What the Bible Says About Lineage: Understanding Its Significance

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¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
² Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
⁴ The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.
⁵ Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.
⁷ Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
⁸ Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.
¹⁰ After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
¹¹ Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.
¹³ Thus all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
¹⁴ And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.
¹⁶ Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.
¹⁷ Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.
¹⁹ Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
²⁰ Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.
²¹ When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah.
²² Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years and had other sons and daughters.
²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.
²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
²⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.
²⁷ Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.
²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son.
²⁹ and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
³⁰ Lamech lived after he fathered Noah five hundred ninety-five years and had other sons and daughters.
³¹ Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
³² After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:1-32

Genesis 10:1-32: ¹ These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
² The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
³ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
⁴ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
⁵ From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
⁶ The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
⁷ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
⁸ Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. So it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
¹¹ From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
¹³ Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
¹⁴ Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
¹⁵ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
¹⁶ the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
¹⁷ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
¹⁸ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites spread abroad.
¹⁹ And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
²¹ To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
²² The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
²⁴ Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
²⁵ To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
²⁷ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
³⁰ The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east.
³¹ These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
³² These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:10-32: ¹⁰ These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
¹¹ Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
¹² And Arpachshad lived five hundred and thirty years after he fathered Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.
¹³ Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
¹⁴ When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.
¹⁵ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
¹⁶ And Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg.
¹⁷ So Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
¹⁸ Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.
¹⁹ These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug.
²¹ When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg.
²² Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor.
²³ After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
²⁴ When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.
²⁵ When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.
²⁶ When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
²⁷ Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
²⁸ And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
³⁰ Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
³¹ Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
³² The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 25:12-18: ¹² These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
¹³ These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
¹⁵ Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
¹⁷ (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
¹⁸ They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

Genesis 36:1-43: ¹ These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
² Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
³ and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
⁴ Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,
⁵ Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
⁶ Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan.
⁷ For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.
⁸ So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
⁹ These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
¹⁰ These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
¹² Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.
¹³ These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
¹⁴ These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife.
¹⁵ These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
¹⁷ These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
¹⁸ These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
¹⁹ These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs; the same is Edom.
²⁰ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
²¹ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
²² The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
²³ Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite
²⁴ These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
²⁵ The children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
²⁶ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
²⁷ These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
²⁸ The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
²⁹ These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
³⁰ chiefs Magdiel, Iram
³¹ These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the people of Israel.
³² Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah.
³³ Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
³⁴ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
³⁵ Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith.
³⁶ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
³⁷ Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
³⁸ Then Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium,
³⁹ Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
⁴⁰ These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
⁴¹ These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel.
⁴² The sons of Esau: the chiefs of their families by their clans were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
⁴³ Magdiel, Iram.

Exodus 6:14-25: ¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.
¹⁵ The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the clans of Simeon.
¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.
¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were 133 years.
¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.
²⁰ Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.
²¹ The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
²² The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
²³ Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
²⁴ The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
²⁵ Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans.

Numbers 1:20-54: ²⁰ The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
²¹ those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
²² Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
²³ those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
²⁴ Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
²⁵ those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.
²⁶ Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
²⁷ those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
²⁸ Those listed of the sons of Issachar, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
²⁹ “those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.”
³⁰ from the sons of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael,
³¹ Those listed of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
³² Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
³³ those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
³⁴ from twenty years old and upward, all who can go to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
³⁵ those listed of the tribe of the sons of Dan were 62,700.
³⁶ Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
³⁷ those who were listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
³⁸ those listed of the sons of Dan were 62,700.
³⁹ those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
⁴⁰ Of the sons of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
⁴¹ Those mustered of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
⁴² Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
⁴³ Those are the clans of the sons of Naphtali, 80,500.
⁴⁴ These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.
⁴⁵ So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel—
⁴⁶ All those listed were 603,550.
⁴⁷ But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.
⁴⁸ For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
⁴⁹ “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.”
⁵⁰ but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.
⁵¹ When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.
⁵² The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.
⁵³ But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”
⁵⁴ Thus the people of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his father’s house.

