1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad.
These are the
families of the Zorathites.
3 And
these were of the
father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4 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.
5 And
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And
Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the
sons of Naarah.
7 And
the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and
Ethnan.
8 And
Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 And
Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name
Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 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.
11 And
Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
father of Eshton.
12 And
Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the
men of Rechah.
13 And
the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
14 And
Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of
Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 And
the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And
the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 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.
18 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.
19 And
the sons of his wife
Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite.
20 And
the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan,
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21 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,
22 And
Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in
Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
23 These were the
potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with
the king for his work.
24 The
sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib,
Zerah, and Shaul:
25 Shallum
his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And
the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
27 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.
28 And
they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
29 And
at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And
at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And
at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David.
32 And
their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
33 And
all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal. These were their
habitations, and their genealogy.
34 And
Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And
Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And
Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel,
and Benaiah,
37 And
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These
mentioned by their names were princes
in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 And
they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to
seek pasture for their flocks.
40 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.
41 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.
42 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.
43 And
they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto
this day.
