Passage: 1 Chronicles 1 (RSV)


1 Chronicles 1


1Adam, Seth, Enosh;
2Kenan, Ma-hal'alel, Jared;
3Enoch, Methu'selah, Lamech;
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
6The sons of Gomer: Ash'kenaz, Diphath, and Togar'mah.
7The sons of Javan: Eli'shah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Ro'danim.
8The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
9The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav'ilah, Sabta, Ra'ama, and Sab'teca. The sons of Ra'amah: Sheba and Dedan.
10Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
11Egypt was the father of Ludim, An'amim, Le'habim, Naph-tu'him,
12Pathru'sim, Caslu'him (whence came the Philis'tines), and Caph'torim.
13Canaan was the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
14and the Jeb'usites, the Am'orites, the Gir'gashites,
15the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
16the Ar'vadites, the Zem'arites, and the Ha'mathites.
17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpach'shad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18Arpach'shad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber.
19To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan.
20Joktan was the father of Almo'dad, Sheleph, Hazarma'veth, Jerah,
21Hador'am, Uzal, Diklah,
22Ebal, Abim'a-el, Sheba,
23Ophir, Hav'ilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
24Shem, Arpach'shad, Shelah;
25Eber, Peleg, Re'u;
26Serug, Nahor, Terah;
27Abram, that is, Abraham.
28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ish'mael.
29These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ish'mael, Neba'ioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
31Jetur, Naphish, and Ked'emah. These are the sons of Ish'mael.
32The sons of Ketu'rah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Mid'ian, Ishbak, and Shu'ah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
33The sons of Mid'ian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Elda'ah. All these were the descendants of Ketu'rah.
34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
35The sons of Esau: Eli'phaz, Reu'el, Je'ush, Jalam, and Korah.
36The sons of Eli'phaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Am'alek.
37The sons of Reu'el: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38The sons of Se'ir: Lotan, Shobal, Zib'eon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
39The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
40The sons of Shobal: Al'ian, Man'ahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zib'eon: Ai'ah and Anah.
41The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
42The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za'avan, and Ja'akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
43These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela the son of Be'or, the name of whose city was Din'habah.
44When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Te'manites reigned in his stead.
46When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid'ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.
47When Hadad died, Samlah of Masre'kah reigned in his stead.
48When Samlah died, Sha'ul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead.
49When Sha'ul died, Ba'al-ha'nan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead.
50When Ba'al-ha'nan died, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pa'i, and his wife's name Mehet'abel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me'zahab.
51And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Al'iah, Jetheth,
52Oholiba'mah, Elah, Pinon,
53Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
54Mag'di-el, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.



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