These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.

Descendants of Noah

Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

Descendants of Shem

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood;

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

Descendants of Ishmael

Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham;

Isaac’s Sons

Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac;

Esau Moves

Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Descendants of Esau

These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when he was seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.