1 Chronicles 1
New Catholic Bible
Genealogical Tables[a]
Chapter 1
From Adam to Abraham.[b] 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mehalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 [c]The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca.
The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, and he grew up to be a mighty warrior upon the earth.
11 Mizraim was the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim (from whom the Philistines came).
13 Canaan was the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, 14 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
18 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
19 Eber had two sons: the name of one of them was Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were the sons of Joktan.
24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram that is, Abraham.
28 From Abraham to Jacob.[d] The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These are their descendants: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Keturah.
34 Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.
35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz, and by Timna there was Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
39 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
40 The sons of Shobal were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.
41 The son of Anah was Dishon.
The sons of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.
The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the Israelites: Bela, the son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah. 44 When Bela died, Jobab, the son of Zerah from Bozrah, reigned in his stead. 45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 When Husham died, Hadad, the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the land of Moab reigned in his stead. His city was named Avith. 47 When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river reigned in his stead. 49 When Shaul died, Baal-hanan, the son of Acbor, reigned in his stead. 50 When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his stead. His city was named Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezehab. 51 Hadad also died.
The chieftains of Edom were Timna, Aliah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chieftains of Edom.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 1:1 The Book begins with a long list of names, genealogies and censuses, which bewilder the modern reader. But such lists are found elsewhere in the Bible, because in the view of the ancients, they give expression to a vision of history and the great connections that mark the plan of God; for this reason, the accuracy of the information conveyed is not essential. In like manner, Genesis establishes a continuity between Adam and Abraham as a way of locating the first patriarch in the trajectory of God’s plan (see Gen 5; 11). The evangelists will endeavor to construct a genealogy of Jesus that goes back either to Abraham (Mt 1) or to Adam (Lk 3:23), in order to show that all of history was leading up to Jesus Christ. In the first nine chapters of Chronicles we will likewise find at work a theological conception of human history. Here are its main perspectives: all human beings are connected with one another by their common origin in Adam, but from among them God chose a people and, inseparable at the center of this people, King David and the priests. The king is the sign of the Messianic promises, while the priests are the guardians of the sanctuary wherein Israel meets God. In the author’s eyes, all of humanity gravitates around God’s will to establish his reign and his worship among us. Such is the author’s grand vision, which is given learned expression in these endless lists.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1 This is the list in Gen 5.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5 The three sons of Noah populate the earth, but Shem is the origin of the privileged posterity that leads to Abraham and, through him, to the people of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 1:28 Abraham is not only the founder of the Israelite people but from him and from his son Isaac come other peoples, brothers and sisters of Israel (hostile brethren in many instances). Recalled here, as secondary branches, are the Ishmaelites and the Edomites, and a short history of the latter is sketched.
