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1 Chronicles 1
1 Adam, Shet, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalal'el, Yered, 3 Hanokh, Metushelach, Lamekh, 4 Noach, Shem, Ham, and Yefet. 5 The sons of Yefet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Yavan, and Tuval, and Meshekh, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Difat, and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshisha, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 The sons of Ham: Kush, and Mitzrayim, Put, and Kana`an. 9 The sons of Kush: Seva, and Havilah, and Savtah, and Ra`mah, and Savtekha. The sons of Ra`mah: Sheva, and Dedan. 10 Kush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the eretz. 11 Mitzrayim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehavim, and Naftuchim, 12 and Patrusim, and Kasluchim (from whence came the Pelishtim), and Kaftorim. 13 Kana`an became the father of Tzidon his firstborn, and Het, 14 and the Yevusi, and the Amori, and the Girgashi, 15 and the Hivvi, and the `Arki, and the Sini, 16 and the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Hamati. 17 The sons of Shem: `Elam, and Ashshur, and Arpakhshad, and Lud, and Aram, and `Utz, and Hul, and Geter, and Meshekh. 18 Arpakhshad became the father of Shelach, and Shelach became the father of `Ever. 19 To `Ever were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the eretz was divided; and his brother's name was Yoktan. 20 Yoktan became the father of Almodad, and Shelef, and Hatzarmavat, and Yerach, 21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22 and `Eval, and Avima'el, and Sheva, 23 and Ofir, and Havilah, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoktan. 24 Shem, Arpakhshad, Shelach, 25 `Ever, Peleg, Re`u, 26 Serug, Nachor, Terach, 27 Avram (the same is Avraham).
28 The sons of Avraham: Yitzchak, and Yishma'el. 29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Yishma'el, Nevayot; then Kedar, and Adbe'el, and Mivsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 31 Yetur, Nafish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Yishma'el. 32 The sons of Keturah, Avraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midyan, and Yishbak, and Shuach. The sons of Yokshan: Sheva, and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midyan: `Efah, and `Efer, and Hanokh, and Avida, and Elda`ah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34 Avraham became the father of Yitzchak. The sons of Yitzchak: Esav, and Yisra'el. 35 The sons of Esav: Elifaz, Re`u'el, and Ye`ush, and Ya`lam, and Korach. 36 The sons of Elifaz: Teman, and Omar, Tzefi, and Ga`tam, Kenaz, and Timna, and `Amalek. 37 The sons of Re`u'el: Nachat, Zerach, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 The sons of Se`ir: Lotan, and Shoval, and Tziv`on, and `Anah, and Dishon, and Etzer, and Dishan. 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. 40 The sons of Shoval: `Alyan, and Manachat, and `Eval, Shefi, and Onam. The sons of Tziv`on: Ayah, and `Anah. 41 The sons of `Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Yitran, and Keran. 42 The sons of Etzer: Bilhan, and Za`avan, Ya`akan. The sons of Dishan: `Utz, and Aran. 43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Yisra'el: Bela the son of Be'or; and the name of his city was Dinhava. 44 Bela died, and Yovav the son of Zerach of Botzrah reigned in his place. 45 Yovav died, and Husham of the land of the Temani reigned in his place. 46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midyan in the field of Mo'av, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was `Avit. 47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 Samlah died, and Sha'ul of Rechovot by the River reigned in his place. 49 Sha'ul died, and Ba`al-Hanan the son of `Akhbor reigned in his place. 50 Ba`al-Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetav'el, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahav. 51 Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief `Alvah, chief Yetet, 52 chief Oholivamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mivtzar, 54 chief Magdi'el, chief `Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
