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1 <1-3> The first generations of people were Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah.[1]
<4> The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
<5> The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
<6> The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath,[2] and Togarmah.
<7> The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
<8> The sons of Ham were Cush,[3] Mizraim,[4] Put, and Canaan.
<9> The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecah.
The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
<10> Nimrod, a descendant of Cush, grew up to become the strongest and bravest soldier in the world.
<11> Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, <12> Pathrus, Casluh, and Caphtor. (The Philistines came from Casluh.)
<13> Canaan was the father of Sidon. Sidon was his first child. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites, <14> the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, <15> the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, <16> the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the people from Hamath.
<17> Shem's sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram's sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.[5]
<18> Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
<19> Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg,[6] because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his lifetime. Peleg's brother was named Joktan. <20> (Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <21> Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <22> Ebal,[7] Abimael, Sheba, <23> Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these men were Joktan's sons.)
<24> Shem's descendants were Arphaxad, Shelah, <25> Eber, Peleg, Reu, <26> Serug, Nahor, Terah, <27> and Abram. (Abram is also called Abraham.)
<28> Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael. <29> These are their descendants:
Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth. His other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, <30> Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, <31> Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael's sons.
<32> Abraham also had sons by Keturah, his slave woman.[8] They were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
<33> Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
These men were the descendants of Keturah.
<34> Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac's sons were Esau and Israel.[9]
<35> Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
<36> Eliphaz's sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho,[10] Gatam, and Kenaz. Also Eliphaz and Timna had a son named Amalek.
<37> Reuel's sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
<38> Seir's sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
<39> Lotan's sons were Hori and Homam.[11] Lotan had a sister named Timna.
<40> Shobal's sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Zibeon's sons were Aiah and Anah.
<41> Anah's son was Dishon.
Dishon's sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
<42> Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran.
<43> There were kings in Edom long before there were kings in Israel. These are the names of the kings of Edom:
Bela was the son of Beor. The name of Bela's city was Dinhabah.
<44> When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became the new king. Jobab came from Bozrah.
<45> When Jobab died, Husham became the new king. Husham was from the country of the Temanites.
<46> When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became the new king. Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab. Hadad's city was named Avith.
<47> When Hadad died, Samlah became the new king. Samlah was from Masrekah.
<48> When Samlah died, Shaul became the new king. Shaul was from Rehoboth by the Euphrates River.
<49> When Shaul died, Baal Hanan son of Acbor became the new king.
<50> When Baal Hanan died, Hadad became the new king. Hadad's city was named Pau.[12] Hadad's wife was named Mehetabel. Mehetabel was Matred's daughter. Matred was Mezahab's daughter. <51> Then Hadad died.
The leaders of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, <52> Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, <53> Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, <54> Magdiel, and Iram. This is a list of the leaders of Edom.
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