1 Chronicles 1:1-28

1Adam, Seth, Enosh,

2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

4Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5Japheth’s descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

6Gomer’s descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

7Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

8Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

9Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan.

10Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.

11Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

12Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

13Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,

14also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

15the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

16the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

18Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

19Two sons were born to Eber. The name of the one was Peleg [Division], because in his day the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.

20Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

22Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27Abram (that is, Abraham).

28Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael.