The Descendants of Adam

(Genesis 5.1-32; 10.1-32; 11.10-32)

1 ^1-4 Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵ Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ⁶ Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath,^[a] and Togarmah. ⁷ Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.^[b]

⁸ Ham was the father of Ethiopia,^[c] Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ⁹ Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰ Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. ¹¹ Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹² Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines.^{[d] 13} Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth. ^14-16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

¹⁷ Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech;^[e] they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ¹⁸ Arpachshad was Shelah's father and Eber's grandfather. ¹⁹ Eber named his first son Peleg,^[f] because in his time the earth was divided into tribal regions. Eber's second son was Joktan, ^20-23 the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

^24-27 Shem's descendants included Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram, later renamed Abraham.

Abraham's Family

(Genesis 25.1-4,12-16)

²⁸ Abraham was the father of Isaac and Ishmael.

^29-31 Ishmael had twelve sons, who were born in the following order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

³² Abraham and his slave woman Keturah had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. ³³ Midian was the father of Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

Esau's Family

(Genesis 36.1-14)

³⁴ Abraham's son Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob.^{[g] 35} Esau was the father of Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶ Eliphaz was the father of Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷ Reuel was the father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The First Edomites and Their Kings

(Genesis 36.20-43)

³⁸ Seir was the father of Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ³⁹ Lotan was the father of Hori and Homam; Lotan's sister was Timna. ⁴⁰ Shobal was the father of Alvan,^[h] Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon was the father of Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹ Anah was the father of Dishon and the grandfather of Hemdan,^[i] Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴² Ezer was the father of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.^[j] Dishan^[k] was the father of Uz and Aran.

⁴³ Before kings ruled in Israel, Bela son of Beor ruled the country of Edom from its capital of Dinhabah. ⁴⁴ After Bela's death, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king. ⁴⁵ After Jobab's death, Husham from the land of Teman became king. ⁴⁶ After Husham's death, Hadad son of Bedad became king and ruled from Avith. Earlier, Bedad had defeated the Midianites in the territory of Moab. ⁴⁷ After Hadad's death, Samlah from Masrekah became king; ⁴⁸ after Samlah's death, Shaul from the town of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king; ⁴⁹ and after Shaul's death, Baal Hanan son of Achbor became king. ⁵⁰ After Baal Hanan's death, Hadad ruled from Pai. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab.

⁵¹ The Edomite clans^[l] were Timna, Alvah,^[m] Jetheth, ⁵² Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Magdiel, and Iram.

The Descendants of Judah

2 ^1-2 Jacob^[n] was the father of twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ Judah and his Canaanite wife Bathshua had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord had Er put to death, because he disobeyed and did what the Lord hated. ⁴ Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar also had two sons: Perez and Zerah.

⁵ Perez was the father of Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ Zerah was the father of Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.^{[o] 7 (A)} Achan,^[p] who was a descendant of Zerah and the son of Carmi, caused trouble for Israel, because he kept for himself things that belonged only to the Lord.^{[q] 8} Ethan's son was Azariah.

The Ancestors of King David

⁹ Hezron was the father of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^{[r] 10} Ram was the father of Amminadab and the grandfather of Nahshon, a tribal leader of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon's descendants included Salma, Boaz, ¹² Obed, and Jesse. ^13-15 Jesse had seven sons, who were born in the following order: Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem, and David. ¹⁶ Jesse also had two daughters: Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah was the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail's husband was Jether, who was a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.