Bible Family Tree Educator Guides

First man, formed from the dust; given dominion in Eden and a covenant to fill the earth.

First woman, 'mother of all living'; partner to Adam in Eden and after the Fall.

Third son of Adam and Eve, born after Abel's death; the line of promise continues through him.

Firstborn of Adam; killer of his brother Abel; founder of a city east of Eden.

Second son of Adam; a shepherd whose offering was accepted; murdered by Cain.

Son of Seth; in his days people 'began to call on the name of the LORD'.

Walked with God and 'was not, for God took him'; one of two figures said not to die.

Longest-lived person in scripture; died the year of the Flood.

Righteous in his generation; built the ark at God's command and preserved humanity and animal kinds through the Flood.

One of Noah's three sons; ancestor of the Semitic peoples and of Abraham. Genesis 10:21 is ambiguous on the birth order between Shem and Japheth.

Son of Noah; ancestor of the Canaanite, Egyptian and Cushite peoples.

Son of Noah; ancestor of the peoples of Anatolia and the northern coastlands. Some translations of Genesis 10:21 take Japheth to be the eldest brother.

In his days 'the earth was divided' — often associated with the Tower of Babel dispersion.

Father of Abram; led the family from Ur of the Chaldeans toward Canaan, settling in Haran.

Called from Haran with a promise of land, descendants, and blessing for all nations; the covenant father of Israel.

Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac in her old age, fulfilling the covenant promise.

Egyptian servant of Sarah; bore Ishmael to Abraham; met 'the God who sees' in the wilderness.

Wife (or concubine) of Abraham after Sarah; mother of six sons including Midian.

First son of Abraham, by Hagar; promised to become a great nation; ancestor of twelve princes.

Son of Abraham by Keturah; ancestor of the Midianites among whom Moses later took refuge.

Child of promise; nearly offered on Mount Moriah; father of Esau and Jacob.

Brought from Haran to marry Isaac; mother of the twins Esau and Jacob; secured the blessing for Jacob.

Firstborn twin who sold his birthright for stew; ancestor of the Edomites.

Renamed Israel after wrestling with God; father of the twelve patriarchs; led the family to Egypt.

Elder daughter of Laban; mother of six tribes including Judah and Levi.

Beloved wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin; died in childbirth near Bethlehem.

Fourth son of Leah; received the royal blessing — 'the scepter shall not depart from Judah'.

Sold into Egypt by his brothers; rose to second-in-command and preserved the family through famine.

Widow of Judah's son; secured Judah's line through a startling act of justice (Genesis 38).

Leader of the tribe of Judah during the Exodus wilderness years.

Canaanite of Jericho who sheltered Israel's spies; named in Hebrews 11 as an example of faith.

Wealthy Bethlehemite who redeemed Ruth, becoming great-grandfather of David.

Moabite widow whose loyalty to Naomi led her into Israel and the Messianic line.

Bethlehemite father of eight sons including David; 'the root of Jesse' (Isaiah 11).

Shepherd of Bethlehem anointed king; united Israel and received the covenant promise of an eternal throne.

Another son of David and Bathsheba; Luke's genealogy traces Jesus through Nathan rather than Solomon.

Wise king who built the First Temple; later turned away through foreign wives; author of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

Long-reigning king of Judah; struck with leprosy after presuming to enter the temple. Also called Azariah in 2 Kings 15.

Reforming king who trusted God during Sennacherib's siege; healed and given fifteen more years.

Boy king who rediscovered the Book of the Law and led a sweeping reform.

Son of Josiah; placed on Judah's throne by Pharaoh Necho. Burned Jeremiah's scroll; died as Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. Matthew 1:11 compresses 'Josiah begot Jeconiah,' silently passing through Jehoiakim.

Also called Jehoiachin; reigned three months before being carried into Babylonian exile.

Led the first return from exile and rebuilt the Second Temple's foundation.

Bethlehem-born carpenter of Nazareth; legal father of Jesus through the Davidic line.

Mother of Jesus; her 'yes' to the angel echoes through every generation of the church.

Promised Messiah; born in Bethlehem, crucified under Pontius Pilate, raised on the third day.

A mighty hunter before the LORD; founder of Babel and Nineveh.

Fourth son of David; attempted to claim the throne before Solomon.

