1 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 1

1Adam (Man, ground; red; earthling), Shet [Compensation] , Enosh [man] ,

2Keinan [possession] , Mahalal’el [praise of God] , Yered [descent] ,

3Henokh [dedicated] , Metushelach [man of the dart] , Lemekh (poor; made low) ,

4No’ah [Motion] , Shem [name] , Ham [hot] , and Yefet [opened] .

5The sons of Yefet [opened] ; Gomer [complete] , and Magog [land of God] , and Madai [middle land] , and Yavan (Greece) [Ionia] , and Tuval [you shall be brought] , and Meshekh [drawing out] , and Tiras [desire] .

6And the sons of Gomer [complete] ; Ashchenaz [a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered] , and Rifat [spoken] , and Togarmah [you will break her] .

7And the sons of Yavan (Greece) [Ionia] ; Elishah [God of the coming one] , and Tarshish [yellow jasper] , Kittim [bruisers] , and Dodanim [leaders] .

8The sons of Ham [hot] ; Kush [black] (Ethiopia) [black] , and Mitzrayim [land of the Copts] , Put [a bow] , and Kena’an [Merchant] .

9And the sons of Kush [black] (Ethiopia) [black] ; S’va [drink you] , and Havilah (Stretch of Sand) , and Savta [striking] , and Ra’mah [horse’s mane] , and Savt’kha [striking] . And the sons of Ra’mah [horse’s mane] ; Sheva [Seven] , and D’dan [low country] .

10And Kush [black] (Ethiopia) [black] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nimrod [rebellion, or the valiant] : he began to be mighty upon the earth.

11And Mitzrayim [land of the Copts] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Ludim [to the firebrands: travailings], and ‘Anamim [affliction of the waters] , and L’havim [flames] , and Naftuchim [openings] ,

12And Patrusim [region of the south (Pathros)] , and Kasluchim [fortified] , (of whom came the P’lishtim [Immigrants] ,) and Kaftorim [a crown (Caphtor)] .

13And Kena’an [Merchant] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Tzidon [Hunting] his firstborn, and Het [terror] ,

14The Y’vusi [Threshers] also, and the Emori [Rebellious Highlanders] , and the Girgashi [dwelling on a clayey soil] ,

15And the Hivi [Wicked Villagers] , and the ‘Arki [gnawing] , and the Sini [thorn, or clay] ,

16And the Arvadi [I shall break loose] , and the Tz’mari [double woolens] , and the Hamati [fortress] .

17The sons of Shem [name] ; ‘Eilam [eternity] , and Ashur [A Level Plain] , and Arpakhshad [I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle] , and Lud [strife] , and Aram [exalted] , and ‘Utz [wooded] , and Hul [circle] , and Geter [fear] , and Meshekh [drawing out] .

18And Arpakhshad [I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shelah [A Petition] , and Shelah [A Petition] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Ever [The Region Beyond] .

19And unto ‘Ever [The Region Beyond] were born two sons: the name of the one [was] Peleg [division] ; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name [was] Yoktan [smallness] .

20And Yoktan [smallness] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Almodad [not measured] , and Shelef [a drawing forth] , and Hatzar-Mavet [village of death] , and Yerach [new moon] ,

21Hadoram [noble honour] also, and Uzal [I shall be flooded] , and Diklah [palm grove] ,

22And ‘Eival [Stone] , and Avima’el [my father is El (God)] , and Sheva [Seven] ,

23And Ofir [reducing to ashes] , and Havilah (Stretch of Sand) , and Yovav [A Desert] . All these [were] the sons of Yoktan [smallness] .

24Shem [name] , Arpakhshad [I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle], Shelah [A Petition] ,

25‘Ever [The Region Beyond] , Peleg [division] , Re’u [friend] ,

26S’rug [branch] , Nachor [snorting] , Terach [station] ,

27Avram [exalted father] ; the same [is] Avraham [Exalted Father of a Multitude] .

28The sons of Avraham [Exalted Father] ; Yitz’khak [Laughter] , and Yishma’el [God will hear] .

29These [are] their generations: The firstborn of Yishma’el [God will hear] , N’vayot [heights] ; then Kedar [dark] , and Adbe’el [chastened of God] , and Mivsam [sweet odour] ,

30Mishma [a hearing] , and Dumah [Silence] , Massa, Hadad [mighty] , and Teima [desert] ,

31Y’turn [enclosed] , Nafish [refreshment] , and Kedemah [original] . These are the sons of Yishma’el [God will hear] .

