1   And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,

2   Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, and Aser.

3   The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chananitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the first-born of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.

4   And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda, were five.

5   And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul.

6   And the sons also of Zara: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all.

7   And the sons of Charmi: ^note Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of ^note the anathema.

8   The sons of Ethan: Azarias.

9   And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi.

10   And ^note Ram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab, begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda.

11   And Nahasson begot Salma, the father of Booz.

12   And Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Isai.

13   And Isai begot Eliab his first born, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

14   The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,

15   The sixth Asom, the seventh David.

16   And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.

17   And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Iether the Ismahelite.

18   And ^note Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: And her sons were Iaser, and Sobab, and Ardon.

19   And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: Who bore him Hur.

20   And Hur begot Uri: And Uri begot Bezeleel.

21   And 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.

22   And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

23   And 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.

24   And when Hesron was dead: Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.

25   And the sons of Ierameel the first born of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia.

26   And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam.

27   And the sons of Ram the first born of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar.

28   And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

29   And the name of Abisur's wife, was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid.

30   And the sons of Nadab were Saled, and Apphaim. And Saled died without children.

31   But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: And Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai.

32   And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether, and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

33   But Jonathan begot Phaleth, and Ziza. These were the sons of Jerameel.

34   And Sesan had no sons, but daughters: And a servant an Ægyptian, named Jeraa.

35   And he gave him his daughter to wife: And she bore him Ethei.

36   And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,

37   And Zabad begot Ophlal, and Ophlal begot Obed,

38   Obed begot Jehu, Jehu begot Azarias,

39   Azarias begot Helles, and Helles begot Elasa,

40   Elasa begot Sisamoi, Sisamoi begot Sellum,

41   Sellum begot Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama.

42   Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa his first born, who was the father of Ziph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron.

43   And the sons of Hebron, were Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma.

44   And Samma begot Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem begot Sammai.

45   The son of Sammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethsur.

46   And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mosa, and Gezez. And Haran begot Gezez.

47   And the sons of Jahaddai, were Regom, and Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph.

48   And Maacha the concubine

of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana.

49   And Saaph the father of Madmena begot Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of Caleb, was Achsa.

50   These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the first-born of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim.

51   Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader.

52   And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: ^note He that saw half of the places of rest.

53   And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, were the Jethvites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites.

54   The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the Crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai.

55   And 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.

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