8 Now ^athese were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: ^bReuben was Jacob’s firstborn.  ‡

9 The ^asons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.  ‡

11 The sons of ^aLevi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  ‡

12 The sons of ^aJudah were ^bEr, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). ^cThe sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.  ‡