ABEL

STATISTICS:

Father: Adam (Gen. 4:2)

Mother: Eve (Gen. 4:2)

Brothers: Cain and Seth named

(Gen. 4:1, 25) (See Gen. 5:4)

First mention: Genesis 4:2

Final mention: 1 John 3:12

Meaning of his name: “Transitory”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 12 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Five books (Gen., Matt., Lk., Heb., 1 Jn.)

Occupation: Shepherd (Gen. 4:2)

Place of birth: Outside the Garden of

Eden (Gen. 3:23-4:2)

Place of death: Field outside of the

Garden of Eden (Gen. 4:8)

Circumstances of death: He was

killed by his brother Cain (Gen. 4:8)

Important fact about his life: He was the

world’s first martyr.

ABRAHAM

STATISTICS:

Father: Terah (Gen. 11:26)

Spouses: Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah (Gen. 11:29; 16:3; 25:1)

Sons: From Hagar: Ishmael

(Gen. 16:15-16). From Sarah: Isaac (Gen. 21:2-3). From Keturah: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah (Gen. 25:2)

Brothers: Nahor and Haran (Gen. 11:26)

Sisters: Half sister was Sarah

(Gen. 20:12)

First mention: Genesis 11:26

Final mention: 1 Peter 3:6

Meaning of his name: “Father of a multitude”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 307 times

Biblical books mentioning him: 27 books (Gen., Exod., Lev., Num., Deut., Josh.,

1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chron., 2 Chron., Neh., Psa., Isa., Jer., Ezek., Micah, Matt., Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Rom., 2 Cor., Gal., Heb., James, 1 Peter)

Occupation: Patriarch

Place of birth: Ur of the Chaldees

(Gen. 11:31)

Place of death: Near Hebron in Canaan (Gen. 23:19; 25:9)

Age at death: 175 (Gen. 25:7)

Important fact about his life: He was the father of the Hebrew nation and the ultimate role model for faith (Gen. 12:1-3; 1 Chron. 1:34; 2:1-2; Heb. 11:8-10).

ADAM

STATISTICS:

Father: God (Gen. 1:27; 2:7)

Mother: God (Gen. 1:27; 2:7)

Spouse: Eve (Gen. 2:21)

Sons: Cain, Abel, Seth, and unnamed sons (Gen. 4:1-2, 25; 5:4)

Daughters: Several unnamed daughters (Gen. 5:4)

First mention: Genesis 2:19

Final mention: Jude 1:14

Meaning of his name: “Of the ground, dust”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 30 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Nine books (Gen., Deut., 1 Chron., Job, Lk., Rom., 1 Cor., 1 Tim., Jude)
Occupation: Tiller of the ground

(Gen. 3:17-19, 23)

Place of birth: Inside the Garden of Eden (See Gen. 2:7-8.)

Place of death: Outside Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:23-24)

Age at death: 930 (Gen. 5:5)

Important fact about his life: He was the world’s first human being

(Gen. 1:27; 2:7).

CAIN

STATISTICS:

Father: Adam (Gen. 4:1)

Mother: Eve (Gen. 4:1)

Spouse: Unnamed wife (Gen. 4:17)

Son: Enoch (Gen. 4:17)

Brothers: Abel and Seth named (Gen. 4:2, 25) (See Gen. 5:4)

First mention: Genesis 4:1

Final mention: Jude 1:11

Meaning of his name: “Acquisition”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 19 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Four books (Gen., Heb., 1 John, Jude)
Occupation: Farmer, city builder

(Gen. 4:3, 17)

Place of birth: Outside the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:23-4:1)

Important fact about his life: He was the first baby to be born on earth (Gen. 4:1).

ELIEZER (1)

STATISTICS:

First mention: Genesis 15:2

Final mention: Genesis 24:66 (“the servant”)

Meaning of his name: “God is help”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 13 times

Biblical books mentioning him: One book (Genesis)

Occupation: Abraham’s chief steward (Gen. 15:2)

Important fact about his life: At Abraham’s command, he brought Rebekah to Isaac (Gen. 24).

