以色列的後裔

以色列的兒子是呂便、西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦、西布倫、 但、約瑟、便雅憫、拿弗他利、迦得、亞設。

猶大的後裔

猶大的兒子是珥、俄南和示拉。這三人是迦南人書亞的女兒生的。猶大的長子珥在耶和華眼中是個邪惡的人,因而被耶和華擊殺了。 猶大的兒媳她瑪給猶大生了法勒斯和謝拉。猶大共有五個兒子。 法勒斯的兒子是希斯崙和哈姆勒。 謝拉的五個兒子是心利、以探、希幔、甲各、大拉。 迦米的兒子是亞干,這亞干私藏本該毀滅的東西,連累了以色列人。 以探的兒子是亞撒利雅。

希斯崙的兒子是耶拉篾、蘭和迦勒[a] 10 蘭生亞米拿達,亞米拿達生拿順,拿順是猶大人的首領。 11 拿順生撒門,撒門生波阿斯, 12 波阿斯生俄備得,俄備得生耶西。 13 耶西生長子以利押、次子亞比拿達、三子示米亞、 14 四子拿坦業、五子拉代、 15 六子阿鮮、七子大衛。 16 他們的姊妹是洗魯雅和亞比該。洗魯雅的三個兒子是亞比篩、約押和亞撒黑。 17 亞比該生亞瑪撒,亞瑪撒的父親是以實瑪利人益帖。

希斯崙的後裔

18 希斯崙的兒子迦勒和妻子阿蘇巴生了兒子,他也和耶略生了兒子。阿蘇巴的兒子是耶設、朔罷和押墩。 19 阿蘇巴死後,迦勒又娶了以法她,生了戶珥。 20 戶珥生烏利,烏利生比撒列。 21 希斯崙六十歲娶瑪吉的女兒,與她生了西割。瑪吉是基列的父親。 22 西割生雅珥,雅珥在基列有二十三座城邑。 23 後來基述人和亞蘭人奪取了雅珥的城邑,包括基納及其附近的六十個村落。這些人都是基列的父親瑪吉的後代。 24 希斯崙死在迦勒·以法他後,他的妻子亞比雅給他生了亞施戶。亞施戶是提哥亞的父親。

耶拉篾的後裔

25 希斯崙的長子耶拉篾生了長子蘭,又生了布拿、阿連、阿鮮、亞希雅。 26 耶拉篾的另一個妻子名叫亞他拉,是阿南的母親。 27 耶拉篾的長子蘭的兒子是瑪斯、雅憫和以結。 28 阿南的兒子是沙邁和雅大。沙邁的兒子是拿答和亞比述。 29 亞比述的妻子名叫亞比孩,他們生了亞班和摩利。 30 拿答的兒子是西列和亞遍。西列死後沒有留下兒子。 31 亞遍的兒子是以示,以示的兒子是示珊,示珊的兒子是亞來。 32 沙邁的兄弟雅大的兒子是益帖和約拿單。益帖死後沒有留下兒子。 33 約拿單的兒子是比勒和撒薩。這些人都是耶拉篾的子孫。 34 示珊沒有兒子,只有女兒,還有一個名叫耶哈的埃及僕人。 35 示珊把女兒嫁給僕人耶哈,他們生了亞太。 36 亞太生拿單,拿單生撒拔, 37 撒拔生以弗拉,以弗拉生俄備得, 38 俄備得生耶戶,耶戶生亞撒利雅, 39 亞撒利雅生希利斯,希利斯生以利亞薩, 40 以利亞薩生西斯邁,西斯邁生沙龍, 41 沙龍生耶加米雅,耶加米雅生以利沙瑪。

