The Descendants of Adam

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

²Male and female He created them,and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

³When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

⁴And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁵So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

⁶When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

⁷And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

⁸So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

⁹When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹¹So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

¹²When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

¹⁵When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

¹⁶And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

God Takes Up Enoch

¹⁸When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

²¹When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

²²And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God300 years and had other sons and daughters.

²³So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

²⁴Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

From Methuselah to Noah

²⁵When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

²⁶And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁷So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

²⁸When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

²⁹And he named him Noah,saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

³⁰And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

³¹So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

³²After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The Table of Nations

¹This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

²The sons of Japheth:Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

³The sons of Gomer:Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴And the sons of Javan:Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

⁵From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

The Hamites

⁶The sons of Ham:Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁷The sons of Cush:Seba, Havilah, Sabtah,Raamah, and Sabteca.And the sons of Raamah:Sheba and Dedan.

⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty oneon the earth.

⁹He was a mighty hunter beforethe LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

¹⁰His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

¹¹From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

¹²and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

¹³Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

¹⁴the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

¹⁵And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,and of the Hittites,

¹⁶the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

¹⁷the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁸the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

¹⁹and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

²⁰These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

The Semites

²¹And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth;Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

²²The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

²³The sons of Aram:Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,and Shelah was the father of Eber.

²⁵Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

²⁶And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁹Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

³⁰Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³¹These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

³²All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

From Adam to Abraham

¹Adam, Seth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

⁴The sons of Noah:Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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

⁶The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

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

⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta,Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty oneon the earth.

¹¹Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

¹²the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

¹³And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,and of the Hittites,

¹⁴the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

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

¹⁸Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²²Obal,Abimael, Sheba,

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

²⁴So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷and Abram (that is, Abraham).

The Descendants of Abraham

²⁸The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹These are their genealogies:Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

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

³²The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.The sons of Jokshan:Sheba and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian:Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.All of these were Keturah’s sons.

³⁴Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

The Descendants of Esau

³⁵The sons of Esau:Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho,Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

³⁷The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Descendants of Seir

³⁸The sons of Seir:Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam.Timna was Lotan’s sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal: Alvan,Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,and Onam.The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹The sonof Anah: Dishon.The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphratesreigned in his place.

⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

⁵⁰When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau,and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

⁵¹Then Hadad died.Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

⁵⁴Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

O God, Be Not Silent

¹O God, be not silent; be not speechless;be not still, O God.

²See how Your enemies rage,how Your foes have reared their heads.

³With cunning they scheme against Your peopleand conspire against those You cherish,

⁴saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵For with one mind they plot together;they form an alliance against You—

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,of Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

⁸Even Assyria has joined them,lending strength to the sons of Lot.Selah

⁹Do to them as You did to Midian,as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

¹⁰who perished at Endorand became like dung on the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²who said, “Let us possess for ourselvesthe pastures of God.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴As fire consumes a forest,as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

¹⁵so pursue them with Your tempest,and terrify them with Your storm.

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame,that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷May they be ever ashamed and terrified;may they perish in disgrace.

¹⁸May they know that You alone,whose name is the LORD,are Most High over all the earth.