From Adam to Abraham

(Genesis 5:1–32, Genesis 10:1–32, Genesis 11:10–26)

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

4 The sons of Noah:[fn]

• Shem, Ham, and Japheth.


• 5 The sons of Japheth:
  • Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  
  
  • 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,[fn] and Togarmah.
  
  
  • 7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
  
  
• 8 The sons of Ham:
  • Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  
  
  • 9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta,[fn] Raamah, and Sabteca.
    
  • The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
  
  
  • 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one [fn] on the earth.
  
  
  • 11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, 12 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.[fn]
  
  
  • 13 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,[fn] and of the Hittites,[fn] 14 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
  
  
• 17 The sons of Shem:
  • Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  
  
  • The sons of Aram: [fn] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.[fn]
  
  
  • 18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
  
  
  • 19 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,[fn] because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
  
  
  • 20 And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal,[fn] Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  
  
  • 24 So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,[fn] 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram (that is, Abraham).