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1 Chronicles 1:1

Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Enos;   Genealogy;   Seth;   Scofield Reference Index - Chronicles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sheth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Seth;   Sheth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adam;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Seth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Enos, Enosh ;   Seth;   Sheth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adam;   Interesting facts about the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'nos;   E'nosh;   Seth;   Sheth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adam, in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha;   Chronicles, Books of;   Enos;   Seth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Enos;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Hebrew Names Version
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
King James Version
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
English Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
New Century Version
Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan.
New English Translation
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Amplified Bible
Adam [his genealogical line], Seth, Enosh,
New American Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
World English Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
Legacy Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Berean Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Complete Jewish Bible
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
Darby Translation
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Easy-to-Read Version
The first generations of people were Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah.
George Lamsa Translation
ADAM, Sheth, Enosh,
Good News Translation
Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan,
Lexham English Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Literal Translation
Adam, Seth, Enos,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Adam, Seth, Enos,
American Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Bible in Basic English
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Adam, Seth, Enos.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
King James Version (1611)
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Adam, Seth, Enos,
English Revised Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Adam gendride Seth; Enos,
Update Bible Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Webster's Bible Translation
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
New King James Version
Genesis 5:1-32; 10:1-32; 11:10-26; Luke 3:34-38">[xr] Adam, Seth, Enosh,
New Living Translation
The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,
New Life Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
New Revised Standard
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Adam, Seth, Enos,
Revised Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Young's Literal Translation
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
THE MESSAGE
Adam Seth Enosh Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Contextual Overview

1Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 6 Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 9 Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. 10 Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. 11 Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. 13 Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sheth: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:8, Luke 3:38, Seth

Enosh: Genesis 5:9-11, Luke 3:38, Enos

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:1 - book Genesis 5:4 - And the Luke 3:37 - Mathusala

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness
Genesis 1:5
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:11
God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
Genesis 1:16
God made two powerful lights, the brighter one to rule the day and the other to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:17
Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,
Genesis 1:19
Evening came and then morning—that was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20

The Fifth Day

God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."
Genesis 1:22
Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to live everywhere on earth.
Genesis 1:30
And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes. These will be food for animals, both wild and tame, and for birds.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1-4. Adam, Seth,.... These first four verses exactly agree with the account of the antediluvian patriarchs in Genesis 5:1, the first letter in Adam is larger than usual, as a memorial, as Buxtorf m observes, of the first and only man, from whence mankind had their beginning, and whose history the author had undertaken to write.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the margin references and notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES

Chronological Notes relative to this Book

-Year of the World, 1.

-Year before Christ, according to Archbishop Usher, 4004.

-Year before the Flood, according to the common Hebrew Bible, 1656.

-Year of the Julian period, 710.

CHAPTER I

The genealogy of Adam to Noah, 1-3.

Of Noah to Abraham, 4-27.

The sons of Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, 28.

The sons of Ishmael, 29-31.

The sons of Keturah, 32, 33.

The sons of Esau, 34-42.

A list of the kings of Edom, 43-50.

A list of the dukes of Edom, 51-54.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh — That is, Adam was the father of Sheth or Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, and so on. No notice is taken of Cain and Abel, or of any of the other sons of Adam. One line of patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, is what the historian intended to give; and to have mentioned the posterity of Cain or Abel would have been useless, as Noah was not the immediate descendant of either. Besides, all their posterity had perished in the deluge, none remaining of the Adamic family but Noah and his children; and from these all the nations of the earth sprang.

How learned must those men be who can take for a text "The first verse of the first chapter of the first book of CHRONICLES." and find a mystery in each name; which, in the aggregate, amounts to a full view of the original perfection, subsequent fall, consequent misery, and final restoration, of MAN! O ye profound illustrators of the names of men and cities! why do ye not give us the key of your wisdom, write comments, and enlighten the world?


 
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