Father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam; married Jochebed, his father's sister.

Daughter of Levi; mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam; hid Moses in the bulrushes.

Hebrew rescued from Pharaoh's slaughter; led Israel out of Egypt and received the Law at Sinai.

Older brother of Moses; first high priest of Israel and head of the priestly line.

Wife of Aaron; mother of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Sister of Moses and Aaron; prophetess who led Israel in song after the Red Sea crossing.

Of the daughters of Aaron; cousin of Mary; mother of John the Baptist in her old age.

Priest of the division of Abijah; struck mute until the birth of his son John, then sang the Benedictus.

Forerunner of the Messiah; preached repentance and baptized Jesus in the Jordan.

Father of Joshua, of the tribe of Ephraim.

Successor of Moses; led Israel across the Jordan and into the Promised Land.

Of the tribe of Judah; with Joshua, one of two spies who trusted God's promise of Canaan.

Last of the judges; first of the prophetic schools; anointed both Saul and David.

Tishbite prophet of Gilead; confronted Ahab and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel; taken up in a whirlwind.

Successor of Elijah; received a double portion of his spirit; performed miracles of healing, provision, and resurrection.

Prophet in Judah from Uzziah to Hezekiah; foretold the virgin-born Immanuel and the suffering Servant.

Prophet of Judah's final years; promised a new covenant written on the heart.

Priest exiled to Babylon; saw the chariot-throne of God and the valley of dry bones.

Exile in Babylon; faithful in Nebuchadnezzar's court; received visions of the Son of Man and the seventy weeks.

Priest and scribe who led a second return from exile and re-established the Law in Jerusalem.

Cupbearer to Artaxerxes; rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in fifty-two days.

Priest-king of Salem who blessed Abraham and received a tithe; presented in Hebrews as a type of Christ's eternal priesthood.

Galilean fisherman called by Jesus; spokesman of the Twelve; preached the first Christian sermon at Pentecost.

Pharisee from Tarsus, persecutor turned apostle to the Gentiles; wrote thirteen New Testament letters.

Son of Zebedee; 'the disciple Jesus loved'; wrote the fourth gospel, three letters, and Revelation.

King of Judah for one year; killed by Jehu. Omitted from Matthew 1's compressed list.

Daughter of Ahab; usurped Judah's throne by killing the royal family — only Joash survived.

Hidden in the temple as a baby; crowned at age seven; repaired the house of the LORD.

Son of Joash; defeated Edom but turned to their gods and was assassinated at Lachish.

First king of Israel; tall Benjamite anointed by Samuel; died on Mount Gilboa.

Son of Saul; covenant friend of David; killed alongside his father at Gilboa.

Son of Saul who reigned over Israel for two years before David's united kingdom.

Third son of David by Maacah; led a rebellion that nearly cost David his throne; killed by Joab in the forest of Ephraim.

Sister of Absalom; violated by her half-brother Amnon (2 Samuel 13).

Firstborn of David; killed by Absalom after violating Tamar.

Mother of Solomon; named in Matthew 1:6 as 'the wife of Uriah'.

Daughter of the king of Geshur; mother of Absalom and Tamar.

Court prophet who delivered the Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7) and confronted David over Bathsheba.

David's nephew and commander of the army; ruthless, indispensable, finally executed by Solomon.

One of David's mighty men; killed at David's order to cover up the affair with Bathsheba.

First of the judges; nephew of Caleb; delivered Israel from Cushan-rishathaim.

Left-handed Benjamite judge who killed Eglon king of Moab.

Prophetess and judge; with Barak defeated Sisera; her song is Judges 5.

Israelite commander summoned by Deborah; named in Hebrews 11:32.

Manassite judge who, with 300 men, routed the Midianites; refused kingship.

Gileadite judge whose rash vow cost his daughter; defeated Ammon.

Nazirite judge of Dan; tore down the Philistine temple in his death.

High priest and judge at Shiloh who raised Samuel; died when the ark was captured.

Mother of Samuel; her song in 1 Samuel 2 is echoed by Mary's Magnificat.

Bethlehemite widow whose daughter-in-law Ruth refused to leave her, bringing a Moabitess into Israel and into Messiah's line.

Prophet to the northern kingdom; his marriage to Gomer pictured God's covenant love.

Prophet whose 'pour out my Spirit' prophecy Peter cited at Pentecost.

