Family tree of the Bible

The following is a family tree of the people of the Bible.

Family tree

Adam to Noah

The first generations of the genealogy of biblical figures occurs in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. The genealogies of Genesis record the descendants of Adam and Eve as given The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5 and 11 reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter. The genealogy for Cain is given in Chapter 4 and the genealogy for Seth is in Chapter 12

AdamEve
CainAbelSeth
EnochEnos
IradCainan
MehujaelMahalaleel
MethushaelJared
AdahLamechZillahEnoch
JabalJubalTubal-cainNaamahMethuselah
Lamech
Noah
ShemHamJapheth

Sons of Noah

The Table of Nations or Sons of Noah is an extensive list of descendants of Noah which appears in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, representing an ethnology from an Iron Age Levantine perspective. The significance of Noah in this context is that, according to the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 6), it was a global flood that destroyed all living things on the earth. God promised to never again cover the earth with water. The rainbow was put as a sign of that promise.

Japhetic

Japhetic refers to the descendants of Japheth, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Japheth
GomerMagogMadaiJavanTubalMeshechTiras
AshkenazRiphathTogarmahElishahTarshishKittimDodanim

Hamitic

Hamitic refers to the descendants of Ham, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Ham
CushMizraimPhutCanaan
SebaHavilahSabtahRaamahSabtechahNimrod
ShebaDedan
LudimAnamimLehabimNaphtuhimPathrusimCasluhimCaphtorim
SidonHethJebusitesAmoritesGirgashitesHivitesArkitesSinitesArvaditesZemaritesHamathites

Semitic

Semitic refers to the descendants of Shem, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Shem
ElamAshurArpachshadLudAram
CainanShelahUzHulGetherMash
Eber
PelegJoktan
Reu
Almodad
Sheleph
Hazarmaveth
Jerah
Hadoram
Uzal
Diklah
Obal
Abimael
Sheba
Ophir
Havilah
Jobab
Serug
Nahor
Terah
AbrahamSarahNahorHaran

Genesis 25:2-4 also mentions Jokshan's offsprings (Sheba and Dedan). Dedan's offspring were Asshurim, Letushim, Leummim. The sons of Midian (brother of Jokshan) were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

Abraham's family

Abraham is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and the Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the book of Genesis.

Abraham's family tree to Esau's

Terah
SarahAbrahamHagarNahorHaran
MilcahLotIscah
Ishmael
7 sonsBethuel1st daughter2nd daughter
IsaacRebeccaLabanMoabitesAmmonites
Jacob
1. Nebaioth
2. Kedar
3. Adbeel
4. Mibsam
5. Mishma
6. Dumah
7. Massa
8. Hadar
9. Tema
10. Jetur
11. Naphish
12. Kedemah
EsauAdhah
Aholibamah
Mahalath/Basemath
ReuelJeushJaalamKorahEliphaz

Abraham's family tree to Israel's

Terah
Sarah[1]AbrahamHagarHaran
Nahor
IshmaelMilcahLotIscah
Ishmaelites7 sons[2]Bethuel1st daughter2nd daughter
IsaacRebeccaLabanMoabitesAmmonites
EsauJacobRachel
Bilhah
EdomitesZilpah
Leah
1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
9. Issachar
10. Zebulun
Dinah (daughter)		7. Gad
8. Asher		5. Dan
6. Naphtali		11. Joseph
12. Benjamin

Levi's family tree

JacobLeah
Levi
GershonKohathMerari
LibniShimeiIzharHebronUzzielMahliMushi
JochebedAmramMishaelElzaphanZithri
MiriamAaronMosesZipporah
GershomEliezer

See also

References

  1. ↑ Genesis 20:12: Sarah was the half–sister of Abraham.
  2. ↑ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph
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