1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27 Abram; the same is Abraham.

28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.

40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.

41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,

52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

Commentary

Verse 1

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Sheth - Adam begat Sheth: and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but the rest is easily understood out of the former books. This appears as the peculiar glory of the Jewish nation, that they alone were able to trace their pedigree from the first man that God created, which no other nation pretended to, but abused themselves and their posterity with fabulous accounts of their originals: the people of Thessaly fancying that they sprang from stones, the Athenians, that they grew out of the earth.
McArther Bible Commentary
This abbreviated genealogy summarizes the divinely selected course of redemptive history: (1) from Adam to Noah (1Ch 1:1-4; Gen. 1-6); (2) from Noah's son Shem to Abraham (1Ch 1:4-27; Gen. 7-11); (3) from Abraham to Jacob (1Ch 1:28-34; Gen. 12-25); (4) from Jacob to the twelve tribes (1Ch. 1:34-2:2; Gen. 25-50); and (5) from the twelve tribes to those who had returned to Jerusalem after the seventy-year captivity (1Ch. 2:3-9:44; Exo. 1:1 - 2Ch. 36:23). This genealogical listing is unique to the purposes of the chronicler and is not intended necessarily to be an exact duplication of any other lists in Scripture.
Bible Cross References
Luke 3:36 1 Chronicles 1:2

Verse 2

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Luke 3:37 1 Chronicles 1:1 1 Chronicles 1:3

Verse 3

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:2 1 Chronicles 1:4

Verse 4

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 5:32 Genesis 9:19 1 Chronicles 1:3 1 Chronicles 1:5

Verse 5

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
The sons of Japheh - The historian repeating the account of the replenishing the earth by the sons of Noah, begins with those that were strangers to the church, the sons of Japheth, who peopled Europe, of whom he says little, as the Jews had hitherto little or no dealings with them. He proceeds to those that had many of them been enemies to the church, and thence hastens to the line of Abraham, breaking off abruptly from all the other families of the sons of Noah, but that of Arphaxad, from whom Christ was to come. The great promise of the Messiah was transmitted from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem, from him to Eber, and so to the Jewish nation, who were intrusted above all nations with that sacred treasure, 'till the promise was performed, and the Messiah was come: and then that nation was made not a people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:2 1 Chronicles 1:4 1 Chronicles 1:6 Psalm 120:5

Verse 6

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:3 1 Chronicles 1:5 1 Chronicles 1:7

Verse 7

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:4 1 Chronicles 1:6 1 Chronicles 1:8

Verse 8

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:6 1 Chronicles 1:7 1 Chronicles 1:9

Verse 9

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:7 1 Chronicles 1:8 1 Chronicles 1:10

Verse 10

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:8 1 Chronicles 1:9 1 Chronicles 1:11

Verse 11

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:13 1 Chronicles 1:10 1 Chronicles 1:12

Verse 12

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:14 Deuteronomy 2:23 1 Chronicles 1:11 1 Chronicles 1:13

Verse 13

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:15 1 Chronicles 1:12 1 Chronicles 1:14

Verse 14

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
The Jebusite - The names which follow until (1 Chronicles 1:17) , are not the names of particular persons, but of people or nations. And all these descended from Canaan, though some of them were afterwards extinct or confounded with others of their brethren by cohabitation or mutual marriages, whereby they lost their names: which is the reason why they are no more mentioned, at least under these names.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:16 1 Chronicles 1:13 1 Chronicles 1:15

Verse 15

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:17 1 Chronicles 1:14 1 Chronicles 1:16

Verse 16

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:18 1 Chronicles 1:15 1 Chronicles 1:17 Ezekiel 27:8

Verse 17

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
The sons - Either the name of sons is so taken here as to include grandsons, or, these words, the children of Aram, are understood before Uz, out of (Genesis 10:23) , where they are expressed.
Bible Cross References
Luke 3:36 Genesis 10:22 Genesis 10:23 1 Chronicles 1:16 1 Chronicles 1:18

Verse 18

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Begat - Either immediately, or mediately by his son Cainan, who is expressed, (Luke 3:35) .
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:17 1 Chronicles 1:19

Verse 19

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Divided - In their languages and habitations.
McArther Bible Commentary
days … divided. Peleg, which means "divided," apparently lived when the Lord divided, or scattered, the human race because of Babel (cf. Gen 11:1-9).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:25 1 Chronicles 1:18 1 Chronicles 1:20

Verse 20

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:26 1 Chronicles 1:19 1 Chronicles 1:21

Verse 21

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:27 1 Chronicles 1:20 1 Chronicles 1:22

