1 Chronicles 1
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1 Chronicles 1:4-27

4Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.

51The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, 2Diphath, and Togarmah. 7The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and 3Rodanim.

8The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 10Cush 4became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

115Mizraim became the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 12Pathrus, Casluh, from which the 6Philistines came, and Caphtor.

13Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth, 14and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites.

177The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether and 8Meshech. 18Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber. 19Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. 20Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 229Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23Ophir, Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

2410Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27Abram, that is Abraham.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 1:5 Gen 10:2-4 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 1:6 In Gen 10:3, Riphath ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 1:7 In Gen 10:4, Dodanim ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Lit begot, and so throughout the ch ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 1:11 Gen 10:13-18 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Chronicles 1:12 Or people of Pelisht ↩
  7. 7. 1 Chronicles 1:17 Gen 10:22-29 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Chronicles 1:17 In Gen 10:23, Mash ↩
  9. 9. 1 Chronicles 1:22 In Gen 10:28, Obal ↩
  10. 10. 1 Chronicles 1:24 Gen 11:10-26; Luke 3:34-36 ↩

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