Genealogies in the Bible

There are various genealogies described in the Bible.

Genesis

The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve. 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 5. The genealogy in chapter 10 recording the male descendants of Noah is known as the Table of Nations.

Table of Nations

Main article: Generations of Noah

Within the book of Genesis, the Table of Nations is an extensive list of descendants of Noah appearing within the Torah at Genesis 10, representing an ethnology from an Iron Age Levantine perspective and its reflections in the medieval and modern history and genealogy researches.

Family tree of Adam

Adam
 
 
 
Eve
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Awân
 
 
 
CainAbel
 
Azûrâ
 
 
 
Seth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EnochEnosh
 
 
 
Nâôm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kenan
 
MûalêlêtBaraḫa
 
 
Irad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mahalalel
 
DinahRasujel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MehujaelDanielaJared
 
Baraqa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edna
 
 
 
Enoch
 
 
 
 
Methusael
 
 
 
 
Edna
 
Methuselah
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adah
 
 
 
Lamech
 
 
 
ZillahLamech
 
Betenos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jubal
 
 
Naamah
 
 
 
 
 
Noah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JabalTubal-cainJaphethShemHam

Family tree of Abraham

Further information: Abraham's family tree

Genealogy of Jesus according to Christianity

Main article: Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus through either one or both of his earthly parents (Mary and Joseph) is given by two passages from the Gospels, Matthew Matthew 1:2-16 and Luke Luke 3:23-38. Both of them trace Jesus' line back to King David and from there on to Abraham; Luke traces the line all the way back to the Adam from Genesis. These lists are identical between Abraham and David, but they differ radically from that point onward. The combination of the two genealogies covers legal and biological areas of Jesus's ancestry.

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