Numbers 26:1-65: ¹ After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,
² “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”
³ Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
⁴ And as the Lord said to Moses, “List all the men of Israel, twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”
⁵ Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;
⁶ Of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.
⁷ These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730.
⁸ And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
⁹ The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord,
¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.
¹¹ But the sons of Korah did not die.
¹² The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;
¹³ among these the clans of the people of Reuben: the clan of the Hanochites, the clan of the Palluites, the clan of the Hezronites, and the clan of the Carmites.
¹⁴ These are the clans of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand five hundred.
¹⁵ The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;
¹⁶ These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
¹⁷ These are the clans of Reuben, and those listed were 43,730.
¹⁸ These are the clans of the people of Gad, as they were listed, 40,500.
¹⁹ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
²⁰ The sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; and of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.
²¹ The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.
²² These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.
²³ The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;
²⁴ These are the clans of Naphtali, and those listed were 45,400.
²⁵ These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.
²⁶ The sons of Zebulun according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.
²⁷ The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
²⁸ The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
²⁹ The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
³⁰ These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;
³¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
³² Now the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
³³ Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
³⁴ These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.
³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites. Of Becher, the clan of the Becherites. Of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.
³⁶ These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.
³⁷ These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500.
³⁸ The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;
³⁹ The sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.
⁴⁰ The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.
⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;
⁴² These are the sons of Dan by their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan by their clans.
⁴³ All the families of the Shuthelahites, the families of the Shuthelahites, were listed at 64,400.
⁴⁴ The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.
⁴⁵ The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, the father of Birzaith.
⁴⁶ The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali by their clans: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
⁴⁹ The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Namites.
⁵⁰ These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans. And those listed were 45,400.
⁵¹ These were the registered men of the people of Israel: 601,730.
⁵² The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
⁵³ “Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.”
⁵⁴ To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers.
⁵⁵ But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
⁵⁶ According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the larger and the smaller.
⁵⁷ This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: the clan of Gershon, the clan of Kohath, and the clan of Merari.
⁵⁸ These were the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath fathered Amram.
⁵⁹ The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
⁶² Those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.
⁶³ These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
⁶⁴ But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
⁶⁵ For the Lord had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Chronicles 1:1-54: ¹ Adam, Seth, Enosh;
² Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
³ Enoch fathered Methuselah, Methuselah fathered Lamech, and Lamech fathered Noah.
⁴ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
⁵ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
⁶ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
⁷ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
⁸ The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
⁹ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
¹⁰ Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
¹¹ (The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.)
¹² Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
¹³ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
¹⁴ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
¹⁵ The sons of Pharaoh’s daughter: his daughter Attai, and his daughter Attaliah, and his daughter Attaliah.
¹⁶ the sons of Ishmael: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
¹⁷ The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
¹⁸ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
¹⁹ Two sons were born to Eber: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
²⁰ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
²² Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
²³ Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau born to him in the land of Canaan.
²⁴ Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu,
²⁶ Dishan, Ezer, and Dishan.
²⁷ Abram, that is, Abraham.
²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
²⁹ These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
³² The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
³³ The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
³⁴ Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
³⁵ The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
³⁶ The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
³⁷ The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
³⁸ The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
⁴⁰ The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
⁴¹ The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
⁴² The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
⁴³ Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah.
⁴⁴ Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
⁴⁵ When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avith.
⁴⁶ Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avith.
⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
⁴⁹ When Shaul died, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
⁵⁰ When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avith.
⁵¹ Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Aliah, Jetheth,
⁵² Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
⁵³ Magdiel, Iram.
⁵⁴ Magdiel, Iram.

1 Chronicles 2:1-55: ¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
⁴ And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
⁵ The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing.
⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
⁷ The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing.
⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
⁹ The sons also of Hezron, that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
¹⁰ Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
¹¹ Nahshon fathered Salma, Salma fathered Boaz,
¹² Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.
¹³ Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
¹⁵ Now Mesha had sons: his firstborn was Ziph, Ziph, Ziph, Tiria, and Ethnan.
¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
¹⁸ Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
²⁰ Hurai fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
²¹ Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
²² Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
²³ Yet Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
²⁶ Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
²⁷ And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
²⁸ The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
²⁹ The sons of Jerahmeel: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
³¹ The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
³² The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.
³³ And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
³⁴ Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha.
³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
³⁶ And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad,
³⁷ Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed,
³⁸ Obed fathered Jehu, Jehu fathered Azariah.
³⁹ Azariah fathered Helez, Helez fathered Eleasah,
⁴⁰ and Moab fathered sons; the firstborn was named Moab.
⁴¹ Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.
⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph. And the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
⁴³ He took Moab’s sister Hushim as his wife and she bore him Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
⁴⁴ Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.
⁴⁵ The son of Shammai: Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
⁴⁶ Ephah also concubine of Caleb bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.
⁴⁷ Jahdai, Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
⁴⁸ Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
⁴⁹ She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
⁵¹ Salma fathered Bethlehem, the father of Netophah.
⁵² Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
⁵³ The clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
⁵⁵ and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1 Chronicles 3:1-24: ¹ These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite;
² the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
³ The fifth, Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah;
⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
⁵ and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;
⁶ Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
⁸ Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
⁹ All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
¹⁰ And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
¹¹ Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
¹² Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
¹³ Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza,
¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son.
¹⁵ The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
¹⁶ The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
¹⁷ And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
¹⁸ Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei.
²⁰ The sons of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
²¹ The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah.
²² The sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
²³ The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
²⁴ The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

