CHAPTER 1

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh. ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared. ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech. ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵The sons of Japheth, Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. ⁷And the sons of Javan, Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁸The sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan. ⁹And the sons of Cush, Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca. And the sons of Raama, Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰And Cush begot Nimrod. He was the first mighty man on earth. ¹¹And Mizraim begot the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim ¹²and the Pathrusim and the Casluhim, from whom the Philistines came forth, and the Caphtorim. ¹³And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn and Heth. ¹⁴And the Jebusites and the Amorites and the Girgashites ¹⁵and the Hivvites and the Arkites and the Sinites ¹⁶and the Arvadites and the Zemarites and the Hamathites. ¹⁷The sons of Shem, Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech. ¹⁸And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. ¹⁹And to Eber two sons were born. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was split apart, and the name of his brother was Joktan. ²⁰And Joktan begot Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah, ²¹and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah, ²²and Ebal and Abimael and Sheba ²³and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷, Abram, who is Abraham. ²⁸The sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹This is their lineage: Ishmael’s firstborn Nebaioth and Kedar and Abdeel and Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. ³²And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine. She bore Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan, Sheba and Dedan. ³³And the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher and Enoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. ³⁴And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac, Esau and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau, Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. ³⁶The sons of Eliphaz, Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek. ³⁷The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸And the sons of Seir, Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. ³⁹And the sons of Lotan, Hori and Homam and Lotan’s sister, Timna. ⁴⁰The sons of Shobal, Alian, Manahath and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam, the sons of Zibeon, Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹The son of Anah, Dishon, and the sons of Dishon, Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. ⁴²The sons of Ezer, Bilhan and Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan, Uz and Aran. ⁴³And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor and the name of his town was Dinhabah. ⁴⁴And Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶And Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad, who struck down Midian on the steppes of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his town was Avith. ⁴⁷And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸And Samlah died, and Saul from Rehoboth-on-the-River reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹And Saul died and Baal-Hanan son of Achbor reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰And Baal-Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his town was Pai, and the name of his wife was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹And Hadad died and the chieftains of Edom were the chieftain of Timna, the chieftain of Alvah, the chieftain of Jetheth, ⁵²the chieftain of Oholibamah, the chieftain of Elah, the chieftain of Pinon, ⁵³the chieftain of Kenaz, the chieftain of Teman, the chieftain of Mibzar, ⁵⁴the chieftain of Magdiel, the chieftain of Iram, these are the chieftains of Edom.