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1:1 Adam <0121>, Seth <08352>, Enosh <0583>, 1:2 Kenan <07018>, Mahalalel <04111>, Jered <03382>, 1:3 Enoch <02585>, Methuselah <04968>, Lamech <03929>, 1:4 Noah <05146>, Shem <08035>, Ham <02526>, and Japheth <03315>. 1:5 The sons <01121> of Japheth <03315>: Gomer <01586>, Magog <04031>, Madai <04074>, Javan <03120>, Tubal <08422>, Meshech <04902>, and Tiras <08494>. 1:6 The sons <01121> of Gomer <01586>: Ashkenaz <0813>, Riphath <07384>, and Togarmah <08425>. 1:7 The sons <01121> of Javan <03120>: Elishah <0473>, Tarshish <08659>, the Kittites <03794>, and the Rodanites <01721>. 1:8 The sons <01121> of Ham <02526>: Cush <03568>, Mizraim <04714>, Put <06316>, and Canaan <03667>. 1:9 The sons <01121> of Cush <03568>: Seba <05434>, Havilah <02341>, Sabta <05454>, Raamah <07484>, and Sabteca <05455>. The sons <01121> of Raamah <07484>: Sheba <07614> and Dedan <01719>. 1:10 Cush <03568> was the father <03205> of Nimrod <05248>, who established <02490> himself <01931> as a mighty warrior <01368> on earth <0776>. 1:11 Mizraim <04714> was the father <03205> of the Ludites <03866>, Anamites <06047>, Lehabites <03853>, Naphtuhites <05320>, 1:12 Pathrusites <06625>, Casluhites <03695> (from whom <0834> the Philistines <06430> descended <03318>), and the Caphtorites <03732>. 1:13 Canaan <03667> was the father <03205> of Sidon <06721>– his firstborn <01060>– and Heth <02845>, 1:14 as well as the Jebusites <02983>, Amorites <0567>, Girgashites <01622>, 1:15 Hivites <02340>, Arkites <06208>, Sinites <05513>, 1:16 Arvadites <0721>, Zemarites <06786>, and Hamathites <02577>. 1:17 The sons <01121> of Shem <08035>: Elam <05867>, Asshur <0804>, Arphaxad <0775>, Lud <03865>, and Aram <0758>. The sons of Aram: Uz <05780>, Hul <02343>, Gether <01666>, and Meshech <04902>. 1:18 Arphaxad <0775> was the father <03205> of Shelah <07974>, and Shelah <07974> was the father <03205> of Eber <05677>.

• 1Ch 1:1-4 -- Adam's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:5-7 -- Japheth's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:8-16 -- Ham's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:17-28 -- Shem's Descendants

• GENEALOGY, 1-7

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 1-7 - je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Principles of Interpretation 6. Principles of Compilation 7. Sources 8. Principa...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION

  [isbe] SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION - sem'-its, sem-it'-ik, 1. Biblical References 2. The Five Sons of Shem 3. Original Home of the Semites 4. Confusion with Other Races 5. Reliability of Genesis 10 6. Semitic Languages 7. Semitic Rel...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
  

• Ham

  [nave] HAM 1. Son of Noah, Gen. 5:32; 9:18, 24; 1 Chr. 1:4. Provokes his father's wrath and is cursed by him, Gen. 9:18-27. His children, Gen. 10:6-20; 1 Chr. 1:8-16. 2. Patronymic of the descendants of Ham, 1 Chr. 4:40; Psa. 78...
  

• Mizraim

  [ebd] the dual form of matzor, meaning a "mound" or "fortress," the name of a people descended from Ham (Gen. 10:6, 13; 1 Chr. 1:8, 11). It was the name generally given by the Hebrews to the land of Egypt (q.v.), and may denote th...
  [isbe] MIZRAIM - miz'-ra-im (mitsrayim): (1) A son of Ham, and ancestor of various peoples, Ludim, Anamim, etc. (Gen 10:6,13; 1 Ch 1:8,11). See TABLE OF NATIONS. (2) The name of Egypt. See EGYPT. The land of Ham.--cham, was another...
  [nave] MIZRAIM, son of Ham, Gen. 10:6, 13; 1 Chr. 1:8, 11.
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Arphaxad

  [ebd] son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the...
  [isbe] ARPHAXAD - ar-fak'-sad: (1) the King James Version form (Gen 10:22,24; 11:12,13; 1 Ch 1:17) of the Revised Version (British and American) ARPACHSHAD, which see. See also TABLE OF NATIONS. (2) In Apocrypha (Judith 1) a king o...
  [nave] ARPHAXAD, son of Shem, Gen. 10:22; 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18, 24; Luke 3:36.
  

• Canaanites

  [nave] CANAANITES Eleven nations, descended from Canaan, Gen. 10:15-19; Deut. 7:1; 1 Chr. 1:13-16. Territory of, Gen. 10:19; 12:6; 15:18; Ex. 23:31; Num. 13:29; 34:1-12; Josh. 1:4; 5:1; given to the Israelites, Gen. 12:6, 7; 15:18...
  

