The Sons of Israel

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 Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

⁴ Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to 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 Dara— five in all.

⁷ The son of Carmi:

Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸ The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹ The sons who were born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰ Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

¹² Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³ Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, ¹⁴ Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem sixth, and David seventh. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah 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 the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³ But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to 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 named Atarah, who 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, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ The sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

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 without children.

³³ The sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad, ³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed, ³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah, ³⁹ Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah, ⁴⁰ Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum, ⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who 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, 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 was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah 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 These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

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 the scribes who lived at Jabez— the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.