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34 people shown, in the order of the biblical story.

Creation & Patriarchs 34

Name	People	Role (what)	When
Adam	Before Israel Antediluvian	The first man, created by God	The beginning (Creation)
Eve	Before Israel Antediluvian	The first woman; mother of all living	The beginning (Creation)
Cain	Before Israel Antediluvian	Firstborn son of Adam and Eve; the first murderer	Before the Flood
Abel	Before Israel Antediluvian	Shepherd; second son of Adam and Eve	Before the Flood
Seth also Sheth	Before Israel Antediluvian	Third named son of Adam and Eve	Before the Flood
Enoch also Henoch	Before Israel Antediluvian	Man who walked with God and was taken up	Before the Flood
Methuselah also Mathusala	Before Israel Antediluvian	The longest-lived man in the Bible	Before the Flood
Noah also Noe	Before Israel Antediluvian; survived the Flood	Righteous man who built the ark	The Flood
Shem also Sem	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of the Semitic peoples	Son of Noah; forefather of Abraham	After the Flood
Ham	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of Egypt, Cush and Canaan	Son of Noah	After the Flood
Japheth	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of the coastland peoples	Son of Noah	After the Flood
Melchizedek also Melchisedec	Gentile King of Salem (nationality not stated)	King of Salem and priest of the most high God	c. 2000 BC (days of Abraham, traditional)
Abraham also Abram	Israelite / Jew Hebrew, from Ur of the Chaldees	Patriarch; father of the faithful and friend of God	c. 2000 BC (traditional)
Sarah also Sarai, Sara	Israelite / Jew Hebrew, from Ur of the Chaldees	Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac	c. 2000 BC (traditional)
Hagar also Agar	Gentile Egyptian	Egyptian handmaid of Sarah; mother of Ishmael	c. 2000 BC (traditional)
Ishmael	Gentile Son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian; father of the Ishmaelites	Firstborn son of Abraham	c. 2000 BC (traditional)
Lot	Israelite / Jew Hebrew family of Terah (nephew of Abraham); father of Moab and Ammon	Nephew of Abraham, rescued from Sodom	c. 2000 BC (traditional)
Isaac	Israelite / Jew Hebrew	Son of promise; patriarch	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Rebekah also Rebecca	Israelite / Jew Of Nahor's family in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia)	Wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Esau also Edom	Gentile Edomite (father of Edom); son of Isaac	Elder twin of Jacob; father of the Edomites	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Jacob also Israel	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; father of the nation of Israel	Patriarch; father of the twelve tribes	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Leah	Israelite / Jew Daughter of Laban of Padan-aram; mother in Israel	First wife of Jacob; mother of six tribes	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Rachel	Israelite / Jew Daughter of Laban of Padan-aram; mother in Israel	Beloved wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Laban	Gentile Aramean ('Laban the Syrian') of Padan-aram	Brother of Rebekah; father-in-law of Jacob	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Reuben	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; father of the tribe of Reuben	Firstborn son of Jacob	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Levi	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; father of the tribe of Levi	Third son of Jacob; ancestor of the priests and Levites	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Judah also Judas, Juda	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; father of the tribe of Judah	Fourth son of Jacob; father of the royal tribe	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Joseph also Zaphnath-paaneah	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; ruler in Egypt	Son of Jacob; governor of Egypt	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Benjamin also Ben-oni	Israelite / Jew Hebrew; father of the tribe of Benjamin	Youngest son of Jacob	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Tamar also Thamar	Nationality not stated Lived in Canaan (nationality not stated)	Daughter-in-law of Judah; ancestress of David	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Potiphar	Gentile Egyptian	Officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Asenath	Gentile Egyptian	Egyptian wife of Joseph	c. 1900 BC (traditional)
Pharaoh (in the days of Joseph) also Pharaoh	Gentile Egyptian	King of Egypt who exalted Joseph	c. 1900 BC (traditional); the king is not named
Job	Gentile Man of the land of Uz (not described as an Israelite)	Righteous sufferer of the land of Uz	Uncertain; often placed in the patriarchal age

"Gentile" means anyone who was not of the people of Israel. From Melchizedek, Rahab and Ruth to Cornelius and Lydia, Scripture shows God's promise to Abraham reaching every nation: "in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3).