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The Sons of Israel

(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)

¹These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri,^† Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara —^† five in all.

⁷The son^† of Carmi:

Achar,^† who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^†

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,^† and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea^† third,

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether^† the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath,^† who bore to him Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair,^† along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore^† to him Ashhur the father^† of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:

Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam:

Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai:

Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹The son^† of Appaim:

Ishi.

The son of Ishi:

Sheshan.

The son of Sheshan:

Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:

Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³The sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

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

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

Mesha^† his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:

Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. ⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons^† of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:^†

Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the clans of the scribes^† who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.^†