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1 Chronicles 1

¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

³Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁸The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁹And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

¹¹And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

¹²And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

¹³And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

¹⁴The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

¹⁵And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

¹⁶And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

¹⁷The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

¹⁹And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

²¹Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

²²And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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

²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷Abram; the same is Abraham.

²⁸The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

²⁹These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

³⁰Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

³²Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare 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 Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are 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; 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 Timna was Lotan's sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

⁴¹The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

⁴³Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

⁴⁴And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁵And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

⁴⁶And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁸And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

⁴⁹And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

⁵⁰And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

⁵¹Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,

⁵²Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

⁵³Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

⁵⁴Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

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Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Adam ... "Begat" must be understood as meaning that the person who "begat" was not in all instances the immediate parent, but an ancestor, near or more remote of the person spoken of. Only that one member of the family is mentioned who came in the direct order of succession.

Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

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Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfillment of Noah's prophecy (Genesis 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty , [ gibowr (cf. Genesis 10:8); Septuagint: gigas kuneegos , a dog-leading giant.]

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Capthtorim - better rendered, 'and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistim and Caphtorim:' they were brethren, the sons of Casluhim, and at first dwelt together whence their names are used interchangeably; and the Caphtorim are described as inhabiting Azzah, or Gaza, the seat of the Philistines.

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

The Jebusites ... From this verse to 1 Chronicles 1:17 the names are not those of individuals. but of people who all sprang from Canaan; and as several of them became extinct, or were amalgamated with their brethren, their national appellations are given, instead of the personal names of their ancestors.

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech - or Mash: these were the children of Aram, and grandsons of Shem (Genesis 10:23).

And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

Arphaxad begat Selah. Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here (see the notes at Luke 3:36).

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

Peleg - (see the notes at Genesis 10:25.)

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

Ebal - or Obal (Genesis 10:28).

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

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Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

Shem ... This comprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham.}

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Eber, Peleg, Reu, of the Arabs in the present day.

These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

These are their generations - the heads of his twelve tribes. The great northern desert of Arabia, including the entire neck, was colonized by these tribes; and if we can recover, in the modern geography of this part of the country, Arab tribes bearing the names of those patriarchs - i:e., names corresponding with those preserved in the original catalogue of Scripture-we obtain at once so many evidences, not of mere similarity, but of absolute identification (Forster).

Nebaioth - gave rise to the Nabathaeans of the classic, and the Beni Nabat of Oriental, writers.

Kedar - the Arab tribe el-Khedeyre, on the coast of Hedgar, Adbeel-Adbilla, the name of a tribe in Yemen,

Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

Dumah - Dumah and Tema, the great Arab tribes of Beni Teman. Thus this writer ('Historical Geography of Arabia') traces the names of all the heads of the twelve tribes of Ishmael as perpetuated in the clans or tribes

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

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Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

Sons of Keturah. Those became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria as Midian of the Midianites (Genesis 36:35; Judges 6:2).

And Shuah - from whom Bildad sprang (Job 2:11).

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

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The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. Sons of Eliphas - the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Genesis 36:10).

Teman - gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea.

Omar - the tribe Beni Aroma settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (mount Seir).

Zephi - the tribe Dzaf.

Gatam i:e. Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or 'people of Sarah.'

Kenaz - the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighbourhood of Syria.

Timna, and Amalek - i:e., and from Timna, Amalek, the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the Beni Maledj of the Shat el-Arab.

Reuel - a powerful branch of the great Aeneze tribe, the Rowalla Arabs.

Shammah - the great tribe Beni Shammar. In the same way the names of the other kings and dukes are traced in the modern tribes of Arabia. But it is unnecessary to mention anymore of those obscure nomads, except to notice that Jobab (1 Chronicles 1:44), one of the kings of Edom, is considered to be Job, and that his seat was in the royal city of Dinahab (Genesis 36:32), identified with O'Daeb, a well-known town in the center of Al Dahna, a great northern desert in the direction of Ohaldea and the Euphrates (Forster).