The Descendants of Adam

11 dam Seth Enosh 2 Kenan Mahalalel Jared 3 Enoch Methuselah Lamech 4 Noah Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The Descendants of the Sons of Noah

5 Japheth had Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 Gomer had Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan had Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 Ham had Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 Cush had Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah had Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush had Nimrod, the first great hero on earth. 11 Mizraim was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, 12 the Pathrusim, the Casluhim, and the Caphtorim from whom the Philistines descended. 13 Canaan had Sidon (his firstborn) and Heth, 14 and was ancestor to the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 17 Shem had Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. 19 Eber had two sons: Peleg (Division) because in his time the earth was divided up; his brother was Joktan. 20 Joktan had Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab - all sons of Joktan.

The Descendants of Shem

24 The three main branches in summary: Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram (Abraham).

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

(Read 1 Chronicles 1:1-27)

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Malachi 2:10.