The First Book of Chronicles
1 Adam,
Seth,
E′nosh,
2 Ke′nan,
Ma·hal′a·lel,
Ja′red,
3 E′noch,
Me·thu′se·lah,
La′mech,
4 Noah,
Shem, Ham, and Ja′pheth.
5 The sons of Ja′pheth na Go′mer, Ma′gog, Ma′da·i, Ja′van, Tu′bal, Me′shech, and Ti′ras.
6 The sons of Go′mer na Ash′ke·naz, Ri′phath, and To·gar′mah.
7 The sons of Ja′van na E·li′shah, Tar′shish, Kit′tim, and Ro′da·nim.
8 The sons of Ham na Cush, Miz′ra·im, Put, and Ca′naan.
9 The sons of Cush na Se′ba, Hav′i·lah, Sab′tah, Ra′a·mah, and Sab′te·ca.
The sons of Ra′a·mah na She′ba and De′dan.
10 Cush come be Nim′rod papa. Na im be the first to become powerful man for the earth.
11 Miz′ra·im come be the papa of Lu′dim, An′a·mim, Le·ha′bim, Naph·tu′him, 12 Path·ru′sim, Cas·lu′him (na from this person Phi·lisʹti·a people come), and Caph′to·rim.
13 Ca′naan come be Si′don papa, wey be im firstborn, and Heth, 14 together with Jeʹbus people, Am′or·ite people, Gir′gash people, 15 Hi′vite people, Ark′ite people, Si′nite people, 16 Ar′vad people, Zem′a·rite people, and Ha′math people.
17 The sons of Shem na E′lam, As′shur, Ar·pach′shad, Lud, and A′ram,
and* Uz, Hul, Ge′ther, and Mash.
18 Ar·pach′shad come be She′lah papa, and She′lah come be E′ber papa.
19 Them born two sons for E′ber. One of them name na Pe′leg,* because na for im time, the earth* divide. Im brother name na Jok′tan.
20 Jok′tan come be the papa of Al·mo′dad, She′leph, Ha·zar·ma′veth, Je′rah, 21 Ha·do′ram, U′zal, Dik′lah, 22 O′bal, A·bim′a·el, She′ba, 23 O′phir, Hav′i·lah, and Jo′bab; all this ones na the sons of Jok′tan.
24 Shem,
Ar·pach′shad,
She′lah,
25 E′ber,
Pe′leg,
Re′u,
26 Se′rug,
Na′hor,
Te′rah,
27 A′bram, wey be, Abraham.
28 The sons of Abraham na Isaac and Ish′ma·el.
29 Na their sons be this: Ish′ma·el firstborn na Ne·ba′ioth, then Ke′dar, Ad′be·el, Mib′sam, 30 Mish′ma, Du′mah, Mas′sa, Ha′dad, Te′ma, 31 Je′tur, Na′phish, and Ked′e·mah. Na this ones be the sons of Ish′ma·el.
32 The sons wey Abraham concubine* wey im name na Ke·tu′rah born na, Zim′ran, Jok′shan, Me′dan, Mid′i·an, Ish′bak, and Shu′ah.
The sons of Jok′shan na She′ba and De′dan.
33 The sons of Mid′i·an na E′phah, E′pher, Ha′noch, A·bi′da, and El·da′ah.
All this ones na the sons of Ke·tu′rah.
34 Abraham come be Isaac papa. The sons of Isaac na E′sau and Israel.
35 The sons of E′sau na El′i·phaz, Reu′el, Je′ush, Ja′lam, and Kor′ah.
36 The sons of El′i·phaz na Te′man, O′mar, Ze′pho, Ga′tam, Ke′naz, Tim′na, and Am′a·lek.
37 The sons of Reu′el na Na′hath, Ze′rah, Sham′mah, and Miz′zah.
38 The sons of Se′ir na Lo′tan, Sho′bal, Zib′e·on, A′nah, Di′shon, E′zer, and Di′shan.
39 The sons of Lo′tan na Ho′ri and Ho′mam. Lo′tan sister na Tim′na.
40 The sons of Sho′bal na Al′van, Man′a·hath, E′bal, She′pho, and O′nam.
The sons of Zib′e·on na A′iah and A′nah.
41 The son* of A′nah na Di′shon.
The sons of Di′shon na Hem′dan, Esh′ban, Ith′ran, and Che′ran.
42 The sons of E′zer na Bil′han, Za′a·van, and A′kan.
The sons of Di′shan na Uz and A′ran.
43 Na this kings rule for the land of E′dom before any king rule Israel people:* Be′la wey be the son of Be′or; the name of im city na Din′ha·bah. 44 When Be′la die, Jo′bab the son of Ze′rah wey come from Boz′rah start to rule after-am. 45 When Jo′bab die, Hu′sham wey come from the land of Te′man people start to rule after-am. 46 When Hu′sham die, Ha′dad the son of Be′dad, wey win Mid′i·an for the land* of Mo′ab, start to rule after-am. The name of im city na A′vith. 47 When Ha′dad die, Sam′lah wey come from Mas·re′kah start to rule after-am. 48 When Sam′lah die, Sha′ul wey come from Re·ho′both wey dey near the River start to rule after-am. 49 When Sha′ul die, Ba′al-ha′nan the son of Ach′bor start to rule after-am. 50 When Ba′al-ha′nan die, Ha′dad start to rule after-am. The name of im city na Pa′u, and the name of im wife na Me·het′a·bel wey be the daughter of Ma′tred, and Ma′tred na the daughter of Me′za·hab. 51 Then Ha′dad die.
The chiefs* of E′dom na, Chief Tim′na, Chief Al′vah, Chief Je′theth, 52 Chief O·hol·i·ba′mah, Chief E′lah, Chief Pi′non, 53 Chief Ke′naz, Chief Te′man, Chief Mib′zar, 54 Chief Mag′di·el, Chief I′ram. Na them be the chiefs for E′dom.