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This page lists the 13 numbered sources that the article on the Genesis family tree cites. It also gives the credits of the portraits and the article as a reference in four styles. The chart and the article have a page of their own.

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  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 11). The Genesis family tree, from Adam and Eve to Joseph. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/genesis-family-tree
  • MLA“The Genesis Family Tree, from Adam and Eve to Joseph.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/genesis-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Genesis Family Tree, from Adam and Eve to Joseph.” Last modified November 11, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/genesis-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Genesis Family Tree, from Adam and Eve to Joseph. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/genesis-family-tree (Accessed: 11 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source of this Genesis family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. Verses are quoted from the King James Version on Bible Gateway, and Rashi from the public domain translation on Sefaria.

Bible Gateway

  1. Genesis 4, King James Version
  2. Genesis 5, King James Version
  3. Genesis 9, King James Version
  4. Genesis 10, King James Version
  5. Genesis 11, King James Version
  6. Genesis 21, King James Version
  7. Genesis 25, King James Version
  8. Genesis 30, King James Version
  9. Hebrews 11, King James Version
  10. Jude 1, King James Version

Sefaria

  1. Rashi on Genesis 4:22, translated by M. Rosenbaum and A. M. Silbermann
  2. Rashi on Genesis 5:24, translated by M. Rosenbaum and A. M. Silbermann

Bible Gateway

  1. Genesis 2, King James Version

Portrait credits

Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.

  • Adam, Albrecht Dürer, 1507.
  • Eve, Albrecht Dürer, 1507.
  • Cain, Peter Paul Rubens, 1608.
  • Abel, Peter Paul Rubens, 1608.
  • Seth, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Enos, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Enoch son of Cain, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Lamech son of Methusael, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Enoch, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Methuselah, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Lamech, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
  • Noah, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Shem, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Ham, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Japheth, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Eber, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Terah, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Abraham, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Sarah, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Isaac, Guillaume Rouillé, Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553.
  • Rebekah, James Tissot, 1896.
  • Esau, Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625.
  • Jacob, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640.
  • Rachel, James Tissot, 1896.
  • Joseph, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640.
  • The Genesis family tree as the Nuremberg Chronicle printed it in 1493, with Seth’s line on the left and Cain’s on the right, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, 1493.

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