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2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, |
3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, |
4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |
7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |
8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. |
9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. |
10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. |
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, |
12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. |
13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, |
14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, |
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, |
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. |
17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. |
18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. |
19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan. |
20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, |
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, |
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, |
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. |
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, |
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27 Abram; the same is Abraham. |
28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. |
29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, |
30 Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, |
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. |
32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. |
33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. |
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. |
35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. |
36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. |
37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. |
38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. |
39 And the sons of Lothan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. |
40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. |
41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. |
42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. |
43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. |
44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. |
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. |
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. |
47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. |
48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. |
49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. |
50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. |
51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, |
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, |
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, |
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. |
1 The descents from Adam to Noah and his sons, Ch1 1:1-4.
The posterity of Japheth and Ham, Ch1 1:5-16.
Of Shem to Abraham, Ch1 1:17-27.
Abraham's posterity by Ishmael, Ch1 1:28-31.
By Keturah, Ch1 1:32-33.
The posterity of Isaac by Esau, Ch1 1:34-54.
1:1 Sheth - Adam begat Sheth: and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but therest is easily understood out of the former books. This appears as thepeculiar glory of the Jewish nation, that they alone were able to tracetheir pedigree from the first man that God created, which no other nationpretended to, but abused themselves and their posterity with fabulousaccounts of their originals: the people of Thessaly fancying that theysprang from stones, the Athenians, that they grew out of the earth.
1:5 The sons of Japheh - The historian repeating the account of the replenishing the earth by the sons of Noah, begins with those that werestrangers to the church, the sons of Japheth, who peopled Europe, ofwhom he says little, as the Jews had hitherto little or no dealings withthem. He proceeds to those that had many of them been enemies to thechurch, and thence hastens to the line of Abraham, breaking off abruptlyfrom all the other families of the sons of Noah, but that ofArphaxad, from whom Christ was to come. The great promise of theMessiah was transmitted from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem,from him to Eber, and so to the Jewish nation, who were intrustedabove all nations with that sacred treasure, 'till the promise wasperformed, and the Messiah was come: and then that nation was made nota people.
1:14 The Jebusite - The names which follow until ver. Ch1 1:17, are not the names of particular persons, but of people or nations. And all thesedescended from Canaan, though some of them were afterwards extinct orconfounded with others of their brethren by cohabitation or mutualmarriages, whereby they lost their names: which is the reason why theyare no more mentioned, at least under these names.
1:17 The sons - Either the name of sons is so taken here as to include grandsons, or, these words, the children of Aram, are understoodbefore Uz, out of Gen 10:23, where they are expressed.
1:18 Begat - Either immediately, or mediately by his son Cainan, who is expressed, Luk 3:35.
1:19 Divided - In their languages and habitations.
1:24 Arphaxad - Having given a brief and general account of the original of the world and the people in it, he now returns to a more largeand particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jewswere descended.
1:28 The sons of Abraham - All nations but the seed of Abraham are already shaken off from this genealogy. Not that we conclude, no particularpersons of any other nation but this found favour with God. Multitudes willbe brought to heaven out of every nation, and we may hope there weremany, very many people in the world, whose names were in the book of life,tho' they did not spring from the loins of Abraham.
1:36 Timna - There is another Timna, the concubine of Eliphaz, Gen 36:12, but this was one of his sons, though called by the samename; there being some names common both to men and women in the Hebrewand in other languages.
1:38 Seir - One of another nation, prince of the Horims; whose genealogy is here described, because of that affinity which was contractedbetween his and Esau's posterity; and those who were not united andincorporated with them, were destroyed by them. See Deu 2:12.
1:54 These are the dukes of Edom - Let us, in reading these genealogies, think of the multitudes that have gone thro' the world, havesuccessively acted their parts in it, and retired into darkness. All theseand all theirs had their day; many of them made a mighty noise in the world;until their day came to fall, and their place knew them no more. The pathsof death are trodden paths. How soon are we to tread them?