The sons of Judah
; Pharez
, Hezron
, and Carmi
, and Hur
, and Shobal
.
And Reaiah the son
of Shobal
begat
Jahath
; and Jahath
begat
Ahumai
, and Lahad
. These are the families
of the Zorathites
.
And these were of the father of Etam
; Jezreel
, and Ishma
, and Idbash
: and the name
of their sister
was Hazelelponi
:
And Penuel the father
of Gedor
, and Ezer
the father
of Hushah
. These are the sons
of Hur
, the firstborn
of Ephratah
, the father
of Bethlehem
.
And Ashur the father
of Tekoa
had two
wives
, Helah
and Naarah
.
And Naarah bare
him Ahuzam
, and Hepher
, and Temeni
, and Haahashtari
. These were the sons
of Naarah
.
And the sons of Helah
were , Zereth
, and Jezoar
, and Ethnan
.
And Coz begat
Anub
, and Zobebah
, and the families
of Aharhel
the son
of Harum
.
And Jabez was more honourable
than his brethren
: and his mother
called
his name
Jabez
, saying
, Because I bare
him with sorrow
.
And Jabez called
on the God
of Israel
, saying
, Oh that
thou wouldest bless
me indeed
, and enlarge
my coast
, and that thine hand
might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep
me from evil
, that it may not grieve
me! And God
granted
him that which he requested
.
And Chelub the brother
of Shuah
begat
Mehir
, which was the father
of Eshton
.
And Eshton begat
Bethrapha
, and Paseah
, and Tehinnah
the father
of Irnahash
. These are the men
of Rechah
.
And the sons of Kenaz
; Othniel
, and Seraiah
: and the sons
of Othniel
; Hathath
.
And Meonothai begat
Ophrah
: and Seraiah
begat
Joab
, the father
of the valley
of Charashim
; for they were craftsmen
.
And the sons of Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
; Iru
, Elah
, and Naam
: and the sons
of Elah
, even Kenaz
.
And the sons of Jehaleleel
; Ziph
, and Ziphah
, Tiria
, and Asareel
.
And the sons of Ezra
were , Jether
, and Mered
, and Epher
, and Jalon
: and she bare
Miriam
, and Shammai
, and Ishbah
the father
of Eshtemoa
.
And his wife Jehudijah
bare
Jered
the father
of Gedor
, and Heber
the father
of Socho
, and Jekuthiel
the father
of Zanoah
. And these are the sons
of Bithiah
the daughter
of Pharaoh
, which Mered
took
.
And the sons of his wife
Hodiah
the sister
of Naham
, the father
of Keilah
the Garmite
, and Eshtemoa
the Maachathite
.
And the sons of Shimon
were , Amnon
, and Rinnah
, Benhanan
, and Tilon
. And the sons
of Ishi
were , Zoheth
, and Benzoheth
.
The sons of Shelah
the son
of Judah
were , Er
the father
of Lecah
, and Laadah
the father
of Mareshah
, and the families
of the house
of them that wrought
fine linen
, of the house
of Ashbea
,
And Jokim, and the men
of Chozeba
, and Joash
, and Saraph
, who had the dominion
in Moab
, and Jashubilehem
. And these are ancient
things
.
These were the potters, and those that dwelt
among plants
and hedges
: there they dwelt
with the king
for his work
.
The sons of Simeon
were , Nemuel
, and Jamin
, Jarib
, Zerah
, and Shaul
:
Shallum his son
, Mibsam
his son
, Mishma
his son
.
And the sons of Mishma
; Hamuel
his son
, Zacchur
his son
, Shimei
his son
.
And Shimei had sixteen
sons
and six
daughters
; but his brethren
had not many
children
, neither did all their family
multiply
, like to the children
of Judah
.
And they dwelt at Beersheba
, and Moladah
, and Hazarshual
,
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem
, and at Tolad
,
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah
, and at Ziklag
,
And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim
, and at Bethbirei
, and at Shaaraim
. These were their cities
unto the reign
of David
.
And their villages were , Etam
, and Ain
, Rimmon
, and Tochen
, and Ashan
, five
cities
:
And all their villages that were round about
the same cities
, unto Baal
. These were their habitations
, and their genealogy
.
And Meshobab, and Jamlech
, and Joshah
the son
of Amaziah
,
And Joel, and Jehu
the son
of Josibiah
, the son
of Seraiah
, the son
of Asiel
,
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah
, and Jeshohaiah
, and Asaiah
, and Adiel
, and Jesimiel
, and Benaiah
,
And Ziza the son
of Shiphi
, the son
of Allon
, the son
of Jedaiah
, the son
of Shimri
, the son
of Shemaiah
;
These mentioned by their names
were princes
in their families
: and the house
of their fathers
increased
greatly
.
And they went to the entrance
of Gedor
, even unto the east side
of the valley
, to seek
pasture
for their flocks
.
And they found fat
pasture
and good
, and the land
was wide
, and quiet
, and peaceable
; for they of Ham
had dwelt
there of old
.
And these written by name
came
in the days
of Hezekiah
king
of Judah
, and smote
their tents
, and the habitations
that were found
there, and destroyed
them utterly unto this day
, and dwelt
in their rooms: because there was pasture
there for their flocks
.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon
, five
hundred
men
, went
to mount
Seir
, having for their captains
Pelatiah
, and Neariah
, and Rephaiah
, and Uzziel
, the sons
of Ishi
.
And they smote the rest
of the Amalekites
that were escaped
, and dwelt
there unto this day
.