1.
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
i.e. Adam begat Sheth; and so in the following particulars. For brevity sake he only mentions their names; but the rest is easily understood out of the former books, and from the nature of the thing; and from some following passages where the sense is completed.
2.
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3.
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Formerly he mentions only one son, but here he names and treats of Noah’s three sons, partly because they were all the founders of the new world, and partly because the accomplishment of Noah’s famous prophecy, Genesis 9:25-27, could not otherwise appear, but by the account of their several posterities.
5.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Riphath, or Diphath; for those two Hebrew letters which answer to our D and R, being very like, are oft confounded and exchanged, as 1 Chronicles 1:7,1 Chronicles 1:41,1 Chronicles 1:46,1 Chronicles 1:50.
7.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8.
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12.
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
Of whom came the Philistines; of which See Poole "Genesis 10:14".
13.
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14.
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
The Jebusite; the people so called. So the names which follow until 1 Chronicles 1:17, are not the names of particular persons, but of people or nations. And all these descended from Canaan, though some of them were afterwards extinct or confounded with others of their brethren by cohabitation or mutual marriages, whereby they lost their names; which is the reason why they are no more mentioned, at least under these names.
15.
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16.
And 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.
The sons of Shem; either the name of sons is so taken here as to include grandsons, who are called sons, Genesis 29:5; 2 Samuel 19:21; or, these words, the children of Aram, are understood and inserted before
Uz, out of Genesis 10:23, where they are expressed.
18.
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
Arphaxad begat Shelah; either immediately, or mediately by his son Cainan, who is expressed, Luke 3:35, of which, God assisting, I shall speak in its proper place.
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.
The earth was divided in their languages and habitation; of which see Genesis 11:7.
20.
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21.
Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22.
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Ebal, or Obal, as it is Genesis 10:28; such proper names being oft differently written, according to the difference of times, and people, and writers.
23.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
24.
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Arphaxad: having given a brief and general account of the original of the world, and the people in it, he now returns to a more large and particular account of the genealogy of Shem, from whom the Jews were descended.
25.
Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26.
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27.
Abram; the same is Abraham.
28.
The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
29.
These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30.
Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31.
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32.
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
33.
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34.
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
35.
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36.
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
Timna: there is another Timna, the concubine of Eliphaz, Genesis 36:12, but this was one of his sons, though called by the same name; there being some names common both to men and women in the Hebrew and in other languages.
37.
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38.
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
The sons of Seir; one of another nation, prince of the Horims; whose genealogy is here described, because of that affinity which was contracted between his and Esau’s posterity; and those who were not united and incorporated with them were destroyed by them. See Deuteronomy 2:12.
39.
And the sons of Lothan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
40.
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
41.
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42.
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
43.
Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Of this and the following verses, See Poole "Genesis 36:31", &c., whence this whole relation is taken.
44.
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45.
And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
46.
And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
47.
And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
48.
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
49.
And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
50.
And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
51.
Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52.
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53.
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54.
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.