1 Chronicles 4:1-43: ¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
² Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
³ These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
⁵ Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
⁶ Ezrah fathered Jethro, Jethro fathered Ahijah and Ahijah fathered Zoheth.
⁷ The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan
¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
⁹ Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
¹¹ Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.
¹² Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
¹³ The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
¹⁴ Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.
¹⁵ The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
¹⁶ These also lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
¹⁷ The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
¹⁸ His Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
¹⁹ The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
²⁰ The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
²¹ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
²² Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (now the records are ancient).
²³ These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service.
²⁴ The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,
²⁵ Simeon had no sons, but daughters. Yet Simeon had a large number of descendants.
²⁶ Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (now the records are ancient).
²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.
²⁸ They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
²⁹ These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service.
³⁰ These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
³¹ These were the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.
³² And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
³³ and all their villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.
³⁴ Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,
³⁵ Joel, the brother of Shemaiah, was in charge of the sons of Simeon, and his son was Jehiel.
³⁶ and Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad,
¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
³⁸ These mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
¹⁰ These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service.
⁴⁰ They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
⁴¹ These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
⁴² These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
⁴³ They defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

1 Chronicles 5:1-26: ² Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
² Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
³ The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;
⁴ The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
⁵ They were recorded by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
⁶ Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.
⁷ and his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
⁸ and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
⁹ In the east they settled as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
¹⁰ In the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.
¹¹ The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
¹² Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
¹³ And their kinsmen of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.
¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.
¹⁵ The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
¹⁶ And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.
¹⁷ All of them were enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
¹⁸ The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.
¹⁹ They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
²⁰ And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.
²¹ They were given help against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.
²² For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.
²³ The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
²⁴ These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
²⁵ But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
²⁶ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

1 Chronicles 6:1-81: ¹ The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
² Amram fathered Aaron, and Aaron fathered Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
⁴ Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,
⁵ Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,
⁶ Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
⁷ The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
⁸ Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
⁹ Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,
¹⁰ and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
¹¹ Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,
¹² and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
¹³ and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
¹⁴ Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;
¹⁵ Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
¹⁶ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
¹⁷ These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
¹⁸ the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
²⁰ and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
²² The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
²³ The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
²⁴ As for the sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
²⁵ The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
²⁶ As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
²⁸ The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn, the second Abijah.
²⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
³⁰ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
³¹ These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.
³² They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.
³³ These are the men who served and their sons. Of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, son of Samuel,
³⁴ the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵ the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶ the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷ the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
³⁸ the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
³⁹ Heman’s brother Asaph stood on his right hand, while Merari’s son Ethan stood on his left hand. So did their brothers, the descendants of Merari, who were at their left hand.
⁴⁰ to be ministering in the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, according to the ordinance of David their father.
⁴¹ The son of Ethan: Azariah.
⁴² the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
⁴³ The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
⁴⁴ And their kinsmen the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
⁴⁵ the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
⁴⁶ the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
⁴⁷ the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
⁴⁸ Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
⁵⁰ These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
⁵¹ These are the men David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.
⁵² They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.
⁵³ They gave to Aaron the priest Hebron with its pasturelands, to be a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its pasturelands,
⁵⁴ These are the dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders for the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot.
⁵⁵ till he came to the hill country of Ephraim, and found a place for themselves to live in.
⁵⁶ but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
⁵⁷ To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
⁵⁸ Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
⁵⁹ and Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;
⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
⁶¹ To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
⁶² And to the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
⁶³ To the sons of Merari were given by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities.
⁶⁴ They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
⁶⁵ They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
⁶⁶ The rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
⁶⁷ They were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the Kohathite clans of the Levites, who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot.
⁶⁸ But their dwelling place and their pasturelands were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns.
⁶⁹ Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,
⁷⁰ and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
⁷² And from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
⁷³ So they gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
⁷⁴ to the rest of the people of the land.
⁷⁵ The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
⁷⁶ The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
⁷⁷ to the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
⁷⁸ And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they were given cities from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
⁷⁹ But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
⁸⁰ They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
⁸¹ but Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 7:1-40: ¹ The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
² The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600.
³ The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief.
⁴ According to their generations, with heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
⁵ The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites.
⁶ The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
⁷ The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.
⁸ The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.
¹⁰ The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
¹¹ All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war.
¹² Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.
¹³ The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
¹⁴ The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
¹⁵ And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. They were the offspring of Ephraim, in the land of Gilead, and they had born to them.
¹⁶ The sons of Michael: Ishpah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Michael.
¹⁷ The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites.
¹⁸ His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
¹⁹ The sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
²⁰ The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
²¹ The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
²² Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
²³ He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.
²⁴ His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.
²⁵ Now their kinsmen belonging to their clans also came in as they came up with them from the east.
²⁶ Non his son, Jehoshua.
²⁷ Non his sons, Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
²⁸ Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
²⁹ Alongside their kinsmen of the house of their fathers, they also lived in Jerusalem, for the Levites had no portion or inheritance with them.
³⁰ The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
³¹ The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.
³² and Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.
³³ The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
³⁴ The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
³⁵ The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
³⁶ and Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
³⁸ The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
³⁹ The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
⁴⁰ All these were the sons of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. And their number enrolled by genealogy, for service in war, was 26,000 men.

