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 unto him of the
daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in
the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4 And
Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The
sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And
the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of
them in all.
7 And
the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing
accursed.
8 And
the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The
sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And
Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of
Judah;
11 And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And
Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13 And
Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel
the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem
the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose
sisters were Zeruiah,
and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And
Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 And
Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And
when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And
Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 And
afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom
he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him
Segub.
22 And
Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And
he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and
the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the
sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And
after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him
Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 And
the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and
Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel
had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the
mother of Onam.
27 And
the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And
the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and
Abishur.
29 And
the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and
Molid.
30 And
the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And
the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of
Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 And
the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died
without children.
33 And
the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now
Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian,
whose name was Jarha.
35 And
Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
36 And
Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And
Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And
Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And
Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And
Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And
Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Now
the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which
was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And
the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44 And
Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 And
the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the
father of Bethzur.
46 And
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat
Gazez.
47 And
the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah,
Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She
bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, 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 Ephratah; Shobal the
father of Kirjathjearim,
51 Salma
the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
52 And
Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half
of the Manahethites.
53 And
the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the
Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites.
54 The
sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab,
and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And
the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the
Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the
Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
