The Descendants of Adam and the Genealogies of the Israelite Tribes
1 Chronicles 1:1–2:2
Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE
Notes
With vv. 5–23, cf. Genesis 10:1–30.
With vv. 28–33, cf. Genesis 25:1–16.
With vv. 43–50, cf. Genesis 36:31–43.
Credits
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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