1 Chronicles 1:1-32

Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah. The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, and Naphtuhites, Pathrusites, Casluhites, and Caphtorites. (The Philistines came from the Casluhites.) Canaan’s first child was Sidon. He was also the father of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his life. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan. Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons. The family line included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram, who was called Abraham. Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael. These were the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael’s first son was Nebaioth. His other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons. Keturah, Abraham’s slave woman, gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.