| 1 | These 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 a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD'S sight; so the LORD put him to death. | |
| 4 | Tamar, Judah's 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 Darda--five in all. | |
| 7 | The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things. | |
| 8 | The son of Ethan: Azariah. | |
| 9 | The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb. | |
| 10 | Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah. | |
| 11 | Nahshon was the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, | |
| 12 | Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse. | |
| 13 | Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was 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, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. | |
| 18 | Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her 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 the father of Bezalel. | |
| 21 | Later, Hezron lay with the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead (he had married her when he was sixty years old), and she bore him Segub. | |
| 22 | Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead. | |
| 23 | (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements--sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir 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. | |
| 26 | Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was 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, who bore him Ahban and Molid. | |
| 30 | The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children. | |
| 31 | The son of Appaim: Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai. | |
| 32 | The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: 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. He 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 the father of Zabad, | |
| 37 | Zabad the father of Ephlal, Ephlal the father of Obed, | |
| 38 | Obed the father of Jehu, Jehu the father of Azariah, | |
| 39 | Azariah the father of Helez, Helez the father of Eleasah, | |
| 40 | Eleasah the father of Sismai, Sismai the father of Shallum, | |
| 41 | Shallum the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah 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 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 | She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Acsah. | |
| 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 | The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites, | |
| 53 | and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites. | |
| 54 | The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, | |
| 55 | and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab. | |