Quotes About Lineage

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

Moreover, Nahorís concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

This is the account of Abrahamís son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahís maidservant, bore to Abraham.

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

This is the account of Abrahamís son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abrahamís son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

These are the names of Esauís sons: Eliphaz son of Esauís wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esauís wife Basemath.

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esauís son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esauís wife Adah.