Trace a name.
Find its story.
Start at a reading point, follow a family or people group, and open the passages behind each relationship. Additional writings keep their own source labels.
Choose a reading pointOpen at the passage.
Each reading point shows where a printable fold-out belongs beside the text.
Family & peoples
Select a name or people for their background. Use + to expand branches. The details appear below the lineage.
Scripture is primary. Every other source stays labeled.
The purpose of including other ancient writings is completeness: to help readers find surviving historical literature that mentions a biblical person, place, tribe, nation, or time period. Their presence records that a claim or tradition existed; it does not certify that claim as true.
Bible references come first
Biblical relationships, actions, locations, and cross-references appear before all other writings. Scripture supplies the foundation of each profile.
Other writings are not Scripture
Jubilees, 1 Enoch, Maccabees, Josephus, and other surviving works are identified by title and date where possible. They may preserve history, interpretation, legend, theology, or a mixture. Inclusion is not endorsement.
A mention is evidence of a mention
A text can show that people in an ancient community discussed a person, place, or event. That alone does not prove its account is accurate. Disagreements and uncertainty remain visible.
Biblical passage links open the ESV at Bible Gateway. The name-occurrence index was generated from all 31,102 verses of a 66-book 1769 KJV text, so a spelling found in that index may differ in the ESV. Additional works link to their named editions. A second index searches listed English editions of Jubilees, 1 Enoch, Maccabees and several other works; some editions are partial and 1 Enoch links are at chapter level. A shared name alone cannot establish identity. Canons differ among traditions. Dates, authorship, preservation, genre, and historical reliability must be evaluated work by work.