ENOCH

STATISTICS:

Father: Jared (Gen. 5:18)

Son: Methuselah (Gen. 5:21)

First mention: Genesis 5:18

Final mention: Jude 1:14

Meaning of his name: “Teacher”

Frequency of his name: Referred to nine times

Biblical books mentioning him: Five books (Gen., 1 Chron., Lk., Heb., Jude)

Place of death: Did not suffer death (Gen. 5:24)

Age at death: 365 years old when God took him home without dying

(Gen. 5:23-24)

Important fact about his life: He was the first of two people recorded in Scripture to leave earth without dying (Gen. 5:24;

2 Kings 2:11-12).

ESAU

STATISTICS:

Father: Isaac (Gen. 25:21-25)

Mother: Rebekah (Gen. 25:21-25)

Spouses: Judith and Bashemath

(Gen. 26:34)

Sons: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah (Gen. 36:4-5; 1 Chron. 1:35)

Brother: Jacob (Gen. 25:26)

Significant descendant: Doeg

(Gen. 36:43; 1 Sam. 22:18)

First mention: Genesis 25:25

Final mention: Hebrews 12:16

Meaning of his name: “Hairy”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 76 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Six books (Gen., Josh., 1 Chron., Malachi, Rom., Heb.)

Occupation: Sheepherder

Important fact about his life: He was Jacob’s brother and the father of the Edomites (Gen. 25:26; 36:43).

EVE

STATISTICS:

Father: God/Adam (Gen. 2:22)

Mother: God/Adam (Gen. 2:22)

Spouse: Adam (Gen. 2:23-25)

Sons: Cain, Abel, Seth, and unnamed sons (Gen. 4:1-2, 25; 5:4)

Daughters: Several unnamed daughters (Gen. 5:4)

First mention: Genesis 3:20

Final mention: 1 Timothy 2:13

Meaning of her name: “Life, life-giving”

Frequency of her name: Referred to four times

Biblical books mentioning her: Three books (Gen., 2 Cor., 1 Tim.)

Place of birth: Inside the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15, 21-22)

Important fact about her life: She was history’s first woman and the first human to fall to temptation (Gen. 2:22; 1 Tim. 2:14).

ISAAC

STATISTICS:

Father: Abraham (Gen. 21:3)

Mother: Sarah (Gen. 21:3)

Spouse: Rebekah (Gen. 24:67)

Sons: Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25:24-26)

Brothers: Half brothers: Ishmael, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah (Gen. 16:16; 25:1-2)

First mention: Genesis 17:19

Final mention: James 2:21

Meaning of his name: “Laughter”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 128 times

Biblical books mentioning him: 21 books (Gen., Exod., Lev., Num., Deut., Joshua, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chron., 2 Chron., Psa., Jer., Amos, Matt., Mark, Luke, Acts, Rom., Gal., Heb., James)

Place of death: At Mamre, near Hebron (Gen. 35:27-29)

Age at death: 180 (Gen. 35:28)

Important fact about his life: He was Abraham’s promised son and father of Jacob (Gen. 17:19; 25:21-26).

JACOB

STATISTICS:

Father: Isaac (Gen. 25:21-26)

Mother: Rebekah (Gen. 25:21-26)

Spouses: Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah (Gen. 29:23, 28; 30:4, 9)

Sons: From Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun

(Gen. 29:32-35; 30:18-20). From Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin (Gen. 30:22-24; 35:16-18). From Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali (Gen. 30:5-8). From Zilpah: Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:10, 13).

Daughter: Dinah (Gen. 30:21)

Brother: Esau (Gen. 25:25)

First mention: Genesis 25:26

Final mention: Hebrews 11:21

Meaning of his name: “Following after, supplanter”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 252 times

Biblical books mentioning him: 16 books (Gen., Exod., Lev., Num., Deut., Joshua, 1 Sam., 2 Kings, Malachi, Matt., Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Rom., Heb.)

Place of death: Egypt (Gen. 49:33-50:3)

Age at death: 147 (Gen. 47:28)

Important fact about his life: He fathered 12 sons, who later founded Israel’s 12 tribes (1 Chron. 2-8).

JOSEPH

STATISTICS:

Father: Jacob (Gen. 35:22-26)

Mother: Rachel (Gen. 30:22-24)

Spouse: Asenath (Gen. 41:45)

Sons: Manasseh and Ephraim

(Gen. 41:51-52)

Brothers: Full brother: Benjamin (Gen. 35:24). Half brothers: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher

(Gen. 35:23-26).

