Open English Translation 1CH Chapter 1

1 Adam, Shet (Seth), Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Yared (Jared), 3 Hanok (Enoch), Metushelah (Methuselah), Lamek, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Yafet (Japeth).

5 Yafet’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yavan, Tuval, Meshek, and Tiras. 6 Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Rifat, and Togarmah. 7 Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

8 Ham’s sons were Kush, Mitsrayim, Put, and Kanaan. 9 Kush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Savteka. Raamah’s sons were Sheva and Dedan. 10 Then Kush fathered Nimrod and he became a mighty warrior. 11 Mitsrayim was the ancestor of the Lud, the Anam, the Lehab, the Naftuh, 12 the Patrus, the Kasluh, and the Kaftor people groups. (The Philistines descended from the Kasluh people group.) 13 Kanaan’s first son was Tsidon, and then he was also the ancestor of the Hittites, 14 the Yebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamatites.

17 Shem’s sons were Elam, Ashur, Arpakshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were: Uts, Hul, Geter, and Meshek. 18 Arpakshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 19 Eber had two sons: Peleg (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘divided’ because in his lifetime, the earth was divided)[ref] and Yoktan. 20 Yoktan was the ancestor of: Almodad, Shelef, Hatsarmavet, Yerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Eybal, Abimael, Sheva, 23 Ofir, Havilah, and Yovav. All those were the descendants of Yoktan.

24 These were the descendants of Shem (in order from him to Abraham): Arpakshad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram (whose name God later changed to Abraham).

28 Abraham’s sons were Yitshak (Isaac) and Yishmael (Ishmael). 29 These were their family lines: The firstborn son of Yishmael (the son of Abraham’s slave wife Hagar) was Nevayot, then his other sons Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Yetur, Nafish, and Kedemah. Those were Yishmael’s twelve sons. 32 The sons of Abraham’s slave wife Keturah were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midyan, Yishbak, and Shuah. Yokshan’s sons were Sheva and Dedan. 33 Midyan’s sons were Efah, Efer, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah. All those were Keturah’s descendants.

34 Abraham had his son Yitshak by his wife Sarah, and Yitshak’s sons: were Esau and Yakov, whose name God later changed to Yisrael (Israel).

35 Esau’s sons were Elifaz, Reuel, Yeush, Yalam, and Korah. 36 Elifaz’s sons were Teman, Omar, Tsefo, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. 37 Reuel’s sons were Nahat, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 Seir was another descendant of Esau and his sons were Lotan, Shoval, Tsiveon, Anah, Dishon, Etser, and Dishan. 39 Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 40 Shoval’s sons were Alyan, Manahat, Eyval, Shefo, and Onam. Tsiveon’s sons were Ayyah and Anah. 41 Anah’s son was Dishon. Dishon’s sons were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 42 Etser’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Yaakan. Dishan’s sons were Uts and Aran.

43 These are the kings who ruled the region of Edom (where Seir’s descendants lived) before any kings ruled over Israel: Bela son of Beor, and his city’s name was Dinhavah. 44 When Bela died, Zerah’s son Yovav from Batsrah city replaced him as king. 45 When Yovav died, Husham replaced him as king. He was from the region where the Teman people group lived. 46 When Husham died, Bedad’s son Hadad replaced him as king. His city’s name was Avit. Hadad defeated the Midyan people group in the Moab region. 47 When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah city replaced him as king. 48 When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehovot-on-the-river replaced him as king. 49 When Shaul died, Akbor’s son Baal-Hanan replaced him as king. 50 When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad replaced him as king. His city’s name was Pa’u. His wife’s name was Meheytavel—she was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab.

51 Then Hadad[ref] died.

The leaders of the Edom people group were Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Yetet, 52 Aholivamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mivtsar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram. Those were the chiefs of Edom.