2:1 THESE ARE the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, |
2:2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. |
2:3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, whom Shua's daughter the Canaanitess bore him. Er, Judah's eldest, was evil in the Lord's sight, and He slew him. |
2:4 Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All Judah's sons were five. |
2:5 The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. |
2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara--five in all. |
2:7 The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted things. |
2:8 The son of Ethan: Azariah. |
2:9 The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai (that is, Caleb). |
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. |
2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, |
2:12 Boaz of Obed, and Obed of Jesse. |
2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab second, Shimea third, |
2:14 Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, |
2:15 Ozem sixth, David seventh. |
2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. |
2:17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. |
2:18 And Caleb son of Hezron had sons by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. [Azubah's] sons were: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. |
2:19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. |
2:20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri of Bezalel [the skillful craftsman who made the furnishings of the tabernacle]. |
2:21 Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and she bore him Segub. |
2:22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. |
2:23 But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. |
2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abiah, Hezron's wife, bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. |
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. |
2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. |
2:27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. |
2:28 The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. |
2:29 Abishur's wife was Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid. |
2:30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died childless. |
2:31 The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. |
2:32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless. |
2:33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. |
2:34 Sheshan had no sons--only daughters. But Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. |
2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; she bore him Attai. |
2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad. |
2:37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed. |
2:38 Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah. |
2:39 Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Eleasah. |
2:40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. |
2:41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama. |
2:42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn was the father of Ziph; and his son Mareshah [he was] the father of Hebron. |
2:43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. |
2:44 Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem was the father of Shammai. |
2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon; Maon's son was Beth-zur. |
2:46 Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran was the father of Gazez. |
2:47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. |
2:48 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah, and also |
2:49 Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. |
2:50 These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, |
2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. |
2:52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had [other] descendants: Haroeh, half [of the inhabitants] of Menuhoth [in Judah], |
2:53 And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. |
2:54 The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, [and] the Zorites, |
2:55 And the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. |