What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.