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1 Chronicles 1:2–17

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2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
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1 Chronicles 1:2Cross-references · 3 ranked passages

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    37Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

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    12¶ And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

    13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

    14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

    15¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

    16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

    17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

    18¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

    19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

    20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

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    9¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

1 Chronicles 1:3Cross-references · 4 ranked passages

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    14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

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    21¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

    22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

    23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

    24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

    25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

    26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

    27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

    28¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

    29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

    30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

    31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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    36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

    37Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

1 Chronicles 1:4Cross-references · 12 ranked passages

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    32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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    18¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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    14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

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    8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

    10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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    1AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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    29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

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    7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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    9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

    10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

  10. Luke 17:26Rank 10
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    26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

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    36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

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    37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

    38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

1 Chronicles 1:5Cross-references · 5 ranked passages

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

    2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

    3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

    4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

    5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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    13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

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    2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

    3And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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    6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

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    1THEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

1 Chronicles 1:6Cross-references · 1 ranked passage

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    3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

1 Chronicles 1:7Cross-references · 8 ranked passages

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    30¶ For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

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    1THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

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    12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

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    10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

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    24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

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    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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    6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

1 Chronicles 1:8Cross-references · 1 ranked passage

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    6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

    7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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1 Chronicles 1:10Cross-references · 2 ranked passages

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    8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

    9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

    10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

    11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

    12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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    6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

1 Chronicles 1:11Cross-references · 1 ranked passage

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    13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

    14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

    15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

    16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

    17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

    18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

1 Chronicles 1:12Cross-references · 3 ranked passages

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    7Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

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    23And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

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    4Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

1 Chronicles 1:13Cross-references · 11 ranked passages

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    15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

    16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

    17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

    18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

    19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

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    22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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    25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

    26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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    6¶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

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    28And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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    20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

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    3¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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    5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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    46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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    30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

    31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

    32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

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    1AND it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

1 Chronicles 1:14Cross-references · 17 ranked passages

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    21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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    10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

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    11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

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    2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

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    16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

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    9¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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    17But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

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    1WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

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    2And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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    11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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    22Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

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    15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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    21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

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    11And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

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    8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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    21¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

    22Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders.

    23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

    24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

    25And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

    26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

    27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

    28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

    29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

    30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

    31¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

    32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

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    7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 1:15Cross-references · 4 ranked passages

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    20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

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    5¶ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

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    17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

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    8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

1 Chronicles 1:16Cross-references · 2 ranked passages

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    65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

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    8From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

1 Chronicles 1:17Cross-references · 18 ranked passages

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    22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

    23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

    24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

    25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

    26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

    27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

    28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

    30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

    31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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    10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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    23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

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    22Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

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    24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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    2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

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    10¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

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    1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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    3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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    2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

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    6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

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    25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

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    7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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    22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

    23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

    24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

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    8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

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    2And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

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1 Chronicles 1:4

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1 Chronicles 1:8

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Ham

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1 Chronicles 1:10

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begat

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 1:11

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 1:12

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 1:13

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 1:15

DEFINED WORDS

1 Chronicles 1:17

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1:1ADAM, Sheth, Enosh,

1:2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

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1:3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

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1:4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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1:5¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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1:6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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1:7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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1:8¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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1:9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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1:10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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1:11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

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1:12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

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1:13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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1:14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

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1:15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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1:16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

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1:17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

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1:18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

1:19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

1:20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

1:21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1:22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

1:23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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