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1 Chronicles 1:1

The first generations of people were Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah.

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,
Contemporary English Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
Darby Translation
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
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

1The first generations of people were Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. 4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 10 Nimrod, a descendant of Cush, grew up to become the strongest and bravest soldier in the world. 11 Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 12 Pathrus, Casluh, and Caphtor. (The Philistines came from Casluh.)

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
He saw the light, and he knew that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth grow grass, plants that make grain, and fruit trees. The fruit trees will make fruit with seeds in it. And each plant will make its own kind of seed. Let these plants grow on the earth." And it happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth grew grass and plants that made grain. And it grew trees that made fruit with seeds in it. Every plant made its own kind of seeds. And God saw that this was good.
Genesis 1:16
So God made the two large lights. He made the larger light to rule during the day and the smaller light to rule during the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:17
God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth.
Genesis 1:19
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with many living things, and let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth."
Genesis 1:22
God blessed all the living things in the sea and told them to have many babies and fill the seas. And he blessed the birds on land and told them to have many more babies.
Genesis 1:30
And I am giving all the green plants to the animals. These green plants will be their food. Every animal on earth, every bird in the air, and all the little things that crawl on the earth will eat that food." And all these things happened.

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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