Shepherd of Tekoa; thundered against the social injustice of Jeroboam II's Israel.

Shortest Old Testament book; prophesied Edom's downfall.

Prophet from Gath-hepher; reluctantly preached to Nineveh; sign Jesus claimed for Himself.

Prophet of Moresheth; foretold the Messiah's birth in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

Prophesied the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

Prophet who wrestled with God over Babylon's rise; 'the righteous shall live by his faith.'

Great-great-grandson of Hezekiah; prophet in Josiah's reign.

Post-exilic prophet who urged Zerubbabel to finish the temple.

Post-exilic prophet whose visions foresaw the coming king on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9).

Last prophet of the Old Testament; promised a messenger to prepare the Lord's way.

Righteous man of Uz; suffered devastating loss yet held fast to God.

Jewish queen of Persia under Xerxes I; saved her people from Haman's decree.

Cousin and guardian of Esther; second only to the king of Persia.

Moabite sister-in-law to Ruth; chose to return to her people while Ruth followed Naomi.

Of the tribe of Judah, son of Zabdi (Zimri) and father of Achan.

Israelite of Judah who took devoted things at Jericho; his sin caused Israel's defeat at Ai.

Brother of Peter; first disciple of John the Baptist to follow Jesus.

Brother of John; first apostle martyred (by Herod Agrippa).

Tax collector called from his booth; traditionally the author of the first gospel.

Apostle who doubted then confessed 'My Lord and my God!' (John 20:28).

Apostle from Bethsaida; brought Nathanael to Jesus.

Apostle from Cana; identified with Nathanael whom Philip brought to Jesus. Tradition records his martyrdom in Armenia.

One of the Twelve, sometimes called 'James the Less' to distinguish him from James son of Zebedee.

Apostle also called Lebbaeus or Judas (not Iscariot); traditionally the author of the epistle of Jude.

Apostle formerly aligned with the Zealot movement before following Jesus.

Chosen by lot to replace Judas Iscariot among the Twelve after the ascension.

Treasurer of the Twelve; betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.

Healed by Jesus; first witness of the resurrection (John 20:11-18).

Sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany; confessed Jesus as the Christ (John 11:27).

Friend of Jesus raised from the dead after four days (John 11).

Pharisee who came to Jesus by night; helped bury Him.

First Christian martyr; stoned after his sermon in Acts 7.

Levite from Cyprus; 'son of encouragement'; first missionary partner of Paul.

Young pastor from Lystra; Paul's 'true child in the faith'.

Beloved physician; companion of Paul; author of the third gospel and Acts.

Cousin of Barnabas; author of the second gospel, drawing on Peter's preaching.

Idumean king of Judea installed by Rome; rebuilt the temple; ordered the slaughter at Bethlehem.

Roman prefect of Judea (AD 26–36); presided at the trial of Jesus.

High priest (AD 18–36) who urged Jesus' death 'for the people'.

Daughter of Haran; wife of Nahor (Abraham's brother); grandmother of Rebekah.

Nahor's concubine; mother of four sons listed in Genesis 22.

Canaanite wife of Judah; mother of Er, Onan, and Shelah.

Sister of David; mother of David's commanders Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.

Daughter of Asher; named in the lists of those who went down to Egypt.

Younger son of Joseph and Asenath; received the greater blessing from Jacob and became a leading tribe of the northern kingdom.

Firstborn of Joseph and Asenath; ancestor of the half-tribes of Manasseh east and west of the Jordan. Not to be confused with King Manasseh of Judah.

Firstborn of Manasseh; father of Gilead. His clan settled east of the Jordan.

Second son of Esau by Oholibamah; a chief of Edom.

Fifth son of Midian, grandson of Abraham by Keturah.

Duplicate raw entry for Eldaah, fifth son of Midian.

Son of Simeon by a Canaanite woman; ancestor of the Shaulite clan.

Twelfth and last-listed son of Ishmael.

Ishmaelite (called an Israelite in 2 Samuel 17:25); husband of David's sister Abigail; father of Amasa.

Nephew of David; commander of Absalom's rebel army, later killed by Joab.

Daughter of Haran; sister of Milcah and Lot.

Fourth son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah.

Fourth son of Reuben; head of the Carmite clan. (Distinct from Carmi of Judah, father of Achan.)

