Welcome to Complete Bible Genealogy!
Complete Bible Genealogy provides a list of all characters named in
the Bible along with their complete genealogy and family tree.
- The site contains 3087 biblical characters with details such as
who were their parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, concubines and
children.
- There is a cross-reference for each person, listing every Bible
verse where the person is mentioned by name.
- Every person is then further linked to the corresponding verses
in the Bible themselves.
- One of the most interesting features is the family tree, showing
the descendants of each person.
- You can read the whole King James Version Bible here, highlighting
and linking every person's name to his or her detailed information
page.
Find any name in the Bible!
What is the purpose of this site?
Shortly after beginning to read the Bible you may have found it difficult
to keep track of all the different names. Perhaps you’ve tried
to write out how everyone is connected, but even before finishing Genesis,
found the list had already become far too long.
Now however Complete Bible Genealogy provides a list of all the names
and relationships, which you can use as a reference or as an addition
to your Bible studies so you no longer need to worry about who’s
who in the Bible.
The secondary purpose of this site is to encourage those who hesitate
to read the Bible because of the many names. Our hope is to help people
overcome this obstacle and help them to make it easier to start reading
God's word.
Which Bible version is used as the basis of
this site?
One of the most important parts of this project is to define what source
would be used.
There are many Bible translations available for us today and people's
opinions are widely divided regarding which Bible is more accurate,
which is easier to read, which provides better study tools, etc.
You may ask, "why is it necessary to have so many versions of
the Bible?". The answer emerges when you start to compare the different
translations.
The two major types of the translations are:
- word for word translation: The translators stay
as close to the original version as possible while making sure that
the translation will be readable enough for their audience. For greater
accuracy these translations can be used for reference works.
It is up to the reader how they interpret the verses: the translators
don't try to change the wording in order to express their specific
theological views, they present the thoughts as they were originally
written.
- thought for thought translation. The translators
focus mainly on preserving the meaning of the verses and they use
greater freedom selecting the words and phrases, therefore the finished
translation is less usable for reference works, but more readable
for wider audiences.
The logical choice was to use the King James Version, as it is a word-for-word
translation, it has been around since 1611 and it is probably still
the most widely used English translation. It was also an important consideration
that the KJV text is in the public domain, therefore it can be presented
on this website.
The KJV itself has numerous "editions". This means that if
you compare two KJV Bibles, there might be minor differences in the
text. The differences are mostly in spelling or word order. There is
more information available about these differences at the Research
menu above.
To answer the specific question: the Bible used to construct the Complete
Bible Genealogy website is the "Authorized King James Version,
edited by Dr. Blayney of Oxford (1769)".
The electronic text of the Bible used here was obtained from The
Oxford Text Archive ( http://ota.ahds.ac.uk
) and analyzed using F.H.A. Scrivener's book "The authorized edition
of the English Bible (1611), Its Subsequent Reprints and Modern Representatives"
( ISBN 1-59244-634-5 ) in order to pinpoint the exact edition.
 Once
the electronic text was in place we wanted to find an in-print Bible,
which used the same text. The closest match was: Cornerstone
Bible Publishers - "Personal Reference Bible, King James Version".
It is available in most Bible stores as well as on Amazon.com:
ISBN 1-55819-824-5,
1-55819-825-3, 1-55819-826-1, 1-55819-827-X, 1-55819-828-8.
You can read more about the different translations at Zondervan:
http://www.zondervanbibles.com/translations.htm
How to use Complete Bible Genealogy?
Using the menus at the top of every page you can navigate through the
site.
- If you would like to look up a person from the Bible and you know
their name, then
- click on the "Every
person in the Bible" menu, then
- select the first initial of that person from the list, then
- on the next screen you'll find every person whose name starts with
the selected letter
- scroll down to the name of the person you are looking for, then
click on their name
- the next screen will show the detailed information available about
them
- The person's "detailed information page" will show
- the selected person's name with all the other names by which they
are referred to in the Bible
- the first verse where they are mentioned in the Bible
- their parents
- their brothers, sisters
- their spouses
- their children
- a list of all the verses where their name is mentioned in the Bible
- if mentioned by more than one name, then each name is listed separately
For example, click
here to see the detailed information page about Jesus.
- If you would like to look up a Bible verse and see which characters
are mentioned in it, then
- click on the "Read
KJV here" menu above
- select which verse you are looking for, then
- click on the person's name in order to get to their detailed information
page
- If you would like to see the descendants of a person, then
- find the person the way it is described above, then
- on the detailed information page, click on their name, or on the
family tree icon 
in front of their name.
Please note that some of the family tree pages are quite large and
could take some time to download, but they well worth the time. For
example, click here for David's
family tree: .
- For in depth information about Jesus' genealogy in the Bible click
on the "Genealogy
of Jesus" menu.
- Ever wondered, how those years add up in the books of Kings and
Chronicles that describe when each king started to reign and for how
long they were on the throne? You can find the explanation under the
Kings
of Judah, Israel menu.
- Under the "research"
menu you can find some interesting charts, which were put together
while we were collecting all the persons' names in the Bible.
- If you are not yet a believer, please be sure to check out the "What
must I do to be Saved?" page!
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