The Sons of Israel 1And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser. Descendants of Judah 3The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. 4And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five. 5And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul. 6And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all. 7And the sons of Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema. 8The sons of Ethan: Azarias, 9And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi. 10And Ram beget Aminadab, and Aminadab beget Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda. 11And Nahasson beget Salma, the father of Boot. 12And Boot beget Obed, and Obed beget Isai. The Children of Jesse 13And Isai beget Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa, 14The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai, 15The sixth Asom, the seventh David. 16And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite. Descendants of Hezron 18And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur. 20And Hur beget Uri: and Uri beget Bezeleel. 21And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub. 22And Segub beget Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad. 23And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad. 24And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. Descendants of Jerahmeel 25And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia. 26And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar. 28And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur. 29And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab were Saled, and Apphaim. And Saled died without children. 31But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi beget Sesan. And Sesan beget Oholai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei : Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children. 33But Jonathan beget Phaleth, and Ziza, These were the sons of Jerameel. 34And Sesan had no sons, but daughters and a servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa. 35And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him Ethei. 36And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan beget Zabad. 37And Zabad beget Ophlal, and Ophlal beget Obed. 38Obed beget Jehu, Jehu beget Azarias. 39Azarias beget Helles, and Helles begot Elasa. 40Elasa beget Sisamoi, Sisamoi beget Sellum, 41Sellum beget Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama. The Clans of Caleb 42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa his firstborn, who was the father of Siph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma. 44And Samma beget Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem beget Sammai. 45The son of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur. 46And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mesa, and Gezez. And Haran beget Gezez. 47And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph. 48And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana. 49And Saaph the father of Madmena beget Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. 50These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim. 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader. 52And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw half of the places of rest. 53And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites. 54The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai. 55And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house of Rechab, |