Sister: Half sister: Dinah (Gen. 30:21)

First mention: Genesis 30:24

Final mention: Hebrews 11:22

Meaning of his name: “Increaser”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 214 times

LEAH

STATISTICS:

Father: Laban (Gen. 29:16)

Spouse: Jacob (Gen. 29:23)

Sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulunm (Gen. 35:23)

Daughter: Dinah (Gen. 30:21)

Sister: Rachel (Gen. 29:16)

First Mention: Genesis 29:16

Final mention: Ruth 4:11

Meaning of her name: “Weary”

Frequency of her name: Referred to 34 times

Biblical books mentioning her: Two books (Genesis, Ruth)

Place of birth: Haran (Gen. 29:4, 16)

Place of death: Hebron (Gen. 49:30-31)

Important fact about her life: She bore Jacob six sons and one daughter

(Gen. 30:21; 35:23).

Biblical books mentioning him: 16 books (Gen., Exod., Num., Deut., Josh., Judges, 2 Sam., 1 Kings, 1 Chron., Psa., Ezek., Amos, Obadiah, John, Acts, Heb.)

Occupation: Chief associate to Pharaoh (Gen. 41:37-40)

Place of birth: Haran (Gen. 27:43; 30:25)

Place of death: Egypt (Gen. 50:26)

Age at death: 110 (Gen. 50:22)

Important fact about his life: He was Jacob’s favorite son who used his position in Egypt to rescue his family from famine (Gen. 37:3; 45:7-11).

LOT

STATISTICS:

Father: Haran (Gen. 11:27)

Sons: Moab and Ben-ammi

(Gen. 19:31-38)

Daughters: He fathered his sons through two unnamed daughters (Gen. 19:31-38)

First Mention: Genesis 11:27

Final mention: 2 Peter 2:7

Meaning of his name: “Concealed, dark, colored”

Frequency of his name: Referred to 34 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Five books (Gen., Deut., Psa., Luke, 2 Peter)

Important fact about his life: He was Abraham’s nephew (Gen. 12:4-5).

NOAH

STATISTICS:

Father: Lamech (Gen. 5:28)

Sons: Shem, Hamn and Japheth

(Gen. 5:32)

Significant ancestors: His grandfather was Methuselah and his great-grandfather was Enoch (Gen. 5:21, 25)

First mention: Genesis 5:29

Final mention: 2 Peter 2:5

Frequency of his name: Referred to 50 times

Biblical books mentioning him: Nine books (Gen., 1 Chron., Isa., Ezek., Matt., Luke, Heb., 1 Peter, 2 Peter)

Occupation: Ship captain and vineyard owner (Gen. 7:1; 9:20)

Age at death: 950 (Gen. 9:28-29)

Important fact about his life: He built a ship and survived the flood

(Gen. 6:9-8:19).

RACHEL

STATISTICS:

Father: Laban (Gen. 29:16)

Spouse: Jacob (Gen. 29:18, 30)

Sons: Joseph and Benjamin

(Gen. 30:23-24; 35:16-20)

Sister: Leah

First mention: Genesis 29:6

Final mention: Matthew 2:18

Meaning of her name: “Lamb”

Frequency of her name: Referred to 47 times

Biblical books mentioning her: Five books (Gen., Ruth, 1Sam., Jere., Matt.)

Place of death: Bethlehem

(Gen. 35:16-20)

Circumstances of death: She died in childbirth (Gen. 35:16-20)

Important fact about her life: She was the beloved wife of Jacob and mother of both Joseph and Benjamin (Gen. 29:18; 30:23-24; 35:16-20).

REBEKAH

STATISTICS:

Father: Bethuel (Gen. 22:23)

Spouse: Isaac (Gen. 24:67)

Sons: Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25:21-26)

Brother: Laban (Gen. 24:29)

First mention: Genesis 22:23

Final mention: Romans 9:10

Meaning of her name: “Flattering”

Frequency of her name: Referred to 29 times

Biblical books mentioning her: Two books (Genesis, Romans)

Place of birth: Nahor (Gen. 24:10)

Place of death: Hebron

Important fact about her life: She was Isaac’s wife and Jacob’s mother (Gen. 24:67; 25:26)

SARAH

STATISTICS:

Father: Terah (Gen. 11:26; 20:12)

Spouse: Abraham (Gen. 11:29)

Son: Isaac (Gen. 21:1-7)

First Mention: Genesis 11:29

Final Mention: 1 Peter 3:6

Meaning of her name: “Princess”

Frequency of her name: Referred to 56 times

Biblical books mentioning her: Five books (Gen., Isa., Rom., Heb., 1 Peter)

Place of death: Hebron (Gen. 23:1-2, 19)

Age at death: 127 (Gen. 23:1-2)

Important fact about her life: She was Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother

(Gen. 11:29; 21:1-7)