Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech. The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram (that is, Abraham).
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
Significance
These are parallel genealogical records of the Shemite line from the Table of Nations. Genesis 10:22-29 lists the sons of Shem (Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram) and traces Arphaxad's line through Eber to Peleg and Joktan, with Joktan's thirteen sons representing Arabian peoples. 1 Chronicles 1:17-23 reproduces this identical list with minor differences (e.g., "Meshech" for "Mash" among Aram's sons). The Shemite section is theologically crucial because it contains the elect line: Shem to Arphaxad to Eber to Peleg, which continues in Genesis 11 and 1 Chronicles 1:24-27 through to Abraham. By distinguishing Peleg ("because in his days the earth was divided") from the Joktanite branch, both texts signal the narrowing of the chosen line even within the blessed Shemite family.
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Reference Type
Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s)
Redemptive-Historical Progression — the Shemite section is the elect artery of the Table of Nations (Shem to Arphaxad to Eber to Peleg), and 1 Chr 1:17-27 carries it forward unbroken to Abraham; the Chronicler's reproduction makes Genesis's genealogy the first leg of the progression that runs through Judah and David to Israel's messianic hope.
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