1    2   The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal. Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, Jahath father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

3    4   The sons ^note of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, Penuel the founder of Gedor, and Ezer the founder of Hushah; they had a sister named Hazelelponi. These were the sons of Hur: Ephrathah the eldest, the founder of Bethlehem.

5   Ashhur the founder of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6   Naarah bore him Ahuzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. ^noteThese were the sons of Naarah. 7   The sons of Helah: Zereth, Jezoar, Ethnan and Coz. ^note 8   Coz was the father of Anub and Zobebah and the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

9   Jabez ranked higher than his brothers; his mother called him Jabez because, as she said, she had borne him in pain. 10   Jabez called upon the God of Israel and said, ‘I pray thee, bless me and grant me wide territories. May thy hand be with me, and do me no harm, I pray thee, and let me be free from pain’; and God granted his petition.

11   Kelub brother of Shuah was the father of Mehir the father of Eshton. 12   Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

13   The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. ^note

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14   Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab founder of Ge-harashim, ^note for they were craftsmen.

15   The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. ^note

16   The sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.

17    18   The sons of Ezra: Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. These were the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered had married; she conceived and gave birth to ^note Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah founder of Eshtemoa. His Jewish wife was the mother of Jered founder of Gedor, Heber founder of Soco, and Jekuthiel founder of Zanoah. 19   The sons of his ^note wife Hodiah sister of Naham were Daliah ^note father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20   The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon.

The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

21   The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er founder of Lecah, Laadah founder of Mareshah, the clans of the guild of linen-workers at Ashbea, 22   Jokim, the men of Kozeba, Joash, and Saraph who fell out with Moab and came back to Bethlehem. ^note(The records are ancient.) 23   They were the potters, and those who lived at Netaim and Gederah were there on the king's service.

24    25   The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Saul, his son Shallum, his son Mibsam and his son Mishma. 26   The sons of Mishma: his son Hamuel, his son Zaccur and his son Shimei. 27   Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but others of his family had fewer children, and the clan as a whole did not increase as much as the tribe of Judah. 28    29   They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, 30    31   Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-birei, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David came to the throne. 32   Their settlements ^note were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities in all. 33   They had also hamlets round these cities as far as Baal. These were the places where they lived.

34   The names on their register were: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 35   Joel, Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, Elioenai, 36    37   Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah, 38   whose names are recorded as princes in their clans, and their families had greatly increased. 39   They then went from the approaches to Gedor east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. 40   They found rich and good pasture in a wide stretch of open country where

Genealogies from Adam to Saul everything was quiet and peaceful; before then it had been occupied by Hamites. 41   During the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah these whose names are written above came and destroyed the tribes of Ham ^note and the Meunites whom they found there. They annihilated them so that no trace of them has remained to this day; and they occupied the land in their place, for there was pasture for their flocks. 42   Of their number five hundred Simeonites invaded the hill-country of Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43   They destroyed all who were left of the surviving Amalekites; and they live there still.

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