1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, three born to him from the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He killed him. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara--five of them in all. 7And the son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the cursed thing. 8And the son of Ethan was Azariah.

9And the sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram begat Amminadab. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse.

13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. 16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite.

18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat sons of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth. Her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath to himself, who bore him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old. And she bore him Segub. 22And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he took Geshur and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead. 24And after Hezron died in Caleb- Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children. 31And the son of Appaim was Ishi. And the son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the daughter of Sheshan was Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. 33And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, and his name was Jarha. 35And Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha for a wife, and she bore him Attai. 36And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40And Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 41And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam. And Rekem begat Shammai. 45And the son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran begat Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph. 48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. And Caleb's daughter was Achsah. 50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur. The firstborn of Ephrathah was Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim; 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 52And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahethites. 53And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.