⁴² Jerahmeel’s brother Caleb’s descendants were his firstborn Mesha,^[a] who fathered Ziph.

The descendants of Mareshah, who fathered Hebron, were as follows:^[b]

⁴³ Hebron’s descendants were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴ Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam.

Rekem fathered Shammai. ⁴⁵ Shammai’s descendants included^[c] Maon, who fathered Beth-zur. ⁴⁶ Caleb’s mistress Ephah also bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez.

Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷ Jahdai’s descendants were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸ Caleb’s mistress Maacah bore Sheber, Tirhanah, ⁴⁹ and Shaaph, who fathered Madmannah. Sheva fathered Machbenah and Gibe. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. ⁵⁰ These were Caleb’s descendants.

The son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, was Shobal, who fathered Kiriath-jearim, ⁵¹ Salma, who fathered Bethlehem, and Hareph, who fathered Beth-gader.

⁵² Shobal, who fathered Kiriath-jearim, had other sons, including Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³ The families of Kiriath-jearim included the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from them.

⁵⁴ Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵ The families of the scribes who lived at Jabez included the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, who fathered the house of Rechab.