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¹ Forsothe Beniamyn gendride Bale his firste gendrid sone, Asbaal the secounde, Othora the thridde,² Naua the fourthe, and Rapha the fyuethe.³ And the sones of Bale weren Addoar, and Jera, and Abyud, and Abisue,⁴ and Noemany, and Acte,⁵ but also Gera, and Sophupham, and Vram.⁶ These ben the sones of Haoth, princes of kynredis dwellynge in Gabaa, that weren translatid in to Manath.⁷ Forsothe Noaman, and Achia, and Jera, `he translatide hem, and gendride Oza and Abyud;<sup>8</sup> forsothe `Saarym gendride in the cuntrey of Moab, aftir that he lefte Vrym and Bara, hise wyues;⁹ sotheli he gendride of Edes, his wijf, Jodab, and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molchon, also Jebus, and Sechia, and Maryna;¹⁰ tho ben the sones of hym, prynces in her meynees.¹¹ Forsothe Musyn gendride Achitob, and Elphaal.¹² Sotheli the sones of Elphaal weren Heber, and Musaam, and Samaath; he bildide Ono, and Lod, and hise villagis;¹³ forsothe Bara and Sama weren princes of kynredis dwellynge in Hailon; these dryueden awei the dwelleris of Geth;¹⁴ and Haio, and Sesath, and Jerymoth,¹⁵ and Zadabia, and Arod, and Heder,¹⁶ and Mychael, and Jespha helpiden hem `ayens men of Geth; the sones of Abaria,<sup>17</sup> and Zadabia, and Mosollam, and Ezethi,<sup>18</sup> and Heber, and Jesamary, and Jezlia, and Jobab helpiden `in this iurney ayens men of Geth. The sones of Elphaal weren Jachym,¹⁹ and Jechri,²⁰ and Zabdi, and Helioenay, and Selettay,²¹ and Henelech, and Adaia, and Barasa, and Samarath; the sones of Semey weren Jesphan,²² and Heber, and Esiel, and Abdon,²³ and Zechry, and Canaan, and Anany, and Jalam,²⁴ and Anathotia, and Jephdaia, and Phanuel;²⁵ the sones of Sesac weren Sampsaray,²⁶ and Scoria, and Otholia, and Jersia,²⁷ and Helia, and Zechri, the sones of Jeream.²⁸ These weren patriarkis and princes of kynredis, that dwelliden in Jerusalem.²⁹ Forsothe in Gabaon dwelliden Abigabaon, and Maacha the name of his wijf;³⁰ and his firste gendrid sone Abdon, and Sur, and Cys, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,³¹ and Geddo, and Haio, and Zacher, and Macelloth.³² Forsothe Marcelloth gendride Samaa; and thei dwelliden euene ayens her britheren in Jerusalem with her britheren.

³³ Forsothe Ner gendride Cys, and Cys gendride Saul; forsothe Saul gendride Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Abynadab, and Isbaal.³⁴ Sotheli the sone of Jonathan was Myphibaal; and Myphibaal gendride Micha.³⁵ The sones of Micha weren Phiton, and Melech, and Thara, and Ahaz.³⁶ And Ahaz gendride Joiada; and Joiada gendride Almoth, and Azimoth, and Zamry.³⁷ Forsothe Zamri gendride Moosa, and Moosa gendride Banaa, whos sone was Raphaia, of whom was gendrid Elesa, that gendride Asel.³⁸ Sotheli Asel hadde sixe sones bi these names, Esricham, Bochru, Ismael, Saria, Abadia, Aman; alle these weren the sones of Asel.³⁹ Forsothe the sones of Asa, his brothir, weren Vlam, the firste gendride sone, and Hus, the secounde, and Eliphales, the thridde.⁴⁰ And the sones of Vlam weren strongeste men, and beendynge a bouwe with greet strength, and hauynge many sones, and sones of sones, til to an hundrid and fifti. Alle these weren the sones of Beniamyn.