1 Chronicles 8:1-40: ¹ Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
² Nohah fathered Ahuzzam, Gera, and Naaman. Naaman fathered Ahuzzam.
³ The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
⁴ and Abishur, Gilead’s wife bore him Ahban and Molid.
⁵ and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
⁶ These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Manahath):
⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who fathered Uzza and Ahihud.
⁸ And Shaharaim fathered sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
⁹ Joel, Zebadiah the son of Jeroham of Gedor.
¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses.
¹¹ All of these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, ready for service in war.
¹² The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,
¹³ Beriah and Shema fathered Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.
¹⁴ Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
¹⁵ and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
¹⁶ Michael, Ispah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
¹⁷ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
¹⁹ Shallum fathered Jehizkiah, and Jehizkiah fathered Seraiah (now the sons of Seraiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six).
²⁰ And Elienath, Jeroham, Elkanah, and the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth.
²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
²² and Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
²³ And Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, and Hananiah the sons of Hatita were the sons of Shashak.
²⁴ Hananiah, Mibsam, and Mishma were his sons.
²⁵ and Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
²⁶ Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
²⁷ Jezer, Shobab, and Ardon.
²⁸ These were heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem.
²⁹ Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
³⁰ His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zecher
³² Mikloth fathered Shimeah. Now these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.
³³ Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
³⁴ The sons of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
³⁵ and the sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
³⁶ Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
³⁷ Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
³⁸ Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
³⁹ Jeziel, and Ishmaiah, and Idbash; and the sons of Beriah: Zemirah, and Jeuel.
⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites.

1 Chronicles 9:1-44: ¹ So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith.
² Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
³ Now the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
⁴ and Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
⁵ And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
⁶ And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, six hundred and ninety.
⁷ Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
⁸ and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;
⁹ And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
¹⁰ Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
¹¹ and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;
¹² and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer,
¹³ and their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.
¹⁴ and some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
¹⁵ and Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
¹⁶ And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
¹⁷ They were all enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
¹⁸ until then they were in the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.
¹⁹ Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
²¹ Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
²² All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.
²³ So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
²⁴ The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.
²⁵ And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
²⁶ for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
²⁷ They lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.
²⁸ Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.
²⁹ Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.
³⁰ Others of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
³¹ And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.
³² And some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
³³ Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
³⁴ These were heads of fathers’ houses of their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem.
³⁵ In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah,
³⁶ and his firstborn son Abijah, then Zichri, the son of Izhar.
³⁷ Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth
³⁸ And Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.
³⁹ Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
⁴⁰ The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
⁴¹ The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
⁴² Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
⁴³ and Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
⁴⁴ And some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.

Matthew 1:1-17: ¹ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
² Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
³ and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
⁴ and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
⁵ and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
⁶ and Jesse the father of David the king.
⁷ and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,
⁸ and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
⁹ and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
¹⁰ and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah,
¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
¹² And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.
¹³ and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,
¹⁴ and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
¹⁵ and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
¹⁶ and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

Luke 3:23-38: ²³ Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
²⁴ the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
²⁵ the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
²⁶ the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
²⁷ …the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
²⁸ the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er
²⁹ the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
³⁰ the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah.
³ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
³⁵ the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
³⁶ the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
³ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
³⁸ the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.