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1 Chronicles

Chapter 1

1:1 ADAM, SETH, Enosh;

1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;

1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1:6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

1:7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1:9 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raama: Sheba, and Dedan.

1:10 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

1:11 And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

1:12 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim--from whence came the Philistines--and Caphtorim.

1:13 And Canaan begot Zidon his first-born, and Heth;

1:14 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

1:15 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite;

1:16 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

1:17 The Sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1:18 And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

1:19 And unto 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.

1:20 And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

1:21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah;

1:22 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba;

1:23 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;

1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu;

1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah;

1:27 Abram--the same is Abraham.

1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

1:29 These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1:32 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

1:33 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

1:34 And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam and Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1:38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

1:39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

1:41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before their reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1:44 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

1:45 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

1:46 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

1:47 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

1:48 And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

1:49 And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

1:50 And Baal-hanan died, and 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.

1:51 And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth;

1:52 the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon;

1:53 the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

1:54 the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.


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