aThese are the sons
of Israel
: Reuben
, Simeon
, Levi
, Judah
, Issachar
, Zebulun
,
Dan, Joseph
, Benjamin
, Naphtali
, Gad
and Asher
.
aThe sons of Judah
were Er
, Onan
and Shelah
; these three
were born
to him by Bath-shua
the Canaanitess
. And Er
, Judah's
firstborn
, was wicked
in the sight
of the LORD
, so He put
him to death
.
aTamar his daughter-in-law
bore
him Perez
and Zerah
. Judah
had five
sons
in all
.
The sons of Perez
were Hezron
and Hamul
.
The sons of Zerah
were 1Zimri
, Ethan
, Heman
, Calcol
and 2Dara
; five
of them in all
.
The 1son of Carmi
was 2 aAchar
, the troubler
of Israel
, who
violated
the ban
.
The 1son of Ethan
was Azariah
.
Now the sons of Hezron
, who
were born
to him were Jerahmeel
, Ram
and Chelubai
.
Ram 1became
the father
of Amminadab
, and Amminadab
became
the father
of Nahshon
, leader
of the sons
of Judah
;
Nahshon became
the father
of Salma
, Salma
became
the father
of Boaz
,
Boaz became
the father
of Obed
, and Obed
became
the father
of Jesse
;
and Jesse became
the father
of Eliab
his firstborn
, then Abinadab
the second
, 1Shimea
the third
,
Nethanel the fourth
, Raddai
the fifth
,
Ozem the sixth
, David
the seventh
;
and their sisters were Zeruiah
and Abigail
. And the three
sons
of Zeruiah
were 1Abshai
, Joab
and Asahel
.
Abigail bore
Amasa
, and the father
of Amasa
was 1Jether
the Ishmaelite
.
Now Caleb the son
of Hezron
had
sons
by Azubah
his wife
, and by Jerioth
; and these
were her sons
: Jesher
, Shobab
, and Ardon
.
When Azubah died
, Caleb
married
Ephrath
, who bore
him Hur
.
Hur became
the father
of Uri
, and Uri
became
the father
of Bezalel
.
Afterward Hezron
went
in to the daughter
of Machir
the father
of Gilead
, whom he married
when he was sixty
years
old
; and she bore
him Segub
.
Segub became
the father
of Jair
, who had
twenty-three
cities
in the land
of Gilead
.
But Geshur and Aram
took
1the towns
of Jair
from them, with Kenath
and its villages
, even sixty
cities
. All
these
were the sons
of Machir
, the father
of Gilead
.
After the death
of Hezron
in Caleb-ephrathah
, Abijah
, Hezron's
wife
, bore
him Ashhur
the father
of Tekoa
.
Now the sons of Jerahmeel
the firstborn
of Hezron
were Ram
the firstborn
, then Bunah
, Oren
, Ozem
and Ahijah
.
Jerahmeel had
another
wife
, whose name
was Atarah
; she was the mother
of Onam
.
The sons of Ram
, the firstborn
of Jerahmeel
, were Maaz
, Jamin
and Eker
.
The sons of Onam
were Shammai
and Jada
. And the sons
of Shammai
were Nadab
and Abishur
.
The name of Abishur's
wife
was Abihail
, and she bore
him Ahban
and Molid
.
The sons of Nadab
were Seled
and Appaim
, and Seled
died
without
sons
.
The 1son of Appaim
was Ishi
. And the 1son
of Ishi
was Sheshan
. And the 1son
of Sheshan
was Ahlai
.
The sons of Jada
the brother
of Shammai
were Jether
and Jonathan
, and Jether
died
without
sons
.
The sons of Jonathan
were Peleth
and Zaza
. These
were the sons
of Jerahmeel
.
Now Sheshan had
no
sons
, only
daughters
. And Sheshan
had an Egyptian
servant
whose name
was Jarha
.
Sheshan gave
his daughter
to Jarha
his servant
in marriage
, and she bore
him Attai
.
Attai became
the father
of Nathan
, and Nathan
became
the father
of Zabad
,
and Zabad became
the father
of Ephlal
, and Ephlal
became
the father
of Obed
,
and Obed became
the father
of Jehu
, and Jehu
became
the father
of Azariah
,
and Azariah became
the father
of Helez
, and Helez
became
the father
of Eleasah
,
and Eleasah became
the father
of Sismai
, and Sismai
became
the father
of Shallum
,
and Shallum became
the father
of Jekamiah
, and Jekamiah
became
the father
of Elishama
.
Now the sons of Caleb
, the brother
of Jerahmeel
, were Mesha
his firstborn
, who
was the father
of Ziph
; and 1his son
was Mareshah
, the father
of Hebron
.
The sons of Hebron
were Korah
and Tappuah
and Rekem
and Shema
.
Shema became
the father
of Raham
, the father
of Jorkeam
; and Rekem
became
the father
of Shammai
.
The son of Shammai
was Maon
, and Maon
was the father
of Bethzur
.
Ephah, Caleb's
concubine
, bore
Haran
, Moza
and Gazez
; and Haran
became
the father
of Gazez
.
The sons of Jahdai
were Regem
, Jotham
, Geshan
, Pelet
, Ephah
and Shaaph
.
Maacah, Caleb's
concubine
, bore
Sheber
and Tirhanah
.
She also bore Shaaph
the father
of Madmannah
, Sheva
the father
of Machbena
and the father
of Gibea
; and the daughter
of Caleb
was Achsah
.
The 1sons of Hur
, the firstborn
of Ephrathah
, were Shobal
the father
of Kiriath-jearim
,
Salma the father
of Bethlehem
and Hareph
the father
of Beth-gader
.
Shobal the father
of Kiriath-jearim
had
sons
: Haroeh
, half
of the Manahathites
,
and the families of Kiriath-jearim
: the Ithrites
, the Puthites
, the Shumathites
and the Mishraites
; from these
came
the Zorathites
and the Eshtaolites
.
The sons of Salma
were Bethlehem
and the Netophathites
, Atroth-beth-joab
and half
of the Manahathites
, the Zorites
.
The families of scribes
who lived
at Jabez
were the Tirathites
, the Shimeathites
and the Sucathites
. Those
are the Kenites
who came
from Hammath
, the father
of the house
of Rechab
.