What is the lineage of Abraham?

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The Book of Genesis and the Gospel of Luke provide the best known biblical genealogies of Abraham. Luke follows Genesis fairly closely, but inserts an additional ancestor for theological reasons. The two genealogies follow:

	Genesis		Luke
20	Abraham	21	Abraham
19	Terah	20	Terah
18	Nahor	19	Nahor
17	Serug	18	Serug
16	Reu	17	Reu
15	Peleg	16	Peleg
14	Eber	15	Eber
13	Shelah	14	Shelah
		13	Kainan
12	Arphaxad	12	Arphaxad
11	Shem	11	Shem
10	Noah	10	Noah
9	Lamech	9	Lamech
8	Methuselah	8	Methuselah
7	Enoch	7	Enoch
6	Jared	6	Jared
5	Mahalalel	5	Mahalalel
4	Kenan	4	Kenan
3	Enosh	3	Enosh
2	Seth	2	Seth
1	Adam	1	Adam

First answer by Dick Harfield. Last edit by Dick Harfield. Contributor trust: 1148 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 2 [recommend question].

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