# 1 Chronicles 1 (New King James Version) The Family of Adam--Seth to Abraham ##### Chapter 1 ###### 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, ###### 2 Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, ###### 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ###### 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ###### 5 The sons of Japheth _were_ Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ###### 6 The sons of Gomer _were_ Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. ###### 7 The sons of Javan _were_ Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim. ###### 8 The sons of Ham _were_ Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ###### 9 The sons of Cush _were_ Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabtecha. The sons of Raama _were_ Sheba and Dedan. ###### 10 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. ###### 11 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ###### 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim). ###### 13 Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth; ###### 14 the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; ###### 15 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; ###### 16 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. ###### 17 The sons of Shem _were_ Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ###### 18 Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. ###### 19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of one _was_ Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name _was_ Joktan. ###### 20 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ###### 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ###### 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ###### 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these _were_ the sons of Joktan. ###### 24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ###### 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, ###### 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, ###### 27 and Abram, who _is_ Abraham. ###### 28 The sons of Abraham _were_ Isaac and Ishmael.The Family of Ishmael ###### 29 These _are_ their genealogies: The firstborn of Ishmael _was_ Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ###### 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ###### 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These _were_ the sons of Ishmael.The Family of Keturah ###### 32 Now the sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine, _were_ Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan _were_ Sheba and Dedan. ###### 33 The sons of Midian _were_ Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.The Family of Isaac ###### 34 And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac _were_ Esau and Israel. ###### 35 The sons of Esau _were_ Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. ###### 36 And the sons of Eliphaz _were_ Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, _and_ Kenaz; and _by_ Timna, Amalek. ###### 37 The sons of Reuel _were_ Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.The Family of Seir ###### 38 The sons of Seir _were_ Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ###### 39 And the sons of Lotan _were_ Hori and Homam; Lotan's sister _was_ Timna. ###### 40 The sons of Shobal _were_ Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon _were_ Ajah and Anah. ###### 41 The son of Anah _was_ Dishon. The sons of Dishon _were_ Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ###### 42 The sons of Ezer _were_ Bilhan, Zaavan, _and_ Jaakan. The sons of Dishan _were_ Uz and Aran.The Kings of Edom ###### 43 Now these _were_ the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ###### 44 And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. ###### 45 When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ###### 46 And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city _was_ Avith. ###### 47 When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ###### 48 And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. ###### 49 When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ###### 50 And when Baal-Hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai. His wife's name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. ###### 51 Hadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom were Chief Timnah, Chief Aliah, Chief Jetheth, ###### 52 Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ###### 53 Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ###### 54 Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These _were_ the chiefs of Edom.