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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; these three were born to him of Bathshua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore 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, Ethan, Haman, Calcol, Darda; five of them in all.⁷ And the son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing dedicated.⁸ And the son of Ethan: Azariah.⁹ The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Rahmael, Ram, and Salbai.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 first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,¹⁴ Nathanael the fourth, Darai the fifth,¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, Eliho the seventh, and David the eighth,¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zuriah and Abigail. And the sons of Zuriah: Abishai, Joab, and Ashail, three.¹⁷ And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether.

¹⁸ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jedioth of Arubah his wife, and these were her sons: Asher, Jobab, and Adon.¹⁹ And when Arubah died, Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.²⁰ And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaliel.²¹ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.²² And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.²³ And after that Hezron was dead in Calebs land, Ephrath, then his wife, bore him Eshtawir the father of Tekoa.²⁴ And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Aram the first-born and Banah, Aran, and Azam their sister.²⁵ Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.²⁶ And the sons of Aram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Nabin, and Aotar.²⁷ And the sons of Onam were Sabai, and Jada. And the sons of Sabai: Nadab and Abishur.²⁸ And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.²⁹ And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Pelarim; but Seled died without children.³⁰ And the son of Pelarim was Isaiah. And the son of Isaiah: Shushan; and the son of Shushan: Ahlai.³¹ And the sons of Jehoiada the brother of Sabai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.³² And the sons of Jonathan: Lapath and Aoza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.³³ Now Shushan had no sons, but daughters. And Shushan had a son-in-law from Mizra, whose name was Jardaha.³⁴ And Shushan had given him his daughter to wife; and she bore him Attai.³⁵ And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Dabir,³⁶ And Dabir begat Ephil, and Ephil begat Jobab,³⁷ And Jobab begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,³⁸ And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,³⁹ And Eleasah begat Samsai, and Samsai begat Shallum,⁴⁰ And Shallum begat Elkamiah, and Elkamiah begat Elishama.⁴¹ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Elishmai his first-born, who was the father of Ziph;⁴² And the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rakim, and Shema.⁴³ And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Jorkoam begat Samai.⁴⁴ And Auphnah, Calebs concubine, bore Horan,⁴⁵ And Horan begat Gozan.⁴⁶ And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Bethzur.⁴⁷ And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Gesham and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.⁴⁸ Maachah, Calebs concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.⁴⁹ She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah: Shobal, who was born in Kirjath-narin;⁵¹ Samla, who was born in Bethlehem; and Abi, who was born in Gader.⁵² And sons were born to Shobal in Kirjath-narin; namely, Atroth, Jobal, Hazri,⁵³ Sepharvim, Netophath, Samla, Shemothim, Shechab, and Hama;⁵⁴ All these sons were born to Shobal in Kirjath-narin.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.