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1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 1
Adam's line to Noah, 1Ch_1:1-4. Noah's posterity, by Japheth, 1Ch_1:5-7; by Ham, 1Ch_1:8-16; by Shem to Abraham, 1Ch_1:17-27. His posterity, by Ishmael, 1Ch_1:28-31; by Keturah, and Isaac, 1Ch_1:32-34. His posterity by Esau: the kings and dukes of Edom, 1Ch_1:35-54.
i.e. Adam begat Sheth; and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but the rest is easily understood out of the former books, and from the nature of the thing; and from some following passages where the sense is completed.