1 ¶ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

2 D an, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 T he sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he slew him.

4 A nd Tamar, his daughter-in-law, gave birth unto him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5 T he sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

6 A nd the sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five of them in all.

7 A nd the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the anathema.

8 A zariah was the son of Ethan.

9 T he sons that were born unto Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

10 A nd Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah;

11 A nd Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

12 A nd Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

13 A nd Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second and Shimma the third,

14 N ethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 O zem the sixth, David the seventh,

16 w hose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were three: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

17 A nd Abigail gave birth to Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmeelite.

18 ¶ And Caleb, the son of Hezron, begat Jerioth of Azubah, his wife. And her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

19 A nd when Azubah was dead, Caleb took Ephrath as wife, who gave birth to Hur unto him.

20 A nd Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21 A nd afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she gave birth to Segub unto him.

22 A nd Segub begat Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 A nd Geshur and Aram took the cities of Jair from them, with Kenath and its towns, even sixty cities. All these were of the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

24 A nd after Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah, Hezron’s wife, gave birth to Ashur unto him, the father of Tekoa.

25 A nd the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 J erahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

27 A nd the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28 A nd the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai, Nadab, and Abishur.

29 A nd the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she gave birth to Ahban and Molid unto him.

30 A nd the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children.

31 A nd Ishi was the son of Appaim. And Sheshan, the son of Ishi; and the son of Sheshan, Ahlai.

32 A nd the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

33 A nd the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 N ow Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a slave, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

35 A nd Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his slave, to wife; and she bore him Attai.

36 A nd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

37 a nd Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

38 a nd Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

39 a nd Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

40 a nd Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

41 a nd Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42 N ow the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and of his other sons, Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

43 A nd the sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44 A nd Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Rekem begat Shammai.

45 A nd the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

46 A nd Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez unto him, and Haran begat Gazez.

47 A nd the sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 M aachah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah unto him.

49 S he also gave birth to Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbenah and father of Gibea. And Achsah was the daughter of Caleb.

50 T hese were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal, the father of Kirjathjearim,

51 S alma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Bethgader.

52 A nd the sons of Shobal, the father of Kirjathjearim, who was lord of half of Manaheth.

53 A nd the families of Kirjathjearim: the Ithrites and the Puhites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites.

54 T he sons of Salma: Bethlehem and the Netophathites, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

55 A nd the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.