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.