Israel’s Family

2 The sons of Israel [^Canother name for Jacob] were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah’s Family

³ Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, ·the daughter of Shua [or Bath-shua], was their mother. Judah’s ·first son [firstborn], Er, did ·what the Lord said was wicked [^Levil in the Lord’s sight/eyes], so the Lord ·put him to death [killed him]. ⁴ Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah, giving Judah five sons in all [Gen. 38].

⁵ Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and ·Darda [or Dara; 1 Kin. 4:31].

⁷ Carmi’s son was ·Achan [or Achar; ^C“disaster”; Josh. 7:1], ·who caused trouble for [the troubler of] Israel because he ·took [stole] ·things [plunder] that had been ·given to the Lord to be destroyed [set apart/devoted to the Lord; Josh. 7:16–26].

⁸ Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹ Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and ·Caleb [Chelubai; v. 18].

¹⁰ Ram was Amminadab’s father, and Amminadab was Nahshon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the ·people [^Lsons] of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon was the father of ·Salmon [or Salma; Ruth 4:21], who was the father of Boaz. ¹² Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³ Jesse’s ·first son [firstborn] was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, ¹⁴ his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, ¹⁵ his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were ·Abishai [or Abshai; 2 Sam. 2:18], Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail ·was the mother of [^Lgave birth to] Amasa, and his father was Jether, an Ishmaelite.

Caleb’s Family

¹⁸ Caleb son of Hezron ·had [fathered] children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth [^Cpossibly two names for the same woman]. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They ·had [^Lgave birth to] a son named Hur, ²⁰ who was the father of Uri, who was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Makir, Gilead’s father. Hezron ·had sexual relations with [^Lwent in to] Makir’s daughter, and she ·had [^Lgave birth to] a son named Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair. Jair ·controlled [held; owned; ruled] twenty-three cities in the ·country [land; territory] of Gilead. ²³ (But Geshur and Aram ·captured [took] the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the ·small towns [villages] around it—sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died ·in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah [or Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s wife, and she] ·had [^Lgave birth to] his son, named Ashhur. Ashhur became the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel’s Family

²⁵ Hezron’s ·first son [firstborn] was Jerahmeel. Jerahmeel’s sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel’s ·first son [firstborn]. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ Jerahmeel’s ·first son [firstborn], Ram, had sons. They were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada.

Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and ·their sons were [^Lshe gave birth to] Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having children.

³¹ Appaim’s son was Ishi, who became the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³² Jada was Shammai’s brother, and Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having children.

³³ Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza.

These were Jerahmeel’s descendants.

³⁴ Sheshan did not have any sons, only daughters. He had a ·servant [slave] from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan let his daughter marry his ·servant [slave] Jarha, and she ·had [^Lgave birth to] 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, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Caleb’s Family

⁴² Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb’s ·first son [firstborn] was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³ Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham, who was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵ Shammai was the father of Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. ⁴⁶ Caleb’s ·slave woman [concubine; ^Ca secondary wife] was named Ephah, and she ·was the mother of [^Lgave birth to] Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷ Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Caleb had another ·slave woman [concubine; ^Ca secondary wife] named Maacah. She ·was the mother of [^Lgave birth to] Sheber, Tirhanah, ⁴⁹ Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

These were Caleb’s descendants: Caleb’s son Hur was the ·first son [firstborn] of his mother Ephrathah [^Ccalled Ephrath in v. 19]. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. And Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵² Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Shobal’s descendants were Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³ and the ·family groups [clans] of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites ·came [descended; ^Lwent forth] from the Mishraite people.

⁵⁴ Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, and the Zorites. ⁵⁵ His descendants included the families who lived at Jabez, who ·wrote and copied important papers [were scribes]. They were called the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites and were from the Kenite ·family group [clan] who came from Hammath. He was the father of the ·people living in [^Lhouse of] Recab.