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were the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua, the Canaanite woman. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and He killed him. 4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
7 The son of Carmi:
Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he transgressed the ban on taking devoted things.
8 The son of Ethan:
Azariah.
9 The sons of Hezron, who were born to him:
Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
10 Ram was the father of
Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the clan of Judah. 11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma was the father of Boaz, 12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
13 Jesse was the father of
Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14 the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15 the sixth Ozem, and the seventh David. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa, and Jether the Ishmaelite was the father of Amasa.
18 Caleb son of Hezron was the father of children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth.
These were Azubah’s sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron laid with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. 23 But Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, sixty settlements in all. All these were the descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:
Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam:
Shammai and Jada.
The sons of Shammai:
Nadab and Abishur.
29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab:
Seled and Appaim.
Seled died without children.
31 The son of Appaim:
Ishi.
The son of Ishi:
Sheshan.
The son of Sheshan:
Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai:
Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
33 The sons of Jonathan:
Peleth and Zaza.
These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters.
Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
36 Attai was the father of Nathan,
Nathan was the father of Zabad.
37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal,
Ephlal was the father of Obed.
38 Obed was the father of Jehu,
Jehu was the father of Azariah.
39 Azariah was the father of Helez,
Helez was the father of Eleasah.
40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai,
Sismai was the father of Shallum.
41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:
Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron:
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez.
Haran was the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai:
Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 Maacah was also the mother of Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.
50 These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:
Shobal was the father of Kiriath-jearim, 51 Salma was the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph was the father of Beth-gader.
52 These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:
Haroeh, half the Manahathites, 53 and the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites descended from these.
54 The descendants of Salma:
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 the families of scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.