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The First Book of Chronicles, starting at chapter 1
{1:1} Adam, Seth, Enosh, {1:2} Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, {1:3} Enoch,
Methuselah, Lamech, {1:4} Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. {1:5} The sons
of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and
Meshech, and Tiras. {1:6} The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath,
and Togarmah. {1:7} The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim,
and Rodanim. {1:8} The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and
Canaan. {1:9} The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. {1:10} Cush
became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
{1:11} Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
and Naphtuhim, {1:12} and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (where the
Philistines came from), and Caphtorim. {1:13} Canaan became the father
of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, {1:14} and the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, and the Girgashite, {1:15} and the Hivite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite, {1:16} and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite. {1:17} The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad,
and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. {1:18}
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father
of Eber. {1:19} To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was
Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name
was Joktan. {1:20} Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, {1:21} and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
{1:22} and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, {1:23} and Ophir, and
Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. {1:24} Shem,
Arpachshad, Shelah, {1:25} Eber, Peleg, Reu, {1:26} Serug, Nahor,
Terah, {1:27} Abram (the same is Abraham). {1:28} The sons of Abraham:
Isaac, and Ishmael. {1:29} These are their generations: the firstborn
of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, {1:30}
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, {1:31} Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. {1:32} The sons of Keturah,
Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
{1:33} The sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. {1:34} Abraham became
the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel. {1:35} The
sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. {1:36}
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and
Timna, and Amalek. {1:37} The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah. {1:38} The sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon,
and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. {1:39} The sons of Lotan:
Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. {1:40} The sons of
Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of
Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. {1:41} The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of
Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. {1:42} The sons of
Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
{1:43} Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of
Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. {1:44} Bela died, and
Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. {1:45} Jobab
died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
{1:46} Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in
the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was
Avith. {1:47} Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
{1:48} Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his
place. {1:49} Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in
his place. {1:50} Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and
the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. {1:51} Hadad died. The
chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, {1:52}
chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, {1:53} chief Kenaz, chief
Teman, chief Mibzar, {1:54} chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the
chiefs of Edom.
{2:1} These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, {2:2} Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. {2:3} The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and
Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the
Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of [1>]the
LORD;[<1] and he killed him. {2:4} Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him
Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. {2:5} The sons of
Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. {2:6} The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan,
and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. {2:7} The sons
of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed
