---
title: "1 Chronicles 1:3-17 KJV - \"Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,\" — Read 1 Chronicles 1:3-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17"
---

[ Read](/kjv/1-chronicles/1)[ Commentary](/study/1-chronicles/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-chronicles/1) Audio

## 1 Chronicles 1:3-17 in Context (Verses 1–20 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/1) Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/2) Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3) Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
 
 [4 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/4) Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/5) ¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/6) And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/7) And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/8) ¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/9) And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/10) And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/11) And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
 
 [12 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/12) And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/13) And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/14) The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/15) And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/16) And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/17) ¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.*
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/18) And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/19) And 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.*
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/20) And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
 
[2 Kings 25](/kjv/2-kings/25) [1 Chronicles 2](/kjv/1-chronicles/2)

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17","name":"1 Chronicles 1:3-17 KJV - \"Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,\" — Read 1 Chronicles 1:3-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","name":"KJV Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles","name":"1 Chronicles"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1","name":"1"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/1/3-17","name":"Verse 3-17"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]}
```