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1 Chronicles Outline

      • From Adam to Abraham (1-27)

      • Abraham’s descendants (28-37)

      • The Edomites and their kings and sheikhs (38-54)

1 Chronicles 1:1

Marginal References

  • +Ge 4:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “Eternal Purpose,” pp. 65-67

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1963, pp. 357-359

  • Publications Index

    po 65-67; w63 358

1 Chronicles 1:2

Marginal References

  • +Ge 5:12, 15
  • +Ge 5:18

1 Chronicles 1:3

Marginal References

  • +Heb 11:5
  • +Ge 5:25, 28

1 Chronicles 1:4

Marginal References

  • +Ge 5:29
  • +Ge 11:10
  • +Ge 6:10

1 Chronicles 1:5

Marginal References

  • +Isa 66:19
  • +Eze 27:13
  • +Ge 10:2

1 Chronicles 1:6

Marginal References

  • +Ge 10:3; Eze 27:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 192

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 813

  • Publications Index

    it-1 192; it-2 813

1 Chronicles 1:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 178, 819

  • Publications Index

    it-2 178, 819

1 Chronicles 1:8

Marginal References

  • +Isa 11:11
  • +Ge 10:6

1 Chronicles 1:9

Marginal References

  • +Ps 72:10
  • +Eze 27:22
  • +Ge 10:7

1 Chronicles 1:10

Marginal References

  • +Ge 10:8, 9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 503

  • Publications Index

    it-2 503;

    bf 21-22; w41 277; s 287; w38 360

1 Chronicles 1:11

Marginal References

  • +Jer 46:9
  • +Ge 10:13, 14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 103

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 236, 418

  • Publications Index

    it-1 103; it-2 236, 418;

    ad 1169

1 Chronicles 1:12

Marginal References

  • +Eze 29:14
  • +Jos 13:2, 3
  • +De 2:23; Am 9:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 422

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 418

  • Publications Index

    it-1 422; it-2 418;

    ad 1169

1 Chronicles 1:13

Marginal References

  • +Isa 23:2
  • +Ge 10:15-18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 635-636

  • Publications Index

    it-2 635-636

1 Chronicles 1:14

Marginal References

  • +Jg 1:21
  • +Ge 15:16; Nu 13:29; De 3:8
  • +De 7:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 962

  • Publications Index

    it-1 962

1 Chronicles 1:15

Marginal References

  • +Jos 9:3, 7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 165

  • Publications Index

    it-1 165

1 Chronicles 1:16

Marginal References

  • +Eze 27:11

1 Chronicles 1:17

Footnotes

  • *

    The following are the sons of Aram. See Ge 10:23.

Marginal References

  • +Ezr 4:9
  • +Eze 27:23
  • +Ge 10:22, 23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 701-702, 1157

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 349, 919-920

  • Publications Index

    it-1 701-702, 1157; it-2 349, 919-920;

    ad 801, 1486

1 Chronicles 1:18

Marginal References

  • +Ge 11:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2005, pp. 8-9

    7/1/1966, pp. 415-416

  • Publications Index

    w05 10/1 8-9;

    w66 416

1 Chronicles 1:19

Footnotes

  • *

    Meaning “Division.”

  • *

    Or “earth’s population.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 11:19

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g66 12/22 19

1 Chronicles 1:20

Marginal References

  • +Ge 10:26-29

1 Chronicles 1:23

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 9:28
  • +Ge 2:11; 25:18

1 Chronicles 1:25

Marginal References

  • +Ge 11:19
  • +Ge 11:21

1 Chronicles 1:26

Marginal References

  • +Ge 11:23
  • +Ge 11:25
  • +Ge 11:26

1 Chronicles 1:27

Marginal References

  • +Ge 17:5

1 Chronicles 1:28

Marginal References

  • +Ge 21:3
  • +Ge 16:11, 12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 670-671