32Now the sons of K’turah [incense] , Avraham’s [Exalted Father] concubine: she bore Zimran [musician] , and Yokshan [snarer] , and Medan [strife] , and Midyan [Strife] , and Yishbak [he releases] , and Shuach [wealth] . And the sons of Yokshan [snarer] ; Sheva [Seven] , and D’dan [low country] .

33And the sons of Midyan [Strife] ; ‘Eifah [gloomy] , and ‘Efer [a calf] , and Henokh [dedicated] , and Avida [my father knows] , and Elda’ah [God has known] . All these [are] the sons of K’turah [incense] .

34And Avraham [Exalted Father] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yitz’khak [Laughter] . The sons of Yitz’khak [Laughter] ; ‘Esav [Hairy] and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

35The sons of ‘Esav [Hairy] ; Elifaz [my God is (fine) gold] , Re’u [friend] ’el [friend of God] , and Ye’ush [He hurries to aid] , and Ya’lam [concealed] , and Korakh [Bald] .

36The sons of Elifaz [my God is (fine) gold] ; Teman [south] , and Omar [speaker, or eloquent] , Tzefi [watchtower] , and Ga’tam [a burnt valley] , K’naz [Hunter] , and Timna [restrained] , and ‘Amalek [Dweller in a Valley] .

37The sons of Re’u [friend] ’el [friend of God] ; Nachat [rest] , Zerach [Rising] , Shammah [astonishment] , and Mizah [fear] .

38And the sons of Se’ir [Shaggy] ; Lotan [covering] , and Shoval [flowing] , and Tziv’on [coloured] , and ‘Anah [answer] , and Dishon [thresher] , and ‘Ezer [treasure] , and Dishan [thresher] .

39And the sons of Lotan [covering] ; Hori [Cave Dweller] , and Homam [confusion] : and Timna [restrained] [was] Lotan’s [covering] ’s sister.

40The sons of Shoval [flowing] ; ‘Alyan [tall] , and Manachat [rest] , and ‘Eival [Stone] , Sh’fi [bold] , and Onam [vigorous] . And the sons of Tziv’on [coloured] ; Ayah [falcon] , and ‘Anah [answer] .

41The sons of ‘Anah [answer] ; Dishon [thresher] . And the sons of Dishon [thresher] ; ‘Amram [exalted people] , and Eshban [fire of discernment] , and Yitran [advantage] , and K’ran [lyre] .

42The sons of ‘Ezer [treasure] ; Bilhan [their decrepitude] , and Za’avan [troubled] , [and] Ya’akan [let him oppress them] . The sons of Dishan [thresher] ; ‘Utz [wooded] , and Aran [joyous] .

43Now these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom [Red] before [any] king reigned over the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; Bela [Destruction] the son of B’or [Burning] : and the name of his city [was] Dinhavah [give you judgement] .

44And when Bela [Destruction] was dead, Yovav [A Desert] the son of Zerach [Rising] of Botzrah [sheepfold or fortress] reigned in his stead.

45And when Yovav [A Desert] was dead, Husham [haste] of the land of the Temani [southward] reigned in his stead.

46And when Husham [haste] was dead, Hadad [mighty] the son of B’dad [solitary] , which struck Midyan [Strife] in the field of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] ‘Avit [ruins] .

47And when Hadad [mighty] was dead, Samlah [garment] of Masrekah [vineyard of nable vines] reigned in his stead.

48And when Samlah [garment] was dead, Sha’ul [Desired] of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

49And when Sha’ul [Desired] was dead, Ba’al-Hanan [Ba’al the gracious] the son of ‘Akhbor [mouse] reigned in his stead.

50And when Ba’al-Hanan [Ba’al the gracious] was dead, Hadad [mighty] reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pa’i [bleating] ; and his wife’s name [was] M’heitave’el [favoured of God] , the daughter of Matred [pushing forward] , the daughter of Mei-Zahav [waters of gold] .

51Hadad [mighty] died also. And the dukes of Edom [Red] were; chieftain Timnah [Portion] , chieftain ‘Alvah [evil] , chieftain Y’tet [a nail] ,

52Chieftain Oholivamah [tent of the high place] , chieftain Elah [an oak] , chieftain Pinon [darkness] ,

53Chieftain K’naz [Hunter] , chieftain Teman [south] , chieftain Mitzvar [fortress] ,

54Chieftain Migdi’el [prince of God] , chieftain ‘Iram [belonging to a city] . These [are] the dukes of Edom [Red] .

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