Genesis
Patriarchs and Matriarchs
The ancestors of Genesis, from Adam to the sons of Jacob, with their wives and recorded children.
"Patriarchs" here means the fathers of the families in Genesis — Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and his sons — and "matriarchs" the mothers of those families, such as Sarah, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel. Genesis 5:1–3Genesis 12:1–3Genesis 35:22–26
52 people
Patriarch called by God to leave his homeland, to whom God promised a land, descendants and blessing for all nations.
Parents: Terah · Spouses: Sarah, Hagar, Keturah · 8 children recorded
The first man, formed by God from the dust and placed in the garden of Eden.
Spouse: Eve · 4 children recorded
- Amminadab patriarch
Son of Ram; father of Nahshon and of Elisheba, Aaron's wife
Parents: Ram · 2 children recorded
- Arpachshad patriarch
Son of Shem
Parents: Shem · 2 children recorded
- Asher patriarch
Son of Jacob and Zilpah
Parents: Zilpah, Jacob · 5 children recorded
- Benjamin patriarch
Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel
Parents: Rachel, Jacob · 9 children recorded
Landowner of Bethlehem who redeemed Naomi's family land and married Ruth.
Parents: Salmon, Rahab · Spouse: Ruth · 1 child recorded
- Dan patriarch
Son of Jacob and Bilhah
Parents: Bilhah, Jacob · 1 child recorded
- Eber patriarch
Parents: Shelah · 2 children recorded
- Enoch patriarch
Son of Jared, who walked with God; not Enoch son of Cain
Parents: Jared · 1 child recorded
- Enosh patriarch
Parents: Seth · 1 child recorded
- Ephraim patriarch
Second son of Joseph
Parents: Joseph, Asenath, Jacob · 3 children recorded
The first woman, made by God as a partner for the man and called the mother of all the living.
Spouse: Adam · 3 children recorded
- Gad patriarch
Son of Jacob and Zilpah; not Gad the prophet
Parents: Zilpah, Jacob · 7 children recorded
- Hezron patriarch
Son of Perez; not Hezron son of Reuben
Parents: Perez · 2 children recorded
Son of Abraham and Sarah, born according to God's promise; father of Esau and Jacob.
Parents: Abraham, Sarah · Spouse: Rebekah · 2 children recorded
- Issachar patriarch
Son of Jacob and Leah
Parents: Leah, Jacob · 4 children recorded
Son of Isaac, renamed Israel; father of the twelve sons from whom the tribes of Israel came.
Parents: Isaac, Rebekah · Spouses: Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah · 15 children recorded
- Jared patriarch
Parents: Mahalalel · 1 child recorded
- Jesse patriarch
Son of Obed; father of David
Parents: Obed · 7 children recorded
Son of Jacob, sold into slavery by his brothers, who rose to rule Egypt and saved his family in famine.
Parents: Rachel, Jacob · Spouse: Asenath · 2 children recorded
- Judah patriarch
Son of Jacob and Leah; ancestor of the tribe of Judah and of David
Parents: Leah, Jacob · Spouse: Bath-shua (Shua's daughter) · 5 children recorded
- Kenan patriarch
Son of Enosh (Luke 3:37 spells it Cainan); not Cainan son of Arphaxad in Luke 3:36
Parents: Enosh · 1 child recorded
- Keturah matriarch
Wife of Abraham after Sarah
Spouse: Abraham · 6 children recorded
- Lamech patriarch
Son of Methuselah and father of Noah; not Lamech of Cain's line
Parents: Methuselah · 1 child recorded
- Leah matriarch
Elder daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob
Parents: Laban · Spouse: Jacob · 7 children recorded
- Levi patriarch
Son of Jacob and Leah; ancestor of the Levites
Parents: Leah, Jacob · 4 children recorded
- Mahalalel patriarch
Parents: Kenan · 1 child recorded
- Manasseh patriarch
Firstborn son of Joseph; not King Manasseh of Judah
Parents: Joseph, Asenath, Jacob · 1 child recorded
- Methuselah patriarch
Son of Enoch; lived 969 years
Parents: Enoch · 1 child recorded
- Nahor patriarch
Son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham; not Abraham's brother Nahor
Parents: Serug · 1 child recorded
- Naphtali patriarch
Son of Jacob and Bilhah
Parents: Bilhah, Jacob · 4 children recorded
Righteous man who built the ark at God's command and survived the flood with his family.
Parents: Lamech · Spouse: Noah's wife · 3 children recorded
- Obed patriarch
Son of Boaz and Ruth; grandfather of David
Parents: Boaz, Ruth · 1 child recorded
- Peleg patriarch
In his days the earth was divided
Parents: Eber · 1 child recorded
- Perez patriarch
Son of Judah and Tamar
Parents: Judah, Tamar · 2 children recorded
- Rachel matriarch
Younger daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob
Parents: Laban · Spouse: Jacob · 2 children recorded
- Ram patriarch
Son of Hezron (Aram in Luke 3:33 WEB)
Parents: Hezron · 1 child recorded
Wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob.
Parents: Bethuel · Spouse: Isaac · 2 children recorded
- Reu patriarch
Parents: Peleg · 1 child recorded
- Reuben patriarch
Firstborn son of Jacob and Leah
Parents: Leah, Jacob · 4 children recorded
Moabite widow who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi, married Boaz, and became the great-grandmother of David.
Spouses: Mahlon, Boaz · 1 child recorded
- Salmon patriarch
Son of Nahshon; father of Boaz
Parents: Nahshon · Spouse: Rahab · 1 child recorded
Wife of Abraham who, in old age, bore Isaac, the son God had promised.
Spouse: Abraham · 1 child recorded
- Serug patriarch
Parents: Reu · 1 child recorded
- Seth patriarch
Third named son of Adam and Eve
Parents: Adam, Eve · 1 child recorded
- Shelah patriarch
Son of Arpachshad; not Shelah son of Judah
Parents: Arpachshad, Cainan · 1 child recorded
- Shem patriarch
Son of Noah
Parents: Noah · 5 children recorded
- Simeon patriarch
Son of Jacob and Leah; not Simeon of Jerusalem in Luke 2
Parents: Leah, Jacob · 6 children recorded
- Tamar matriarch
Widow of Er and mother of Perez and Zerah; not Tamar daughter of David
Spouse: Er · 2 children recorded
- Terah patriarch
Father of Abram, Nahor and Haran
Parents: Nahor · 3 children recorded
- Zebulun patriarch
Son of Jacob and Leah
Parents: Leah, Jacob · 3 children recorded
Key passages
Every relationship here comes from a cited passage. Solid lines are stated parent links; dashed lines mean generations are not all listed; dotted lines mark legal or adoptive parents; a question mark marks a disputed or interpretive link. Political succession and office are never drawn as family.