The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, 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; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

⁴³Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

⁴⁴And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁵And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

⁴⁶And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁸And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

⁴⁹And when Shaul was dead, Baal–hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

⁵⁰And when Baal–hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: 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 also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,

⁵²Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

⁵³Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

⁵⁴Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.