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¹ Adam, Seth, Enosh;² Kenan, Ma-hal'alel, Jared;³ Enoch, Methu'selah, Lamech;⁴ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.⁵ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.⁶ The sons of Gomer: Ash'kenaz, Diphath, and Togar'mah.⁷ The sons of Javan: Eli'shah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Ro'danim.⁸ The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.⁹ The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav'ilah, Sabta, Ra'ama, and Sab'teca. The sons of Ra'amah: Sheba and Dedan.¹⁰ Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.¹¹ Egypt was the father of Ludim, An'amim, Le'habim, Naph-tu'him,¹² Pathru'sim, Caslu'him (whence came the Philis'tines), and Caph'torim.¹³ Canaan was the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,¹⁴ and the Jeb'usites, the Am'orites, the Gir'gashites,¹⁵ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,¹⁶ the Ar'vadites, the Zem'arites, and the Ha'mathites.¹⁷ The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpach'shad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.¹⁸ Arpach'shad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber.¹⁹ To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan.²⁰ Joktan was the father of Almo'dad, Sheleph, Hazarma'veth, Jerah,²¹ Hador'am, Uzal, Diklah,²² Ebal, Abim'a-el, Sheba,²³ Ophir, Hav'ilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.²⁴ Shem, Arpach'shad, Shelah;²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Re'u;²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah;²⁷ Abram, that is, Abraham.

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ish'mael.²⁹ These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ish'mael, Neba'ioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Ked'emah. These are the sons of Ish'mael.³² The sons of Ketu'rah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Mid'ian, Ishbak, and Shu'ah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.³³ The sons of Mid'ian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Elda'ah. All these were the descendants of Ketu'rah.³⁴ Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.³⁵ The sons of Esau: Eli'phaz, Reu'el, Je'ush, Jalam, and Korah.³⁶ The sons of Eli'phaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Am'alek.³⁷ The sons of Reu'el: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.³⁸ The sons of Se'ir: Lotan, Shobal, Zib'eon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.⁴⁰ The sons of Shobal: Al'ian, Man'ahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zib'eon: Ai'ah and Anah.⁴¹ The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za'avan, and Ja'akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.⁴³ These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela the son of Be'or, the name of whose city was Din'habah.⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Te'manites reigned in his stead.⁴⁶ When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid'ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masre'kah reigned in his stead.⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Sha'ul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead.⁴⁹ When Sha'ul died, Ba'al-ha'nan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead.⁵⁰ When Ba'al-ha'nan died, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pa'i, and his wife's name Mehet'abel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me'zahab.⁵¹ And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Al'iah, Jetheth,⁵² Oholiba'mah, Elah, Pinon,⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,⁵⁴ Mag'di-el, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.