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Noahs sons[edit]

Noah

Japhet
- Gomer
  - Ashkenaz
  - Riphath
  - Togarmah
- Magog
- Madai
- Javan
  - Elishah
  - Tarshish
  - Kittim
  - Rodanim (compare to Nimrod)
- Tubal
- Meshech
- Tiras
Ham
- Cush (was the father of Nimrod whose kingdom was Babel)
  - Seba
  - Havilah
  - Sabtah
  - Raamah
    - Sheba
    - Dedan
  - Sabteca
- Mizraim
  - Lud
  - Anam
  - Lehab
  - Naphtu
  - Pathru
  - Caslu
    - Philistines
    - Captorites
- Put
- Canaan
  - Sidon
  - Heth
  - Jebus
  - Amor
  - Girgash (mentioned in Gen 15:18-21)
  - Hiv
  - Ark
  - Sin
  - Arvad
  - Zemar
  - Hamath
Shem
- Elam
- Ashur
- Arphaxad
- Lud
- Aram
  - Uz
  - Hul
  - Gether
  - Mash

Arphaxad

Shelah
- Eber
  - Peleg
    - Reu
      - Serug
        Nahor
        Terah

Joktan (son of Eber)

Almodad
Sheleph
Hazarmaveth
Jerah
Hadoram
Uzal
Diklah
Obal
Abimael
Sheba (mentioned in book of Job)
Ophir (mentioned in book of Job. "the golden wedge of Ophir")
Havilah (mentioned in Gen 2:11 "The gold of that land is good")
Jobab (Job?)

Terahs sons[edit]

Terah (lived 205 years)

Abram
- Isaac
  - Jacob
Haran (died before his father in ur of chaldea)
- (Milcah)
- (Iscah)
- Lot
  - Moab
  - Ben-Ammi
Nahor married Milcah doughter of Haran
- Uz
- Buz
- Kemuel
  - Aram
- Kesed
- Hazo
- Pildash
- Jidlaph
- Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram
  - Rebekah (married Isaac)
  - Laban the Aramean (lived in Haran)
    - Leah (married Jacob)
    - Rachel (married Jacob)

Nahor and Reumah

Tebah
Gaham
Tahash
Maacah

Abraham and Keturah

Zimran
Jokshan
- Sheba
- Dedan
  - Ashurites
  - Letushites
  - Leummites
Medan
Midian
- Ephah
- Epher
- Hanoch
- Abida
- Eldaah
Ishbak
Shua (short for Joshua?)

Zohar the Hittite

Ephron (sold Abraham the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre at Hebron) (the cave and the field and the trees)

Abraham and Hagar

Ishmael
- Nebaioth
- Kedar
- Adbeel
- Mibsam
- Mishma
- Dumah
- Massa
- Hadad
- Tema
- Jetur
- Naphish
- Kedemah
- (Mahalath) (married Essau)

Hamor the Hivite (Jacob buys a tract of land from his sons for 100 shekels of silver. Joshua 24:32)

Shechem (wanted to marry Dinah)

Elon the Hittite

Basemath (or Adah) (married Essau)

Beeri the Hittite

Judith (married Essau)

Zibeon the Hivite

Anah
- Oholibamah (married Essau)

Essau and Adah

Eliphaz
- Teman
- Omar
- Zepho
- Gatam
- Kenaz

Eliphaz and his concubine Timna

Amalek

Essau and Basemath

Reuel
- Nahath
- Zerah
- Shammah
- Mizzah

Essau and Oholibamah

Jeush
Jalam
Korah

Seir the Horite

Lotan (brother of Timna)
- Hori
- Homam
Shobal
- Alvan
- Manahath
- Ebal
- Shepho
- Onam
Zibeon
- Aiah
- Anah (discovered the hot springs)
  - Dishon
    - Hemdan
    - Eshban
    - Ithran
    - Keran
  - Oholibamah
Anah
Dishon
Ezer
- Bilhan
- Zaavan
- Akan
Dishan
- Uz
- Aran

Jacobs sons[edit]

Jacob and Leah

Reuben
- Hanoch
- Pallu
  - Eliab
  - Nemuel
  - Dathan (rebelled with Korah)
  - Abiram (rebelled with Korah)
- Hezron
- Carmi
Simeon
- Jemuel
- Jamin
- Ohad
- Jakin
- Zohar
- Shaul (son of a canaanite woman)
Levi (lived 137 years)
- Gershon (gershonites camped to the west of the tabernacle)
  - Libni
  - Shimei
- Kohath (lived 133 years) (kohathites camped to the south of the tabernacle)
  - Amram (married his fathers sister Jochebed) (lived 137 years)
    - Aaron (married Elisheba daughter of Amminadab) (camped east of the tabernacle)
      - Nadab (fell dead before the Lord)
      - Abihu (fell dead before the Lord)
      - Eleazar (married daughter of Putiel) (replaced Aaron when Aaron died)
        Phinehas (struck the spear through Zimri and the midianite woman named Cozbi)
      - Ithamar
    - Moses (married Zipporah daughter of Reuel/Jethro priest of Midian) (married a Cushite)
      - Gershom
        Jonathan (his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan)
      - Eliezer
  - Izhar
    - Korah (became insolent and rose up against Moses)
      - Assir
      - Elkanah
      - Abiasaph
    - Nepheg
    - Zicri
  - Hebron
  - Uzziel
    - Mishael
    - Elzaphan
    - Sithri
- Merari (merarites camped to the north of the tabernacle)
  - Mahli
  - Mushi
Judah
- Er (died in cannaan)
- Onan (died in canaan)
- Shelah
- Perez (mothers name was Tamar)
  - Hezron
    - Ram
      - Amminadab
        Nahshon
        Salmon
        Boaz (married Ruth)
        Obed
        Jesse
        David
  - Hamul
- Zerah
  - Zimri (or Zabdi)
    - Carmi
      - Achan (stoned for taking 200 shekels of silver, 50 shekels of gold, and a robe from Shinar)
Issachar
- Tola
- Puah (same name as one of the midwives mentioned in Exodus)
- Jashub
- Shimron
Zebulon
- Sered
- Elon
- Jahleel
(Dinah)

