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¹ These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, & Zebulun,² Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.³ The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. these three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slew him.⁴ And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue.⁵ The sonnes of Pharez, Hezron & Hamul.⁶ The sonnes also of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, & Dara, which were fiue in all.⁷ And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.⁸ The sonne also of Ethan, Azariah.⁹ And the sonnes of Hezron that were borne vnto him, Ierahmeel, and Ram and Chelubai.¹⁰ And Ram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begate Nahshon prince of the children of Iudah,¹¹ And Nahshon begate Salma, and Salma begate Boaz,¹² And Boaz begate Obed, and Obed begate Ishai,¹³ And Ishai begate his eldest sonne Eliab, & Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,¹⁴ Nathaneel the fourth, Raddai the fift,¹⁵ Ozem the sixt, and Dauid the seuenth.¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.¹⁷ And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Iether an Ishmeelite.

¹⁸ And Caleb the sonne of Hezron begate Ierioth of Azubah his wife, and her sonnes are these, Iesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.¹⁹ And when Azubah was dead, Caleb tooke vnto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.²⁰ And Hur begate Vri, and Vri begate Bezaleel.²¹ And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and tooke her when hee was threescore yere olde, and shee bare him Segub.²² And Segub begate Iair, which had three and twentie cities in the land of Gilead.²³ And Gesthur with Aram tooke the townes of Iair from them, and Kenath and the townes thereof, euen threescore cities. All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead.²⁴ And after that Hezron was dead at Caleb Ephratah, then Abiah Hezrons wife bare him also Ashur the father of Tekoa.²⁵ And ye sonnes of Ierahmeel the eldest sone of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozen and Ahiiah.²⁶ Also Ierahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.²⁷ And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeel were Maaz, and Iamin and Ekar.²⁸ And the sonnes of Onam were Shammai and Iada. And the sonnes of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur.²⁹ And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abiahil, and shee bare him Ahban and Molid.³⁰ The sonnes also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children.³¹ And the sonne of Appaim was Ishi, and the sonne of Ishi, Sheshan, & the sonne of Sheshan, Ahlai.³² And the sonnes of Iada the brother of Shammai were Iether and Ionathan: but Iether dyed without children.³³ And the sonnes of Ionathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeel.³⁴ And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters. And Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha.³⁵ And Sheshan gaue his daughter to Iarha his seruant to wife, and she bare him Attai.³⁶ And Attai begate Nathan, and Nathan begate Zabad,³⁷ And Zabad begate Ephlal, and Ephlal begate Obed,³⁸ And Obed begate Iehu, and Iehu begate Azariah,³⁹ And Azariah begate Helez, and Helez begate Eleasah,⁴⁰ And Eleasah begate Sisamai, and Sisamai begate Shallum,⁴¹ And Shallum begate Iekamiah, and Iekamiah begate Elishama.⁴² Also the sonnes of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel, were Mesha his eldest sonne, which was the father of Ziph: and the sonnes of Mareshah the father of Hebron.⁴³ And the sonnes of Hebron were Korah & Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema.⁴⁴ And Shema begate Raham the father of Iorkoam: and Rekem begate Shammai.⁴⁵ The sonne also of Shammai was Maon: & Maon was the father of Beth-zur.⁴⁶ And Ephah a concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begate Gazez.⁴⁷ The sonnes of Iahdai were Regem, and Iotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.⁴⁸ Calebs concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.⁴⁹ She bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheua the father of Machbenah, & the father of Gibea. And Achsah was Calebs daughter.⁵⁰ These were the sonnes of Caleb the sone of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim.⁵¹ Salma the father of Beth-lehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.⁵² And Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim had sonnes, & he was the ouerseer of halfe Hammenoth.⁵³ And the families of Kiriath-iearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and ye Mishraites of them came the Zarreathites, and the Eshtaulites.⁵⁴ The sonnes of Salma of Beth-lehem, and the Netophathite, the crownes of the house of Ioab, and halfe the Manahthites and the Zorites.⁵⁵ And the families of the Scribes dwelling at Iabez, the Tirathites, the Shimmeathites, the Shuchathites, which are the Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.