  • Publications Index

    w57 671

1 Chronicles 1:29

Marginal References

  • +Ge 28:9
  • +Eze 27:21
  • +Ge 25:13-15

1 Chronicles 1:32

Marginal References

  • +Ge 25:1-4
  • +Ge 37:28
  • +Job 2:11
  • +Isa 21:13

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w34 169; jh 255

1 Chronicles 1:33

Marginal References

  • +Isa 60:6

1 Chronicles 1:34

Marginal References

  • +Ac 7:8
  • +Ge 25:25
  • +Ge 32:28

1 Chronicles 1:35

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:4, 5

1 Chronicles 1:36

Marginal References

  • +Ob 9
  • +Ge 36:11, 12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1104

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1104

1 Chronicles 1:37

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:13

1 Chronicles 1:38

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:8
  • +Ge 36:20, 21

1 Chronicles 1:39

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:22

1 Chronicles 1:40

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:23, 24

1 Chronicles 1:41

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “sons.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:25, 26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 101

  • Publications Index

    it-1 101

1 Chronicles 1:42

Marginal References

  • +1Ch 1:38
  • +Ge 36:27, 28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 68, 635-636

  • Publications Index

    it-1 68, 635-636

1 Chronicles 1:43

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “sons of Israel.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 32:3
  • +Ge 36:31-39

1 Chronicles 1:44

Marginal References

  • +Jer 49:13

1 Chronicles 1:46

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “field.”

1 Chronicles 1:48

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 768

  • Publications Index

    it-2 768

1 Chronicles 1:51

Footnotes

  • *

    A sheikh was a tribal chief.

Marginal References

  • +Ge 36:40-43

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1104

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1104

Parallel Translations

Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.

General

1 Chron. 1:1Ge 4:25
1 Chron. 1:2Ge 5:12, 15
1 Chron. 1:2Ge 5:18
1 Chron. 1:3Heb 11:5
1 Chron. 1:3Ge 5:25, 28
1 Chron. 1:4Ge 5:29
1 Chron. 1:4Ge 11:10
1 Chron. 1:4Ge 6:10
1 Chron. 1:5Ge 10:2
1 Chron. 1:5Isa 66:19
1 Chron. 1:5Eze 27:13
1 Chron. 1:6Ge 10:3; Eze 27:14
1 Chron. 1:8Isa 11:11
1 Chron. 1:8Ge 10:6
1 Chron. 1:9Ps 72:10
1 Chron. 1:9Eze 27:22
1 Chron. 1:9Ge 10:7
1 Chron. 1:10Ge 10:8, 9
1 Chron. 1:11Jer 46:9
1 Chron. 1:11Ge 10:13, 14
1 Chron. 1:12Eze 29:14
1 Chron. 1:12Jos 13:2, 3
1 Chron. 1:12De 2:23; Am 9:7
1 Chron. 1:13Isa 23:2
1 Chron. 1:13Ge 10:15-18
1 Chron. 1:14Jg 1:21
1 Chron. 1:14Ge 15:16; Nu 13:29; De 3:8
1 Chron. 1:14De 7:1
1 Chron. 1:15Jos 9:3, 7
1 Chron. 1:16Eze 27:11
1 Chron. 1:17Ezr 4:9
1 Chron. 1:17Eze 27:23
1 Chron. 1:17Ge 10:22, 23
1 Chron. 1:18Ge 11:14
1 Chron. 1:19Ge 11:19
1 Chron. 1:20Ge 10:26-29
1 Chron. 1:231Ki 9:28
1 Chron. 1:23Ge 2:11; 25:18
1 Chron. 1:25Ge 11:19
1 Chron. 1:25Ge 11:21
1 Chron. 1:26Ge 11:23
1 Chron. 1:26Ge 11:25
1 Chron. 1:26Ge 11:26
1 Chron. 1:27Ge 17:5
1 Chron. 1:28Ge 21:3
1 Chron. 1:28Ge 16:11, 12
1 Chron. 1:29Ge 28:9
1 Chron. 1:29Eze 27:21
1 Chron. 1:29Ge 25:13-15
1 Chron. 1:32Ge 25:1-4
1 Chron. 1:32Ge 37:28
1 Chron. 1:32Job 2:11
1 Chron. 1:32Isa 21:13
1 Chron. 1:33Isa 60:6
1 Chron. 1:34Ac 7:8
1 Chron. 1:34Ge 25:25
1 Chron. 1:34Ge 32:28
1 Chron. 1:35Ge 36:4, 5
1 Chron. 1:36Ob 9
1 Chron. 1:36Ge 36:11, 12
1 Chron. 1:37Ge 36:13
1 Chron. 1:38Ge 36:8
1 Chron. 1:38Ge 36:20, 21
1 Chron. 1:39Ge 36:22
1 Chron. 1:40Ge 36:23, 24
1 Chron. 1:41Ge 36:25, 26
1 Chron. 1:421Ch 1:38
1 Chron. 1:42Ge 36:27, 28
1 Chron. 1:43Ge 32:3
1 Chron. 1:43Ge 36:31-39
1 Chron. 1:44Jer 49:13
1 Chron. 1:51Ge 36:40-43
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
1 Chronicles 1:1-54