Descendant of Cain; took two wives (Adah and Zillah) and boasted of vengeance.

Father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

Father of all who play the lyre and pipe.

Forger of every instrument of bronze and iron.

Sister of Tubal-cain in the Cainite line.

Priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses; counselled him to appoint judges.

Daughter of Jethro; wife of Moses; circumcised their son at the lodging place.

Firstborn of Moses; his name means 'sojourner there'.

Second son of Moses; name means 'God is my help'.

Kinsman of Moses whom Moses asked to guide Israel through the wilderness.

Eldest son of Aaron; struck down for offering unauthorised fire before the LORD.

Second son of Aaron; died with Nadab for offering strange fire.

Third son of Aaron; succeeded him as high priest and served under Joshua.

Youngest son of Aaron; oversaw the Levites' tabernacle service.

Grandson of Aaron; his zealous act at Peor turned back God's wrath from Israel.

Hebrew midwife who feared God and defied Pharaoh's order to kill male infants.

Hebrew midwife who, with Shiphrah, spared the Hebrew boys.

Of the tribe of Judah; filled with the Spirit of God for craftsmanship on the tabernacle.

Of the tribe of Dan; chief assistant to Bezalel in constructing the tabernacle.

Reubenite who joined Korah's rebellion against Moses; swallowed by the earth.

Reubenite co-conspirator with Dathan and Korah against Moses.

Mesopotamian diviner hired by Balak to curse Israel; blessed them instead.

King of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.

Midianite woman speared with Zimri by Phinehas at Peor.

Daughter of Caleb; given in marriage to Othniel for capturing Kiriath-sepher.

Judge who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

Gileadite judge with thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys.

Judge from Bethlehem with thirty sons and thirty daughters.

Judge with forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys.

Kenite husband of Jael; at peace with Jabin king of Hazor.

Wife of Heber the Kenite; killed the Canaanite general Sisera with a tent peg.

Son of Ebed; led a short-lived revolt in Shechem against Abimelech.

Canaanite commander under Jabin of Hazor; killed by Jael.

Younger daughter of Saul; loved David and helped him escape her father.

Elder daughter of Saul; given to Adriel the Meholathite.

Commander of Saul's army; supported Ish-bosheth before defecting to David; killed by Joab.

David's counsellor who joined Absalom's revolt; hanged himself when his advice was rejected.

Benjamite of Saul's clan who cursed David during Absalom's revolt; later executed by Solomon.

Servant of Saul's household set over Mephibosheth's estate.

Archite friend of David; posed as Absalom's counsellor to defeat Ahithophel's advice.

Gittite loyal to David; commanded a third of the army against Absalom.

Wealthy Gileadite who provisioned David at Mahanaim.

Edomite chief of Saul's herdsmen; slaughtered the priests of Nob.

Priest of Nob who gave David the showbread and Goliath's sword; killed by Doeg.

Sole priest of Nob to escape Doeg's massacre; high priest under David.

Concubine of Saul who guarded the bodies of her executed sons.

Lame son of Jonathan; David restored to him Saul's lands and a seat at the king's table.

Southern queen who tested Solomon with hard questions and praised the LORD.

King of Tyre; supplied cedar and craftsmen for the temple.

Shilonite prophet who tore his cloak into twelve pieces to announce the kingdom's division.

First king of the northern kingdom of Israel; set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

King of Israel who married Jezebel and did more evil than all before him.

Sidonian queen of Israel; promoted Baal worship and persecuted the prophets.

King of Israel who wiped out Ahab's house and destroyed Baal worship.

Jezreelite whose vineyard Ahab coveted; framed and stoned at Jezebel's command.

Servant of Elisha; struck with leprosy for greed after Naaman's healing.

King of Aram; anointed by Elisha; oppressor of Israel.

Name borne by several kings of Aram-Damascus who warred with Israel.

Powerful king of Israel who restored its borders; contemporary of Amos and Hosea.

King of Israel for one month; assassinated Zechariah and was killed by Menahem.

King of Israel who paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser of Assyria.

King of Israel; assassinated by his officer Pekah after two years.

King of Israel; lost territory to Tiglath-pileser; assassinated by Hoshea.

Last king of Israel; Samaria fell to Assyria in his ninth year.

