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1 Chronicles

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Chapter 1

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 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, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. 8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. 11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,⁠ 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended) , and the Caphtorites. 13 Canaan was the father of Sidon—his firstborn—and Heth, 14 as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. 17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 19 Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; his brother’s name was Joktan. 20 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram (that is, Abraham). 28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These were their descendants: Ishmael’s firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael. 32 The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, gave birth: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34 Abraham was the father of 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, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and (by Timna) 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: Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:⁠ Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him. 45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him. 46 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith. 47 When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him. 48 When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the River succeeded him. 49 When Shaul died, Baal Hanan son of Achbor succeeded him. 50 When Baal Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him; the name of his city was Pai. His wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab. 51 Hadad died. Tribal Chiefs of Edom The tribal chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,⁠ 54 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the tribal chiefs of Edom.

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Compare Genesis 36:31 and 1 Chronicles 1:43

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Genesis 36 lists eight kings who ruled in Edom before Israel had a king. 1 Chronicles typically preserves only names but here copies the full details of Edomite kings adds the death of the last one, presenting Edom’s monarchy as a line that has ended.

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Genesis 36:31

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29 These were the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chief lists in the land of Seir. 31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
750–400 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Genesis

1 Chronicles 1:43

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41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him. 45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him.
400–301 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Chronicles

References

... 43-51a The Kings of Edom. This list is taken from Genesis 36:31-39, with which it is essentially identical. The author has used a somewhat different procedure in dealing with his source here, however. Where he regularly extracted only the names from the Genesis lists, this list retains the lengthier style in which the death of a king is noted, as well as the indication that the subsequent king ruled in his place. Chronicles has, perhaps for the sake of consistency, also recorded the death of the last king listed, Hadad (verse 51a), not recorded in Genesis. ...
Roddy L. Braun, 1 Chronicles (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 14) (Waco, TX: Word, 1986), 23.

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