• Canaan

  [smith] (Ca?nan) (low, flat). The fourth son of Ham, (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8) the progenitor of the Phoenicians [ZIDON, OR SIDON], and of the various nations who before the Israelite conquest people the seacoast of Palest...
  [nave] CANAAN 1. Son of Ham, Gen. 9:18, 22, 25-27. Descendants of, Gen. 10:6, 15; 1 Chr. 1:8, 13. 2. Land of (The history of this region is involved in that of the Israelites. The student is therefore referred to Israel, History ...
  

• Javan

  [isbe] JAVAN - ja'-van (yawan, meaning unknown): (1) In Gen 10:2,4 = 1 Ch 1:5,7 Septuagint Iouan); Isa 66:19; Ezek 27:13 Septuagint Hellas, Greece); Dan 8:21 m; 10:20; 11:2; Zec 9:13; Joel 3:6 (Hebrew 4:6) Septuagint hoi Hellenes, ...
  [nave] JAVAN 1. Son of Japheth, Gen. 10:2, 4; 1 Chr. 1:5, 7. 2. A city in Arabia in which the Phoenicians traded, Ezek. 27:13, 19.
  

• Casluhim

  [ebd] fortified, a people descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12). Their original seat was probably somewhere in Lower Egypt, along the sea-coast to the south border of Palestine.
  [isbe] CASLUHIM - kas'-lu-him, kas-lu-him (kacluchim; Chasmonieim): The name of a people mentioned in Gen 10:14; 1 Ch 1:12 as descended from Mizraim. The parenthesis should probably follow Caphtorim. From them, it is said, sprang t...
  [smith] (fortified), a Mizraite people or tribe. (Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12)
  [nave] CASLUHIM, a people whose progenitor was a son of Mizraim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12.
  

• Cush

  [ebd] black. (1.) A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1 Chr. 1:10). From him the land of Cush seems to have derived its name. The question of the precise locality of the land of Cush has given ...
  [nave] CUSH 1. Son of Ham, Gen. 10:6-8; 1 Chr. 1:8-10. 2. A Benjamite, title of, Psa. 7. 3. Land of, Gen. 2:13; Psa. 68:31; Isa. 18:1. See: Ethiopia.
  

• Dodanim

  [ebd] leaders, a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are known in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting Illyricum. They were a semi-Pelasgic race, and in the ethnographical table (Gen. 10) they are grouped ...
  [isbe] DODANIM - do'-da-nim (dodhanim, "leaders"): In Gen 10:4, the son of Javan, the son of Japheth. This would place the Dodanim among the Ioninns. The parallel passage 1 Ch 1:7, with the Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch, has,...
  [smith] (leaders), (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7) a family or race descended from Javan, the son of Japhet. (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7) Dodanim is regarded as identical with the Dardani, who were found in historical time...
  [nave] DODANIM Descendants of Noah, Gen. 10:4. Called Rodanim, 1 Chr. 1:7.
  

• Anamim

  [ebd] the name of an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:13; 1 Chr. 1:11).
  [isbe] ANAMIM - an'-a-mim (`anamim): Descendants of Mizraim (Gen 10:13; 1 Ch 1:11). See TABLE OF NATIONS.
  [smith] a Mizraite people or tribe. (Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11)
  [nave] ANAMIM, a tribe descended from Mizraim, Gen. 10:13; 1 Chr. 1:11.
  

• Tiras

  [ebd] the youngest of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5).
  [isbe] TIRAS - ti'-ras (tirac; Theiras, Lucian Thiras): A son of Japheth (Gen 10:2 (P); 1 Ch 1:5). Not mentioned elsewhere; this name was almost unanimously taken by the ancient commentators (so Josephus, Ant, I, vi, 1) to be the s...
  [nave] TIRAS, son of Japheth, Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5.
  

• Japheth

  [nave] JAPHETH Son of Noah, Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 9:18; 10:21. His life preserved at the time of the flood, Gen. 7:13; 9:18. Prudence of, on the occasion of Noah's drunkeess, Gen. 9:23, 27. Descendants of, Gen. 10:2-5; 1 Chr. 1:5-7. ...
  

• Seba

  [isbe] SEBA - se'-ba (cebha'; Saba (Gen 10:7; 1 Ch 1:9); Greek ibid., but Codex Vaticanus has (Saban): 1. Forms of Name, and Parentage of Seba: The first son of Cush, his brothers being Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecha. In Ps ...
  [smith] (pl. Sebaim ; in Authorized Version incorrectly rendered Sabeans) heads the list of the sons of Cush. Besides the mention of Seba in the lists of the pens of Cush, (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) there are but three notic...
  [nave] SEBA 1. Son of Cush, Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9. 2. A region in Ethiopia, Psa. 72:10; Isa. 43:3.
  

• SHELAH

  [ebd] petition. (1.) Judah's third son (Gen. 38:2, 5, 11, 14). (2.) A son of Arphaxad (1 Chr. 1:18).
  [isbe] SHELAH - she'-la (shelah; Sala): (1) The youngest son of Judah and the daughter of Shua the Canaanite (Gen 38:5,11,14,26; 46:12; Nu 26:20 (16); 1 Ch 2:3; 4:21). He gave his name to the family of the Shelanites (Nu 26:20 (16)...
  [smith] (a petition). The youngest son of Judah. (Genesis 38:5,11,14,26; 46:10; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 4:21) (B.C. before 1706.) The proper form of the name of Salah. (1 Chronicles 1:18,24)
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

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