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.