Family tree of the Bible

Family tree

The following is a family tree of the people of the Bible.

Family tree

Adam to Noah

The first generations of the genealogy of biblical figures occurs in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. The genealogies of Genesis record the descendants of Adam and Eve as given The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5 and 11 reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter. The genealogy for Cain is given in Chapter 4 and the genealogy for Seth is in Chapter 5.

Sons of Noah

The Table of Nations or Sons of Noah is an extensive list of descendants of Noah which appears in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, representing an ethnology from an Iron Age Levantine perspective. The significance of Noah in this context is that, according to the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 6), the population of the Earth was completely destroyed during the Flood because of the wickedness of the Earth's inhabitants. And Noah and his family were the sole survivors to continue the human race; consequently all humans on Earth are descendant from him and thereby related.

Japhetic

Japhetic refers to the descendants of Japheth, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Hamitic

Hamitic refers to the descendants of Ham, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Semitic

Semitic refers to the descendants of Shem, son of Noah. His genealogy is recorded in Genesis 10.

Almodad
Sheleph
Hazarmaveth
Jerah
Hadoram
Uzal
Diklah
Obal
Abimael
Sheba
Ophir
Havilah
Jobab

Abraham

Genesis 25:2-4 also mentions Jokshan's offsprings (Sheba and Dedan). Dedan's offspring were Asshurim, Letushim, Leummim. The sons of Midia (brother of Jokshan) were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.