Thus, beginning with Adam,
we have the family of Seth down to Noah. Then comes the
family of Japheth and of Ham, one of whose descendants
began to be mighty on the earth; and finally that of Shem,
whose God was Jehovah, and whose line is followed down to
Abraham. Abraham, called out from among men, becomes, as
it were, a fresh stock. His posterity after the flesh is
first given us; then Isaac, the child of promise, a fresh
stock, whose children after the flesh are exhibited, with
their kings and their chiefs, before the child of
election.
1 Chronicles 1 Bible Commentary
John Darby’s Synopsis
Thus, beginning with Adam, we have the family of Seth down to Noah. Then comes the family of Japheth and of Ham, one of whose descendants began to be mighty on the earth; and finally that of Shem, whose God was Jehovah, and whose line is followed down to Abraham. Abraham, called out from among men, becomes, as it were, a fresh stock. His posterity after the flesh is first given us; then Isaac, the child of promise, a fresh stock, whose children after the flesh are exhibited, with their kings and their chiefs, before the child of election.