Genealogy

In my last post I mentioned that genealogy isn't my strong suit. Let me expound - I love history, and I love seeing the pieces fit together. I just have to push through the dry reading sometimes. I'm reading the Bible chronologically, which is feeding my love of history. I'm just going to jot down some comparisons in scripture where it talks about the same people, although their names are spelled differently, so if you aren't aware, it can get confusing and even make you think it is two different people. 

GENESIS 5

Adam - Seth - Enos - Cainan - Mahalaleel - Jared - Enoch - Methuselah - Lamech - Noah - Shem - Ham - Japheth

1 CHRONICLES 1

Adam - Seth - Enosh - Kenan - Mahalaleel - Jared - Enoch - Methuselah - Lamech - Noah - Shem - Ham - Japheth

With few spelling variations, this is the genealogy of Adam from the time of his creation to the time of the flood. Another thing I noticed, if you keep reading in 1st Chronicles, is that when it begins to list the genealogy of Noah's sons and their families, the order is changed. It is listed as Japheth, Ham, and Shem. If I am not mistaken, this would suggest that this is the true birth order of them. However, once again, it shows that God's people - Isreal - who descended from Shem - will always be his chosen race, despite what others may think. Japheth's and Ham's line got an amazing graft in to this chosen people through Jesus Christ, and in this age of Grace, anyone who repents and receives salvation becomes God's child. It's just interesting to note how God puts things in His word, and know that He does it for a reason. 

EDITED TO ADD: Further genealogy in Genesis follows the same pattern, which I'm going to lay out below:


Genesis 10:1 - Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

GENESIS

Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras

Gomer - Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah

Javan - Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Dodanim

These are the Gentile nations by division, and it does not list all of Japheth's son's children.
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Ham - Cush, Mizraim, Put, Canaan

Cush - Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabtecha, Nimrod

Raamah - Sheba, Dedan

Nimrod - Babel, Erech, Accad, Calneh, Asshur, Reheboth, Calah

Mizraim - Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, Caphtorim

Canaan - Sidon, Heth

I am trying to make sure I do not confuse names of sons with names of cities, so I will be cross referencing these with the accounts in 1 Chronicles and making sure it is as accurate as possible. If I leave names out of the genealogy that are listen in Genesis, but not in 1st Chronicles, it will be because of my attempts to be accurate.

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Shem - Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram

Aram - Uz, Hul, Gether, Mash

Arphaxad - Salah

Salah - Eber

Eber - Peleg, Joktan

Joktan - Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, Jobab

1 CHRONICLES

Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras

Gomer - Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah

Javan - Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Dodanim

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Ham - Cush, Mizraim, Put, Canaan

Cush - Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabtecha, Nimrod

Raamah - Sheba, Dedan

Mizraim - Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim

Canaan - Zidon, Heth

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Shem - Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, *Uz, *Hul, *Gether, *Meshech

Arphaxad - Shelah

Shelah - Eber 

Eber - Peleg, Joktan

Joktan - Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, Jobab

*These names are actually, as we see in Genesis, Aram's children. The Bible puts them all under Shem, which is not untrue anymore than it would be untrue for you to be a son/daughter of your grandfather.