Amminadab

Elisheba
Nashon

Jacob and Zilphah

Gad
- Zephon
- Haggi
- Shuni
- Ezbon
- Eri
- Arodi
- Areli
Asher
- Imnah
- Ishvah
- Ishvi
- Beriah
  - Heber
  - Malkiel
- (Serah)

Jacob and Rachel

Joseph
- Manasseh
  - Makir (given the land of Gilead)
    - Gilead
      - Iezer
      - Helek
      - Asriel
      - Shechem
      - Shemida
      - Hepher
        Zelophehad (had only daughters, died in the wandering)
        Mahlah
        
        Noah
        
        Hoglah
        
        Milcah
        
        Tirzah
- Ephraim
  - Shuthelah
    - Eran
  - Beker
  - Tahan
Benjamin (but see numbers 26:38)
- Bela
  - Ard
  - Naaman
- Beker
- Ashbel
- Gera
- Naaman
- Ehi
- Rosh
- Muppim
- Huppim
- Ard

Dan
- Hushim
Naphtali
- Jahziel
- Guni
- Jezer
- Shellim

Potiphera priest of On

Asenath (married Joseph)

Zippor

Balak king of Moab

Beor

Baalam

Salu of the tribe of Simeon

Zimri

kings of midian (killed by Israelites in numbers 31)

Evi
Rekem
Zur
- Cozbi
Hur
Reba

Judges[edit]

kenaz

Jephunneh
- Caleb
  - Acsah (married Othniel) (given the upper and lower springs)
- Kenaz
  - Othniel (first Judge)

Gera (a Benjamite)

Ehud

Anath

Shamgar

Abinoam (Naphtali?)

Barak

Joash (in Ophrah of the Abiezrites)(of the tribe of Manasseh)

Gideon (or Jerub-Baal)
- Abimolech (mother was a concubine in Shechem)
- Jotham

Dodo

Puah
- Tola

Gilead

Jair
Jephthah (mother was a prostitute) (daughter became a nun)

Hillel from Pirathon in Ephraim

Abdon

Manoah of Zorah in Dan

Samson

Elimelech (married Naomi)

Mahlon (married Ruth)
Kilion (married Orpah)

Boaz (of the clan of Elimelech) (married Ruth)

Obed
- Jesse an Ephrathite from Bethlehem (was old in the days of Saul)
  - Eliab
  - Abinadab
  - Shammah
  - ?
  - ?
  - ?
  - ?
  - David (married Michal, Ahinoam, and Abigail)

Eli

Hophni
Phinehas

Zuph an Ephraimite

Tohu
- Elihu
  - Jeroham
    - Elkanah (married Peninnah and Hannah)
      - Samuel (his home was at Ramah)
        Joel
        
        Abijah

Aphiah

Becorath
- Zeror
  - Abiel
    - Kish (a Benjamite of the tribe of Matri)
      - Saul (married Ahinoam doughter of Ahimaaz)
        Jonathan
        
        Ishvi (Ish-Bosheth? he ruled for 2 years after Sauls death)
        
        Malki-Shua
        
        (Mirab) (married Adriel of Meholah)
        
        (Michal) (married David)

ner (Sauls uncle)

Abner

Ahitub

Ahimelech priest at Nob the town of the priests (killed by Saul)
- Abiathar

Laish

Paltiel from Gallim

Maoch

Achish king of Gath

Zeruaiah

Joab (kills Abner for killing his brother)
Abishai
Asahel (killed by Abner. buried in Bethlehem)

David[edit]

David and Ahinoam

Amnon

David and Abigail

Kileab

David and Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur

Absolom

David and Haggith

Adonijah

David and Abital

Shephatiah

David and Eglah

Ithream

Lemmiwinks2 (talk) 22:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ezra[edit]

What is the critical and supportive view of Ezra chapter 7? This chapter has genealogy of Ezra back to Aaron the high priest of Moses. Hammondwest (talk) 06:15, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strange requests for citations[edit]

In the article, starting in the opening paragraph, there are "citation needed" inserts that are very strange since the only citation would be the texts mentioned, for example the citation for descendants of Cain would be Genesis 4 and the citation for the descendants of Seth would be Genesis 5. Any other citation would be redundant since the only source is those chapters. It's akin to asking for citations for a statement that metals are shown as elements on the Periodic Table; the only reference is the Periodic Table itself. Dismalscholar (talk) 19:04, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. Now fixed. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 21:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contradictions[edit]

The issue of contradictions in genealogical lists is not only found with the differences for Jesus between Matthew and Luke; there are some in the Old Testament writings as well. These should also be discussed! Dismalscholar (talk) 19:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]