1Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan,
2Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared.
3Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech,
4who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
6The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
7The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
8The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
9The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. (
10Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)
11The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
12Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended).
13Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
14Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites,
32Abraham had a concubine named Keturah, who bore him six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan had two sons: Sheba and Dedan.
33Midian had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
34Abraham's son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob.
35Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36Eliphaz became the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
37And Reuel became the ancestor of the tribes of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
42The original inhabitants of Edom were descended from the following sons of Seir: Lotan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Homam. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.) Shobal, who was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon, who had two sons, Aiah and Anah. Anah was the father of Dishon, and Dishon was the ancestor of the clans of Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Ezer, who was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.
50The following kings ruled the land of Edom one after the other, in the time before there were any kings in Israel: Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah Husham from the region of Teman Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab) Samlah from Masrekah Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River Baal Hanan son of Achbor Hadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab)
51The people of Edom were divided into the following tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
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