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George Lamsa Translation
1 Chronicles 2
1 THESE are 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 of Bathshua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.5 The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Haman, Calcol, Darda; five of them in all.7 And the son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing dedicated.8 And the son of Ethan: Azariah.9 The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Rahmael, Ram, and Salbai.10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;11 And Nahshon begat Salma; and Salma begat Boaz;12 And Boaz begat Obed; and Obed begat Jesse;13 And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,14 Nathanael the fourth, Darai the fifth,15 Ozem the sixth, Eliho the seventh, and David the eighth,16 Whose sisters were Zuriah and Abigail. And the sons of Zuriah: Abishai, Joab, and Ashail, three.17 And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jedioth of Arubah his wife, and these were her sons: Asher, Jobab, and Adon.19 And when Arubah died, Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaliel.21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.22 And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.23 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebs land, Ephrath, then his wife, bore him Eshtawir the father of Tekoa.24 And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Aram the first-born and Banah, Aran, and Azam their sister.25 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.26 And the sons of Aram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Nabin, and Aotar.27 And the sons of Onam were Sabai, and Jada. And the sons of Sabai: Nadab and Abishur.28 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.29 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Pelarim; but Seled died without children.30 And the son of Pelarim was Isaiah. And the son of Isaiah: Shushan; and the son of Shushan: Ahlai.31 And the sons of Jehoiada the brother of Sabai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.32 And the sons of Jonathan: Lapath and Aoza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.33 Now Shushan had no sons, but daughters. And Shushan had a son-in-law from Mizra, whose name was Jardaha.34 And Shushan had given him his daughter to wife; and she bore him Attai.35 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Dabir,36 And Dabir begat Ephil, and Ephil begat Jobab,37 And Jobab begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,38 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,39 And Eleasah begat Samsai, and Samsai begat Shallum,40 And Shallum begat Elkamiah, and Elkamiah begat Elishama.41 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Elishmai his first-born, who was the father of Ziph;42 And the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rakim, and Shema.43 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Jorkoam begat Samai.44 And Auphnah, Calebs concubine, bore Horan,45 And Horan begat Gozan.46 And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Bethzur.47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Gesham and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.48 Maachah, Calebs concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah: Shobal, who was born in Kirjath-narin;51 Samla, who was born in Bethlehem; and Abi, who was born in Gader.52 And sons were born to Shobal in Kirjath-narin; namely, Atroth, Jobal, Hazri,53 Sepharvim, Netophath, Samla, Shemothim, Shechab, and Hama;54 All these sons were born to Shobal in Kirjath-narin.55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