Last king of Judah; rebelled against Babylon and saw Jerusalem destroyed in 586 BC.

King of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and exiled Judah; humbled by God in Daniel 4.

Hebrew name Hananiah; refused to bow to Nebuchadnezzar's image and was preserved in the furnace.

Hebrew name Mishael; delivered from the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Abednego.

Hebrew name Azariah; delivered from the fiery furnace.

Co-regent of Babylon; saw the writing on the wall and was slain that night.

Received the kingdom after Belshazzar's death; ruled during Daniel's night in the lions' den.

King of Persia; named in Isaiah before his birth; decreed the Jews' return to rebuild the temple.

Persian king from India to Cush; husband of Vashti and later Esther.

Queen of Persia deposed for refusing to appear before the king's drunken banquet.

Agagite official under Ahasuerus; plotted to destroy the Jews and was hanged on his own gallows.

Prince of Judah who brought the temple vessels back from Babylon and laid the temple foundation.

Prophetess of the tribe of Asher; greeted the infant Jesus in the temple.

Devout man promised he would not die before seeing the Messiah; blessed the infant Jesus.

Wealthy disciple who asked Pilate for Jesus' body and laid him in his own new tomb.

Chief tax collector of Jericho who climbed a sycamore to see Jesus and welcomed him home.

One of the women at the cross and empty tomb.

Wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; supported Jesus and was among the women at the tomb.

Follower of Jesus who provided for him and the disciples out of her means.

Roman centurion of the Italian Cohort; first Gentile household to receive the Spirit.

Seller of purple from Thyatira; Paul's first European convert.

Tentmaker and teacher who, with Aquila, instructed Apollos in the way of God more accurately.

Jewish tentmaker from Pontus; ministered with Paul in Corinth and Ephesus.

Leader in the Jerusalem church; Paul's companion on the second missionary journey.

Eloquent Alexandrian Jew mighty in the Scriptures; taught more fully by Priscilla and Aquila.

Pharisee and teacher of the law; counselled restraint against the apostles; teacher of Paul.

Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea; beheaded John the Baptist and mocked Jesus at his trial.

Wife of Herod Antipas (formerly of Philip); demanded John the Baptist's head.

Grandson of Herod the Great; killed James the apostle; struck down by an angel.

Roman governor of Judea; kept Paul in custody at Caesarea for two years.

Successor of Felix; before whom Paul appealed to Caesar.

Blind beggar of Jericho who cried 'Son of David, have mercy on me' and received his sight.

Servant of the high priest whose ear Peter cut off in Gethsemane; healed by Jesus.

Compelled by the Romans to carry Jesus' cross; father of Alexander and Rufus.

Insurrectionist and murderer released by Pilate in place of Jesus.

Synagogue ruler whose twelve-year-old daughter Jesus raised from the dead.

With his wife Sapphira, lied to the Holy Spirit about the price of a field and fell down dead.

Wife of Ananias; struck dead for lying to the Holy Spirit.

Disciple in Damascus sent by the Lord to baptise Saul of Tarsus.

Disciple in Joppa full of good works; raised from the dead by Peter.

Servant girl who, in her joy, left Peter standing at the gate after his angelic rescue.

Young man who fell asleep during Paul's long sermon at Troas and was raised from the dead.

Silversmith of Ephesus who stirred up the riot against Paul for the sake of Artemis.

Runaway slave of Philemon converted through Paul; sent back as a beloved brother.

Colossian believer and slave-owner to whom Paul appealed on behalf of Onesimus.

Gentile co-worker of Paul; organised the churches in Crete.

Messenger of the Philippian church who nearly died bringing their gift to Paul.

Descendant of Mizraim (Egypt); ancestor of the Pathrusim in Upper Egypt.

Daughter of Potiphera priest of On; wife of Joseph; mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.

Not a biological descendant — Jesus had no children. This node represents every person who becomes a child of God through him (John 1:12).

Second son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).

Third son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).

Fifth son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).

Sixth son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).

The son of Timna

Evil in the sight of the Lord. Put to death by God

The wife of Isaac

Daughter of Jacob

Jesse's firstborn

Jesse's secondborn

Jesse's thirdborn

Jesse's fourthborn

Jesse's fifthborn

Jesse's sixthborn

Jesse's daughter

Firstborn son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).