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From Adam to the twelve sons of Jacob

Who was whose son, wife or mother in the book of Genesis. Every person and every link is taken from the verse that states it. Where the text says nothing — for example, the name of Cain’s wife — the tree says nothing too.

  1. AdamLived 930 years (Gen 5:5)

    The first man. Genesis names three of his sons and says that he also had other sons and daughters. Luke’s genealogy ends with “Adam, the son of God.”

    Gen 4:1 · Gen 5:3–5
    • Wife
      Eve

      Adam named his wife Eve, “because she would be the mother of all the living.”

      Gen 3:20 · Gen 4:1
    1. CainMother: Eve

      A tiller of the soil, who killed his brother Abel. His wife is mentioned but not named, and the text does not say whose daughter she was.

      Gen 4:1
    2. Enoch

      Cain’s son, not the Enoch of Seth’s line. Cain named a city after him.

      Gen 4:17
    4. MehujaelGen 4:18
    5. Methusael

      Cain’s descendant, the father of Lamech — not Methuselah of Seth’s line, though some translations spell their names alike.

      Gen 4:18
    6. Lamech

      Cain’s descendant, not the Lamech who was Noah’s father. The first man in Genesis said to have two wives; his words to them are recorded as a short song.

      Gen 4:18–19
      1. JabalMother: Adah

        “The father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.”

        Gen 4:20
      2. JubalMother: Adah

        “The father of all who play the harp and flute.”

        Gen 4:21
      3. Tubal-cainMother: Zillah

        “A forger of every implement of bronze and iron.”

        Gen 4:22
      4. NaamahMother: Zillah

        Named only as “the sister of Tubal-cain”; nothing more is told about her.

        Gen 4:22
    7. AbelMother: Eve

      A keeper of sheep, killed by his brother Cain. The text records no children of his.

      Gen 4:2
  2. SethMother: Eve · Lived 912 years (Gen 5:8)

    Born after Abel’s death: Eve said that God had granted her “another seed in place of Abel.”

    Gen 4:25 · Gen 5:3
  3. EnoshLived 905 years (Gen 5:11)

    In his time, Genesis says, people “began to call upon the name of the LORD.”

    Gen 4:26 · Gen 5:6
  4. KenanLived 910 years (Gen 5:14)Gen 5:9
  5. MahalalelLived 895 years (Gen 5:17)Gen 5:12
  6. JaredLived 962 years (Gen 5:20)Gen 5:15
  7. EnochLived 365 years (Gen 5:23)

    “Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.”

    Gen 5:18
  8. MethuselahLived 969 years (Gen 5:27)

    The longest life recorded in the Bible.

    Gen 5:21
  9. LamechLived 777 years (Gen 5:31)

    Noah’s father, not the Lamech of Cain’s line. He named his son Noah, hoping for comfort from the toil of the ground.

    Gen 5:25
  10. NoahLived 950 years (Gen 9:29)

    He entered the ark with his wife, his three sons and their wives; his wife is not named. His sons are listed as Shem, Ham and Japheth; which of them was the eldest is read in different ways.

    Gen 5:29
    1. Ham

      “The father of Canaan.” His sons are listed in the table of nations.

      Gen 5:32 · Gen 9:18
    2. Japheth

      His sons are listed in the table of nations.

      Gen 5:32 · Gen 9:18
  11. Shem

    Called “the forefather of all the sons of Eber.” The line from Shem to Abram is traced generation by generation.

    Gen 5:32 · Gen 6:10
  12. Arphaxad

    Born two years after the flood. Luke’s genealogy and the Greek Septuagint have a Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah, and some translations add him in brackets; the Hebrew text of Genesis goes straight from Arphaxad to Shelah.

    Gen 11:10 · Gen 11:12
  13. ShelahGen 11:12
  15. Peleg

    Named so “because in his days the earth was divided.”

    Gen 11:16
  18. Nahor

    Terah’s father — Abram’s grandfather, whose name Abram’s brother also bore.

    Gen 11:22
  19. TerahLived 205 years (Gen 11:32)

    He set out from Ur of the Chaldeans with Abram, Sarai and Lot and settled in Haran, where he died. His sons are named in this order; the text does not say who was the eldest.

    Gen 11:24 · Gen 11:26
    1. Nahor

      Abram’s brother. Milcah bore him eight sons, Bethuel the last named; his concubine Reumah bore him four more.

      Gen 11:26 · Gen 11:29
    2. BethuelMother: Milcah

      Called “Bethuel the Aramean.”

      Gen 22:22–23
      1. Laban

        Rebekah’s brother, “Laban the Aramean.” Jacob served him twenty years.

        Gen 24:29 · Gen 28:5
        1. LeahHusband: Jacob

          Laban’s elder daughter, given to Jacob as his first wife.

          Gen 29:16
        2. RachelHusband: Jacob

          Laban’s younger daughter. She died giving birth to Benjamin, on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

          Gen 29:16
      2. RebekahHusband: Isaac

        Granddaughter of Abraham’s brother Nahor and Milcah; she came from Paddan-aram to marry Isaac.

        Gen 22:23 · Gen 24:15
    3. Haran

      He died in Ur of the Chaldeans while his father Terah was still alive.

      Gen 11:26–27
      1. Lot

        Abram’s nephew. He went with Abram to Canaan and later settled near Sodom.