The First of Chronicles

1 Adam,

Seth,+

Eʹnosh,

2 Keʹnan,

Ma·halʹa·lel,+

Jaʹred,+

3 Eʹnoch,+

Me·thuʹse·lah,

Laʹmech,+

4 Noah,+

Shem,+ Ham, and Jaʹpheth.+

5 The sons of Jaʹpheth were Goʹmer, Maʹgog, Maʹda·i, Jaʹvan, Tuʹbal,+ Meʹshech,+ and Tiʹras.+

6 The sons of Goʹmer were Ashʹke·naz, Riʹphath, and To·garʹmah.+

7 The sons of Jaʹvan were E·liʹshah, Tarʹshish, Kitʹtim, and Roʹda·nim.

8 The sons of Ham were Cush,+ Mizʹra·im, Put, and Caʹnaan.+

9 The sons of Cush were Seʹba,+ Havʹi·lah, Sabʹtah, Raʹa·mah,+ and Sabʹte·ca.

The sons of Raʹa·mah were Sheʹba and Deʹdan.+

10 Cush became father to Nimʹrod.+ He was the first to become a mighty one on the earth.

11 Mizʹra·im became father to Luʹdim,+ Anʹa·mim, Le·haʹbim, Naph·tuʹhim,+ 12 Path·ruʹsim,+ Cas·luʹhim (from whom the Phi·lisʹtines+ came), and Caphʹto·rim.+

13 Caʹnaan became father to Siʹdon,+ his firstborn, and Heth,+ 14 as well as the Jebʹu·site,+ the Amʹor·ite,+ the Girʹga·shite,+ 15 the Hiʹvite,+ the Arkʹite, the Siʹnite, 16 the Arʹvad·ite,+ the Zemʹa·rite, and the Haʹmath·ite.

17 The sons of Shem were Eʹlam,+ Asʹshur,+ Ar·pachʹshad, Lud, and Aʹram,

and* Uz, Hul, Geʹther, and Mash.+

18 Ar·pachʹshad became father to Sheʹlah,+ and Sheʹlah became father to Eʹber.

19 Two sons were born to Eʹber. The name of the one was Peʹleg,*+ because in his lifetime the earth* was divided. The name of his brother was Jokʹtan.

20 Jokʹtan became father to Al·moʹdad, Sheʹleph, Ha·zar·maʹveth, Jeʹrah,+ 21 Ha·doʹram, Uʹzal, Dikʹlah, 22 Oʹbal, A·bimʹa·el, Sheʹba, 23 Oʹphir,+ Havʹi·lah,+ and Joʹbab; all of these were the sons of Jokʹtan.

