1 T hese 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 were Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so He put him to death.

4 T amar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5 T he sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

6 T he sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all.

7 T he son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.

8 T he son of Ethan was Azariah. Genealogy of David

9 N ow the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.

10 R am became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;

11 N ahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,

12 B oaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

13 a nd Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

14 N ethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 O zem the sixth, David the seventh;

16 a nd their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab and Asahel.

17 A bigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18 N ow Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

19 W hen Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

20 H ur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

21 A fterward 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 S egub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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

24 A fter the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

25 N ow the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

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

27 T he sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

28 T he sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

29 T he name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

30 T he sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.

31 T he son of Appaim was Ishi. And the son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai.

32 T he sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.

33 T he sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 N ow Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.

35 S heshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage, and she bore him Attai.

36 A ttai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

37 a nd Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

38 a nd Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

39 a nd Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

40 a nd Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

41 a nd Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

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

43 T he sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.

44 S hema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

45 T he son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

46 E phah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

47 T he sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

48 M aacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49 S he also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50 T hese were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

51 S alma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

52 S hobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

53 a nd the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

54 T he sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

55 T he families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.