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