24 Shem,

Ar·pachʹshad,

Sheʹlah,

25 Eʹber,

Peʹleg,+

Reʹu,+

26 Seʹrug,+

Naʹhor,+

Teʹrah,+

27 Aʹbram, that is, Abraham.+

28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac+ and Ishʹma·el.+

29 These are their family origins: Ishʹma·el’s firstborn Ne·baʹioth,+ then Keʹdar,+ Adʹbe·el, Mibʹsam,+ 30 Mishʹma, Duʹmah, Masʹsa, Haʹdad, Teʹma, 31 Jeʹtur, Naʹphish, and Kedʹe·mah. These were the sons of Ishʹma·el.

32 The sons that Ke·tuʹrah,+ Abraham’s concubine, gave birth to were Zimʹran, Jokʹshan, Meʹdan, Midʹi·an,+ Ishʹbak, and Shuʹah.+

The sons of Jokʹshan were Sheʹba and Deʹdan.+

33 The sons of Midʹi·an were Eʹphah,+ Eʹpher, Haʹnoch, A·biʹda, and El·daʹah.

All of these were the sons of Ke·tuʹrah.

34 Abraham became father to Isaac.+ The sons of Isaac were Eʹsau+ and Israel.+

35 The sons of Eʹsau were Elʹi·phaz, Reuʹel, Jeʹush, Jaʹlam, and Korʹah.+

36 The sons of Elʹi·phaz were Teʹman,+ Oʹmar, Zeʹpho, Gaʹtam, Keʹnaz, Timʹna, and Amʹa·lek.+

37 The sons of Reuʹel were Naʹhath, Zeʹrah, Shamʹmah, and Mizʹzah.+

38 The sons of Seʹir+ were Loʹtan, Shoʹbal, Zibʹe·on, Aʹnah, Diʹshon, Eʹzer, and Diʹshan.+

39 The sons of Loʹtan were Hoʹri and Hoʹmam. Loʹtan’s sister was Timʹna.+

40 The sons of Shoʹbal were Alʹvan, Manʹa·hath, Eʹbal, Sheʹpho, and Oʹnam.

The sons of Zibʹe·on were Aʹiah and Aʹnah.+

41 The son* of Aʹnah was Diʹshon.

The sons of Diʹshon were Hemʹdan, Eshʹban, Ithʹran, and Cheʹran.+

42 The sons of Eʹzer+ were Bilʹhan, Zaʹa·van, and Aʹkan.

The sons of Diʹshan were Uz and Aʹran.+

43 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Eʹdom+ before any king reigned over the Israelites:*+ Beʹla the son of Beʹor; the name of his city was Dinʹha·bah. 44 When Beʹla died, Joʹbab the son of Zeʹrah from Bozʹrah+ began to reign in his place. 45 When Joʹbab died, Huʹsham from the land of the Teʹman·ites began to reign in his place. 46 When Huʹsham died, Haʹdad the son of Beʹdad, who defeated Midʹi·an in the territory* of Moʹab, began to reign in his place. The name of his city was Aʹvith. 47 When Haʹdad died, Samʹlah from Mas·reʹkah began to reign in his place. 48 When Samʹlah died, Shaʹul from Re·hoʹboth by the River began to reign in his place. 49 When Shaʹul died, Baʹal-haʹnan the son of Achʹbor began to reign in his place. 50 When Baʹal-haʹnan died, Haʹdad began to reign in his place. The name of his city was Paʹu, and the name of his wife was Me·hetʹa·bel the daughter of Maʹtred, the daughter of Meʹza·hab. 51 Then Haʹdad died.

The sheikhs* of Eʹdom were Sheikh Timʹna, Sheikh Alʹvah, Sheikh Jeʹtheth,+ 52 Sheikh O·hol·i·baʹmah, Sheikh Eʹlah, Sheikh Piʹnon, 53 Sheikh Keʹnaz, Sheikh Teʹman, Sheikh Mibʹzar, 54 Sheikh Magʹdi·el, Sheikh Iʹram. These were the sheikhs of Eʹdom.

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