1 Chronicles 1 (cf. various passages from Genesis and the New Testament usage in Luke 3.34-38).
Most people discount genealogies. Second Timothy 3.16-17 informs us that all Scripture, genealogies included, are inspired by God and profitable for helping us live our lives by faith. Which means passages like this are useful for teaching us and increasing our faith too.
The first section begins with Adam and ends with Abraham. Looking at the time-line from Genesis 5 we see the span of time from Adam to Noah was close to nineteen hundred years. From Noah to Abraham about another two-thousand years. This first twenty-seven verses of chapter one cover close to four-thousand years.
Verse four contains Shem who is mentioned in verse twenty-four. The people in-between are historical, Shem is central for he links Adam with Abraham. Abraham’s son Israel is mentioned in verse twenty-eight and again in chapter two verse one. The people in-between are historical, and Israel links Abraham with David.
However we read this chapter and the following eight, we need to realize the pain that Ezra, the author of this post-exilic book, went through to trace the lineage in Genesis and other books to link Adam with Abraham and Abraham with David. From David we can link Christ as Luke shows us.
This needs more research and it will be done at a later time. Check the links above.