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Israel's Descendants

¹ These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Issachar and Zebulun;

² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;

Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah's Descendants

³ The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.

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, Kalkol, Dara—five in all.

⁷ The son of Carmi:

Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.

⁸ The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹ The sons born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

Ram's Descendants

¹⁰ Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma 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, David seventh. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb's Descendants

¹⁸ Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³ (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron's death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron's widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel's Descendants

²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam's mother.

²⁷ The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai:

Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ Abishur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ The sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

³¹ The son of Appaim:

Ishi.

The son of Ishi:

Sheshan.

The son of Sheshan:

Ahlai.

³² The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother:

Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)

³³ The sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

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

More of Caleb's Descendants

⁴² The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother:

His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, 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. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵ Shammai's son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.

⁴⁶ Caleb's concubine Ephah bore 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 bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath:

Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹ Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader.

⁵² The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, ⁵³ the clans of Kiriath Jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵ and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.