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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>. 1:19 Two <08147> sons <01121> were born <03205> to Eber <05677>: the first <0259> was named <08034> Peleg <06389>, for <03588> during his lifetime <03117> the earth <0776> was divided <06385>; his brother’s <0251> name <08034> was Joktan <03355>. 1:20 Joktan <03355> was the father <03205> of Almodad <0486>, Sheleph <08026>, Hazarmaveth <02700>, Jerah <03392>, 1:21 Hadoram <01913>, Uzal <0187>, Diklah <01853>, 1:22 Ebal <05858>, Abimael <039>, Sheba <07614>, 1:23 Ophir <0211>, Havilah <02341>, and Jobab <03103>. All <03605> these <0428> were the sons <01121> of Joktan <03355>. 1:24 Shem <08035>, Arphaxad <0775>, Shelah <07974>, 1:25 Eber <05677>, Peleg <06389>, Reu <07466>, 1:26 Serug <08286>, Nahor <05152>, Terah <08646>, 1:27 Abram <087> (that <01931> is, Abraham <085>). 1:28 The sons <01121> of Abraham <085>: Isaac <03327> and Ishmael <03458>. 1:29 These <0428> were their descendants <08435>: Ishmael’s <03458> firstborn son <01060> was Nebaioth <05032>; the others were Kedar <06938>, Adbeel <0110>, Mibsam <04017>, 1:30 Mishma <04927>, Dumah <01746>, Massa <04854>, Hadad <02301>, Tema <08485>, 1:31 Jetur <03195>, Naphish <05305>, and Kedemah <06929>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Ishmael <03458>. 1:32 The sons <01121> to whom Keturah <06989>, Abraham’s <085> concubine <06370>, gave birth <03205>: Zimran <02175>, Jokshan <03370>, Medan <04091>, Midian <04080>, Ishbak <03435>, Shuah <07744>. The sons <01121> of Jokshan <03370>: Sheba <07614> and Dedan <01719>. 1:33 The sons <01121> of Midian <04080>: Ephah <05891>, Epher <06081>, Hanoch <02585>, Abida <028>, and Eldaah <0420>. All <03605> these <0428> were the sons <01121> of Keturah <06989>. 1:34 Abraham <085> was the father <03205> of Isaac <03327>. The sons <01121> of Isaac <03327>: Esau <06215> and Israel <03478>. 1:35 The sons <01121> of Esau <06215>: Eliphaz <0464>, Reuel <07467>, Jeush <03266>, Jalam <03281>, and Korah <07141>.

• 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
• 1Ch 1:29-31 -- Ishmael's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:32-33 -- Keturah's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:34 -- Isaac's Descendants
• 1Ch 1:35-37 -- Esau'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...
  

• 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, 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Shem

  [ebd] a name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's sons. The words "brother of Japheth the elder" in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly rendered "the elder brother of J...
  [nave] SHEM, son of Noah. Preserved in the ark, Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18; 1 Chr. 1:4. His filial conduct, Gen. 9:23-27. Descendants of, Gen. 10:1, 21-31; 11:10-29; 1 Chr. 1:17-54. Called Sem, Luke 3:36.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Joktan

  [ebd] little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.
  [isbe] JOKTAN - jok'-tan (yoqTan, meaning unknown): "Son" of Eber, and "father" of 13 tribes (Gen 10:25,26,29; 1 Ch 1:19,20,23).
  [smith] (small), son of Eber, (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19) and the father of the Joktanite Arabs. (Genesis 10:30) (B.C. about 2200.)
  [nave] JOKTAN, son of Eber, Gen. 10:25, 26, 29; 1 Chr. 1:19, 20, 23.
  

• Abimael

  [ebd] father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22).
  [isbe] ABIMAEL - a-bim'-a-el, ab-i-ma'-el ('abhima'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): The ninth of the thirteen sons of Joktan, who was descendant of Shem, and son of Eber, and brother of Peleg in whose days the earth was...
  [smith] (father of Mael), a descendant of Joktan, (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe (Mali).
  [nave] ABIMAEL, son of Joktan, Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22.
  

• Almodad

  [isbe] ALMODAD - al-mo'-dad ('almodhadh, "the beloved," or, "God is beloved"): The first mentioned of the thirteen sons of Joktan (Gen 10:25-29; 1 Ch 1:19-23). A south Arabian name, and pointing to a south Arabian tribe. See ABIMAE...
  [smith] (measure) the first in order of the descendants of Joktan. (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20)
  [nave] ALMODAD, son of Joktan, Gen. 10:26; 1 Chr. 1:20.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• Sheba

  [smith] (seven , or all oath). A son of Raamah son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) A soil of Joktan. (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) A son of Jokshan son of Keturah. (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) We shall c...
  [nave] SHEBA 1. Son of Raamah, Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9. 2. Son of Joktan, Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22. 3. Son of Jokshan, Gen. 25:3; 1 Chr. 1:32. 4. A Benjamite who led an insurrection against David, 2 Sam. 20. 5. A Gadite, 1 Chr. 5:...
  

• Dedan

  [ebd] low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isa. 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf. (2.) A son of Jokshan, Ab...
  [smith] (low country). The name of a son of Raamah, son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) A son of Jokshan, son of Keturah. (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) (B.C. after 1988.)
  [nave] DEDAN 1. Son of Raamah, Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9. 2. Son of Jokshan, Gen. 25:3; 1 Chr. 1:32. 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom, Jer. 49:8; Ezek. 25:13; 27:15, 20; 38:13.
  

• 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)
  

• Havilah

  [ebd] the sand region. (1.) A land mentioned in Gen. 2:11 rich in gold and bdellium and onyx stone. The question as to the locality of this region has given rise to a great diversity of opinion. It may perhaps be identified with t...
  [isbe] HAVILAH - hav'-i-la (chawilah; Heuila): (1) Son of Cush (Gen 10:7; 1 Ch 1:9). (2) Son of Yoktan, descendant of Shem (Gen 10:29; 1 Ch 1:23). (3) Mentioned with Shur as one of the limits of the territory of the Ishmaelites (Ge...
  [nave] HAVILAH 1. Son of Cush, Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9. 2. A son of Joktan, Gen. 10:29; 1 Chr. 1:23. 3. An unknown region, Gen. 2:11. 4. A district E. of Amalek, Gen. 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7.
  

• 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 ...
  

• HENOCH

  [isbe] HENOCH - he'-nok (chanokh; Henoch; in 1 Ch 1:3 the King James Version the Revised Version (British and American), "Enoch"; in Gen 25:4, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "Hanoch"; 1 Ch 1:3...
  [smith] Enoch, 2. (1 Chronicles 1:3) Hanoch, 1. (1 Chronicles 1:33)
  

• 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...
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

• Where Did the Jews Get the Name "Hebrews"?
  It is held by the best authorities and by the Jews themselves that the name is derived from Heber, or Eber (which means "from the other side," or a sojourner, or immigrant). Heber was the son of Salah and the father of Peleg ...

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