| 1 | These are 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, whom Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess bore him. Er, Judah’s eldest, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and He slew him. |
| 4 | Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All Judah’s sons were five. |
| 5 | The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. |
| 6 | The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all. |
| 7 | The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted things. |
| 8 | The son of Ethan: Azariah. |
| 9 | The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai (that is, Caleb). |
| 10 | Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. |
| 11 | Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, |
| 12 | Boaz of Obed, and Obed of Jesse. |
| 13 | Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab second, Shimea third, |
| 14 | Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, |
| 15 | Ozem sixth, David seventh. |
| 16 | Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. |
| 17 | Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. |
| 18 | And Caleb son of Hezron had sons by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. [Azubah’s] sons were: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. |
| 19 | Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. |
| 20 | Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri of Bezalel [the skillful craftsman who made the furnishings of the tabernacle]. |
| 21 | Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and she bore him Segub. |
| 22 | Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. |
| 23 | But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. |
| 24 | After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abiah, Hezron’s wife, bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. |
| 25 | The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. |
| 26 | Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. |
| 27 | The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. |
| 28 | The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. |
| 29 | Abishur’s wife was Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid. |
| 30 | The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died childless. |
| 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 childless. |
| 33 | The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. |
| 34 | Sheshan had no sons—only daughters. But Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. |
| 35 | Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; she bore him Attai. |
| 36 | Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad. |
| 37 | Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed. |
| 38 | Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah. |
| 39 | Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Eleasah. |
| 40 | Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. |
| 41 | Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama. |
| 42 | The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn was the father of Ziph; and his son Mareshah [he was] the father of Hebron. |
| 43 | The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. |
| 44 | Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem was the father of Shammai. |
| 45 | The son of Shammai was Maon; Maon’s son was Beth-zur. |
| 46 | Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran was the father of Gazez. |
| 47 | The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. |
| 48 | Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah, and also |
| 49 | Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. |
| 50 | These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, |
| 51 | Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. |
| 52 | Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had [other] descendants: Haroeh, half [of the inhabitants] of Menuhoth [in Judah], |
| 53 | And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. |
| 54 | The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, [and] the Zorites, |
| 55 | And the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. |
Cross references:
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1 Chronicles 2:6 : I Kings 4:31.
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1 Chronicles 2:7 : Josh. 7:1.
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1 Chronicles 2:20 : Exod. 31:2-5.
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