1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher. 3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were
born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was
wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him. 4 Tamar his
daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and
Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. 7 The sons of
Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted
thing. 8 The sons of Ethan: Azariah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, who
were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 Ram became the
father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of
the children of Judah; 11 and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and
Salma became the father of Boaz, 12 and Boaz became the father of Obed,
and Obed became the father of Jesse; 13 and Jesse became the father of his
firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the
seventh; 16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of
Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 Abigail bore Amasa; and
the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 Caleb the son of Hezron
became the father of children of Azubah his wife, and of
Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 Azubah
died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur became the
father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. 21 Afterward Hezron
went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as
wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub
became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the
villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the
father of Gilead. 24 After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then
Abijah Hezron’s wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 25 The sons of
Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and
Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was
Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of
Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam were
Shammai, and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. 29 The name of
the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid. 30 The
sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children. 31 The
sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and
Jether died without children. 33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but
daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore
him Attai. 36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the
father of Zabad, 37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal
became the father of Obed, 38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu
became the father of Azariah, 39 and Azariah became the father of Helez,
and Helez became the father of Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah became the father
of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, 41 and Shallum became
the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. 42 The
sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the
father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 The sons
of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema became the
father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of
Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth
Zur. 46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and
Haran became the father of Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and
Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maacah, Caleb’s
concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She bore also Shaaph the father of
Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the
daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of
Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the
Menuhoth. 53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the
Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the
Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the
Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the
Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came of Hammath, the
father of the house of Rechab.
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