        Gen 11:27
        1. Moab

          Born to Lot’s elder daughter. Genesis calls him “the father of the Moabites.”

          Gen 19:37
        2. Ben-ammi

          Born to Lot’s younger daughter. Genesis calls him “the father of the Ammonites.”

          Gen 19:38
      2. MilcahHusband: Nahor

        Daughter of Haran, the brother of Nahor, whom she married.

        Gen 11:29
      3. Iscah

        Named once, as a child of Haran; the text says nothing more.

        Gen 11:29
  20. AbrahamAlso called: Abram · Lived 175 years (Gen 25:7)

    Called Abram until God renamed him Abraham: “I have made you a father of many nations.” Ishmael was born when he was eighty-six, Isaac when he was a hundred.

    Gen 11:26 · Gen 17:5
    • Wife
      SarahAlso called: Sarai · Lived 127 years (Gen 23:1)

      Called Sarai until God renamed her Sarah. Abraham once said that she was “the daughter of my father — though not the daughter of my mother”; Genesis names her parents nowhere else.

      Gen 11:29 · Gen 17:15
    • Wife
      Hagar

      Sarai’s Egyptian maidservant, whom Sarai gave to Abram “to be his wife.”

      Gen 16:1 · Gen 16:3
    • Wife
      Keturah

      Genesis calls her Abraham’s wife; 1 Chronicles calls her his concubine. Her six sons are named, and the sons of two of them.

      Gen 25:1
    1. IshmaelMother: Hagar · Lived 137 years (Gen 25:17)

      Abraham’s first son. His twelve sons are named in Genesis — “twelve princes of their tribes.”

      Gen 16:15
    2. ZimranMother: KeturahGen 25:2
    3. JokshanMother: KeturahGen 25:2
    4. MedanMother: KeturahGen 25:2
    5. MidianMother: KeturahGen 25:2
    6. IshbakMother: KeturahGen 25:2
    7. ShuahMother: KeturahGen 25:2
  21. IsaacMother: Sarah · Lived 180 years (Gen 35:28)

    Born to Sarah in her old age. He was forty when he married Rebekah and sixty when their twins were born.

    Gen 21:3
    1. EsauAlso called: Edom · Mother: Rebekah

      The elder twin, also called Edom; Genesis calls him “the father of the Edomites.” His wives and descendants are listed in a chapter of their own.

      Gen 25:25
  22. JacobAlso called: Israel · Mother: Rebekah · Lived 147 years (Gen 47:28)

    The younger twin, renamed Israel. His children are listed in the order the text tells of their births; his twelve sons are “the tribes of Israel, twelve in all.”

    Gen 25:26 · Gen 32:28
    1. ReubenMother: Leah

      Jacob’s firstborn.

      Gen 29:32 · Gen 35:23
    2. SimeonMother: LeahGen 29:33 · Gen 35:23
    3. LeviMother: LeahGen 29:34 · Gen 35:23
    4. JudahMother: Leah

      His first three sons, Er, Onan and Shelah, were born to the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite; the twins Perez and Zerah were born to Tamar.

      Gen 29:35 · Gen 35:23
      • Mother of his sons
        Tamar

        The widow of Judah’s son Er. She bore Judah twin sons.

        Gen 38:6 · Gen 38:27
      1. Er

        Judah’s firstborn. Judah took Tamar as a wife for him; Er died in the land of Canaan, and she was left a widow.

        Gen 38:3 · Gen 46:12
      2. Onan

        Judah’s second son. After Er’s death Judah told him to raise up offspring for his brother with Tamar; he would not, and he too died.

        Gen 38:4 · Gen 46:12
      3. Shelah

        Judah’s third son — not the Shelah of Shem’s line. Judah told Tamar to live as a widow until Shelah grew up, but did not give her to him as a wife.

        Gen 38:5 · Gen 46:12
      4. PerezMother: Tamar

        The twin who was born first, though his brother had put out a hand before him: “You have broken out first!”

        Gen 38:29 · Gen 46:12
      5. ZerahMother: Tamar

        The twin born with the scarlet thread on his wrist.

        Gen 38:30 · Gen 46:12
    6. NaphtaliMother: BilhahGen 30:8 · Gen 35:25
    8. AsherMother: ZilpahGen 30:13 · Gen 35:26
    9. IssacharMother: LeahGen 30:18 · Gen 35:23
    10. ZebulunMother: LeahGen 30:20 · Gen 35:23
    11. DinahMother: Leah

      The only daughter of Jacob whom Genesis names.

      Gen 30:21 · Gen 34:1
    12. JosephMother: Rachel · Lived 110 years (Gen 50:26)

      Rachel’s first son. Sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt, he was set over all the land of Egypt.

      Gen 30:24 · Gen 35:24
      • Wife
        Asenath

        Daughter of Potiphera, priest of On; Pharaoh gave her to Joseph as his wife.

        Gen 41:45
      1. ManassehMother: Asenath

        Joseph’s firstborn. Jacob counted him and Ephraim as his own sons.

        Gen 41:51
      2. EphraimMother: Asenath

        Joseph’s younger son, on whose head Jacob put his right hand.

        Gen 41:52
    13. BenjaminAlso called: Ben-oni · Mother: Rachel

      Jacob’s youngest son. As she died, Rachel named him Ben-oni; his father called him Benjamin.

      Gen 35:18 · Gen 35:24

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