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1 Chronicles 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, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 1:6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 1:7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 1:9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 1:10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 1:11 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 1:12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. 1:13 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 1:14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 1:15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 1:16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 1:18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 1:19 To 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 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 1:21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 1:22 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 1:23 Ophir, 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, that is, Abraham. 1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 1:29 These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 1:32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 1:33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah. 1:34 Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. 1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna, Amalek. 1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 1:39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 1:41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 1:43 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 1:44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 1:45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 1:46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 1:47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 1:48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place. 1:49 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place. 1:50 Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 1:51 And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 1:52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 1:53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 1:54 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.


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