Verse 22

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:21 1 Chronicles 1:23

Verse 23

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Genesis 10:29 1 Chronicles 1:22 1 Chronicles 1:24

Verse 24

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Arphaxad - Having given a brief and general account of the original of the world and the people in it, he now returns to a more large and particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jews were descended.
Bible Cross References
Luke 3:34 Genesis 11:10 1 Chronicles 1:23 1 Chronicles 1:25

Verse 25

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
Luke 3:35 1 Chronicles 1:24 1 Chronicles 1:26

Verse 26

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:25 1 Chronicles 1:27

Verse 27

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
Genealogies, Adam to Abraham.
This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10).
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:26 1 Chronicles 1:28

Verse 28

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
The sons of Abraham - All nations but the seed of Abraham are already shaken off from this genealogy. Not that we conclude, no particular persons of any other nation but this found favour with God. Multitudes will be brought to heaven out of every nation, and we may hope there were many, very many people in the world, whose names were in the book of life, tho' they did not spring from the loins of Abraham.
McArther Bible Commentary
These twelve sons of Ishmael developed twelve tribes and settled the great northern desert of Arabia and became Arab peoples.
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:27 1 Chronicles 1:29 1 Chronicles 1:34

Verse 29

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:13 1 Chronicles 1:28 1 Chronicles 1:30

Verse 30

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:14 Genesis 25:15 1 Chronicles 1:29 1 Chronicles 1:31

Verse 31

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:15 1 Chronicles 1:30 1 Chronicles 1:32 1 Chronicles 5:19

Verse 32

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:1 Genesis 25:2 1 Chronicles 1:31 1 Chronicles 1:33

Verse 33

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:2 Genesis 25:4 1 Chronicles 1:32 1 Chronicles 1:34

Verse 34

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 25:25 Genesis 25:26 Genesis 32:28 1 Chronicles 1:28 1 Chronicles 1:33

Verse 35

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:4 Genesis 36:5 1 Chronicles 1:36

Verse 36

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Timna - There is another Timna, the concubine of Eliphaz, (Genesis 36:12) , but this was one of his sons, though called by the same name; there being some names common both to men and women in the Hebrew and in other languages.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:11 Genesis 36:12 1 Chronicles 1:35 1 Chronicles 1:37

Verse 37

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:13 1 Chronicles 1:36 1 Chronicles 1:38

Verse 38

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
Seir - One of another nation, prince of the Horims; whose genealogy is here described, because of that affinity which was contracted between his and Esau's posterity; and those who were not united and incorporated with them, were destroyed by them. See (Deuteronomy 2:12) .
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:20 Genesis 36:21 1 Chronicles 1:37 1 Chronicles 1:39

Verse 39

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:22 1 Chronicles 1:38 1 Chronicles 1:40

Verse 40

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:2 Genesis 36:23 1 Chronicles 1:39 1 Chronicles 1:41

Verse 41

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:26 1 Chronicles 1:40 1 Chronicles 1:42

Verse 42

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:27 Numbers 33:32 1 Chronicles 1:41 1 Chronicles 1:43

Verse 43

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
McArther Bible Commentary
kings … Edom. Esau's children settled in Edom, east and south of Israel, and are included among the Arab nations.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:31 Genesis 36:32 1 Chronicles 1:42

Verse 44

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Isaiah 34:6 Jeremiah 49:13

Verse 45

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:34 1 Chronicles 1:46 Job 2:11 Obadiah 1:9

Verse 46

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:35 1 Chronicles 1:45 1 Chronicles 1:47

Verse 47

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:36 1 Chronicles 1:46 1 Chronicles 1:48

Verse 48

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:47 1 Chronicles 1:49

Verse 49

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:38 1 Chronicles 1:48 1 Chronicles 1:50

Verse 50

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:38 Genesis 36:39 1 Chronicles 1:49 1 Chronicles 1:51

Verse 51

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:15 Genesis 36:40 1 Chronicles 1:50 1 Chronicles 1:52

Verse 52

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:2 Genesis 36:41 1 Chronicles 1:51 1 Chronicles 1:53

Verse 53

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:11 1 Chronicles 1:52 1 Chronicles 1:54

Verse 54

Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary
The descendants of Abraham.
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4)(Numbers 32:14), and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
John Wesley's Bible Commentary
These are the dukes of Edom - Let us, in reading these genealogies, think of the multitudes that have gone thro' the world, have successively acted their parts in it, and retired into darkness. All these and all theirs had their day; many of them made a mighty noise in the world; until their day came to fall, and their place knew them no more. The paths of death are trodden paths. How soon are we to tread them?
Bible Cross References
Genesis 36:15 Genesis 36:43 1 Chronicles 1:53 1 Chronicles 2:1