迦勒的後裔

42 耶拉篾的兄弟迦勒的長子是西弗的父親米沙,希伯崙的父親瑪利沙也是迦勒的兒子。 43 希伯崙的兒子是可拉、他普亞、利肯、示瑪。 44 示瑪生拉含,拉含是約幹的父親。利肯生沙邁, 45 沙邁的兒子是瑪雲,瑪雲是伯·夙的父親。 46 迦勒的妾以法生哈蘭、摩撒和迦謝。哈蘭生迦諧。 47 雅代的兒子是利健、約坦、基珊、毗力、以法、沙亞弗。 48 迦勒的妾瑪迦生示別、特哈拿、 49 麥瑪拿的父親沙亞弗、抹比拿和基比亞的父親示法。迦勒的女兒是押撒。 50 這些人都是迦勒的子孫。 以法她的長子戶珥生基列·耶琳的父親朔巴、 51 伯利恆的父親薩瑪、伯迦得的父親哈勒。 52 基列·耶琳的父親朔巴的子孫是哈羅以和半數米努·哈人。 53 基列·耶琳的各宗族是以帖人、布特人、舒瑪人、密來人,從這些宗族中又衍生出瑣拉人和以實陶人。 54 薩瑪的後代是伯利恆人、尼陀法人、亞他綠·伯·約押人、半數瑪拿哈人、瑣利人, 55 以及住在雅比斯的文書世家特拉人、示米押人和蘇甲人。這些都是基尼人,是利甲家族的祖先哈末的後代。

Footnotes

  1. 2·9 迦勒」希伯來文是「基路拜」,「迦勒」的另一種拼法。

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

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

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

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

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.

50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.

51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,

54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Descendants of Israel

The sons of Israel[a] were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Descendants of Judah

Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him. Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda[b]—five in all.

The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan,[c] who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord.[d]

The son of Ethan was Azariah.

From Judah’s Grandson Hezron to David

The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.[e]

10 Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon.[f]
Salmon was the father of Boaz.
12 Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.

13 Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, 14 his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, 15 his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David.

16 Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.

Other Descendants of Hezron

18 Hezron’s son Caleb had sons from his wife Azubah and from Jerioth.[g] Her sons were named Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah,[h] and they had a son named Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21 When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead’s sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. 23 (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair[i] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24 Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of[j] Tekoa).

Descendants of Hezron’s Son Jerahmeel

25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram (the firstborn), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had a second wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27 The sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

29 The sons of Abishur and his wife Abihail were Ahban and Molid.

30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children, 31 but Appaim had a son named Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. Sheshan had a descendant named Ahlai.

32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children, 33 but Jonathan had two sons named Peleth and Zaza.

These were all descendants of Jerahmeel.

34 Sheshan had no sons, though he did have daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave one of his daughters to be the wife of Jarha, and they had a son named Attai.

36 Attai was the father of Nathan.
Nathan was the father of Zabad.
37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal.
Ephlal was the father of Obed.
38 Obed was the father of Jehu.
Jehu was the father of Azariah.
39 Azariah was the father of Helez.
Helez was the father of Eleasah.
40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai.
Sismai was the father of Shallum.
41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah.
Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Descendants of Hezron’s Son Caleb

42 The descendants of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, included Mesha (the firstborn), who became the father of Ziph. Caleb’s descendants also included the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.[k]

43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

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

48 Another of Caleb’s concubines, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also gave birth to Shaaph (the father of Madmannah) and Sheva (the father of Macbenah and Gibea). Caleb also had a daughter named Acsah.

50 These were all descendants of Caleb.

Descendants of Caleb’s Son Hur

The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim), 51 Salma (the founder of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the founder of Beth-gader).

52 The descendants of Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim) were Haroeh, half the Manahathites, 53 and the families of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites, from whom came the people of Zorah and Eshtaol.

54 The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and the families of scribes living at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. All these were Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of the family of Recab.[l]

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob.
  2. 2:6 As in many Hebrew manuscripts, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 1 Kgs 4:31); Hebrew reads Dara.
  3. 2:7a Hebrew Achar; compare Josh 7:1. Achar means “disaster.”
  4. 2:7b The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
  5. 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant spelling of Caleb; compare 2:18.
  6. 2:11 As in Greek version (see also Ruth 4:20); Hebrew reads Salma.
  7. 2:18 Or Caleb had a daughter named Jerioth from his wife, Azubah. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  8. 2:19 Hebrew Ephrath, a variant spelling of Ephrathah; compare 2:50 and 4:4.
  9. 2:23 Or captured Havvoth-jair.
  10. 2:24 Or the founder of; also in 2:42, 45, 49.
  11. 2:42 Or who founded Hebron. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  12. 2:55 Or the founder of Beth-recab.