歷代志上1:17-27

 

1:17 閃的兒子是以攔、亞述、亞法撒、路德、亞蘭、烏斯、戶勒、基帖、米設（在創世記十章二十三節是瑪施）。
1:18 亞法撒生沙拉；沙拉生希伯。
1:19 希伯生了兩個兒子：一個名叫法勒（就是分的意思），因為那時人就分地居住；法勒的兄弟名叫約坍。
1:20 約坍生亞摩答、沙列、哈薩瑪非、耶拉、
1:21 哈多蘭、烏薩、德拉、
1:22 以巴錄、亞比瑪利、示巴、
1:23 阿斐、哈腓拉、約巴。這都是約坍的兒子。
1:24 閃生亞法撒；亞法撒生沙拉；
1:25 沙拉生希伯；希伯生法勒；法勒生拉吳；
1:26 拉吳生西鹿；西鹿生拿鶴；拿鶴生他拉；
1:27 他拉生亞伯蘭，亞伯蘭就是亞伯拉罕。

 

 ¹⁷ The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:^[f]

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

¹⁸ Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.

¹⁹ Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,^[g] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

²⁰ Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Obal,^[h] Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

²⁴ Shem, Arphaxad,^[i] Shelah,

²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah

²⁷ and Abram (that is, Abraham).

 

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    這要告訴我們亞伯拉罕是出於閃，是上帝所賜福的一支！