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[1] Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. [2] Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. [3] Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah. [4] The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. [5] Japheth's sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. [6] Gomer's sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. [7] Javan's sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. [8] Ham's sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. [9] Cush's sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's sons were Sheba and Dedan. [10] Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth. [11] Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, and Naphtuhites, [12] Pathrusites, Casluhites, and Caphtorites. (The Philistines came from the Casluhites.) [13] Canaan's first child was Sidon. He was also the father of the Hittites, [14] Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, [15] Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, [16] Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. [17] Shem's sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram's sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. [18] Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. [19] Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his life. Peleg's brother was named Joktan. [20] Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, [21] Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, [22] Obal, Abimael, Sheba, [23] Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's sons. [24] The family line included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, [25] Eber, Peleg, Reu, [26] Serug, Nahor, Terah, [27] and Abram, who was called Abraham. [28] Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael. [29] These were the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth. His other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, [30] Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, [31] Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were Ishmael's sons. [32] Keturah, Abraham's slave woman, gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan. [33] Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. [34] Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac's sons were Esau and Israel. [35] Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. [36] Eliphaz's sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. [37] Reuel's sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. [38] Seir's sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. [39] Lotan's sons were Hori and Homam, and his sister was Timna. [40] Shobal's sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Zibeon's sons were Aiah and Anah. [41] Anah's son was Dishon. Dishon's sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. [42] Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran. [43] These kings ruled in Edom before there were kings in Israel. Bela son of Beor was king of Edom, and his city was named Dinhabah. [44] When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king. He was from Bozrah. [45] When Jobab died, Husham became king. He was from the land of the Temanites. [46] When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king, and his city was named Avith. Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab. [47] When Hadad died, Samlah became king. He was from Masrekah. [48] When Samlah died, Shaul became king. He was from Rehoboth by the river. [49] When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor became king. [50] When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king, and his city was named Pau. Hadad's wife was named Mehetabel, and she was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab. [51] Then Hadad died. The leaders of the family groups of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, [52] Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, [53] Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, [54] Magdiel, and Iram. These were the leaders of Edom.