REFERENCE SONS OF (THE MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE)
Genesis 4:1-2 [4:1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. [4:2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 21:1-3 [21:1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. [21:2] For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. [21:3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 25:25-26 [25:25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. [25:26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. (Isaac's sons)
Genesis 29:32-35 [29:32] And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. [29:33] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. [29:34] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. [29:35] And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. (Jacob's sons)
Genesis 30:5-8 [30:5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. [30:6] And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. [30:7] And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. [30:8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. (Jacob's sons)
Genesis 30:10-13 [30:10] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. [30:11] And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. [30:12] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. [30:13] And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (Jacob's sons)
Genesis 30:17-21 [30:17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. [30:18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. [30:19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. [30:20] And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. [30:21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. (Jacob's sons)
Genesis 30:22-24 [30:22] And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. [30:23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: [30:24] And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. (Jacob's son)
Genesis 35:16-18 [35:16] And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. [35:17] And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. [35:18] And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. (Jacob's son)
Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. (Esau's sons)
Genesis 38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. (Judah's firstborn son by the daughter of Shuah was Er)
Genesis 38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. (Judah's second son by the daughter of Shuah was Onan)
Genesis 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. (Judah's third son by the daughter of Shuah was Shelah)
Ruth 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. (Ruth's son )
I Samuel 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. (Hophi & Phineas were the sons of Eli)
I Samuel 8:1-2, I Chronicles 6:28 [I Samuel 8:1] And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. [8:2] Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. [I Chronicles 6:28] And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. (16th & 17th judges, the last judges, Joel (also called Vashni) & Abijah, Samuel's sons)
I Samuel 14:49, I Samuel 31:2, I Chronicles 10:2 I Samuel [14:49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (Jonathan, Ishui, and Melchishua Saul's sons, Merab, Saul's firstborn daughter, and Michal, Saul's younger daughter ) [31:2] And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. [I Chronicles 10:2] And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. (Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishui also called Abinidab, & Melchishua)
II Samuel 3:2-5 [3:2] And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; [3:3] And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; [3:4] And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; [3:5] And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. ( Chileab was called Daniel in I Chronicles 3:1)
I Kings 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
I Chronicles 3:1-3 [3:1] Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: [3:2] The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: [3:3] The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. ( Daniel was called Chileab in II Samuel 3:3)
I Chronicles 3:5-9 [3:5] And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: [3:6] Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, [3:7] And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, [3:8] And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. [3:9] These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. [(1) Shimea (also called Shammua in I Chronicles 14:4) , (2) Shobab, (3) Nathan, (4) Solomon {all children of Bathsheba}, and (5) Ibhar, (6) Elishama, (7) Eliphelet, (8) Nogah, (9) Nepheg, (10) Japhia, (11) Elishama, (12) Eliada, (13) Elihpelet ]
I Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
I Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer .
I Chronicles 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar .
II Chronicles 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; [(15) Jerimoth seems to be a 15th child of David]
Hosea 1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. (Hosea's eldest son)
Hosea 1:8-9 [1:8] Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. [1:9] Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. (Hosea's second son, who was his youngest)
Matthew 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.