The Descendants of Judah

1The sons of Judah:

Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

2And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathite.

3And these were the sons† of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazelelponi. 4And Penuel was the father† of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6And Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar,† and Ethnan. 8And Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

9And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez,† saying, “Because I have brought forth in pain.”

10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me and enlarge my territory! And may Your hand be with me, that You would keep me from evil, not to grieve me.”

And God brought in for him that which he asked.

More Descendants of Judah

11And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir; he was the father of Eshton. 12And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

13And the sons of Kenaz:

Othniel and Seraiah.

And the sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.†

14And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of Ge-harashim,† for they were craftsmen.

15And the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah, and Naam.

And the sons of Elah and Kenaz.†

16And the sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17And the sons of Ezrah:

Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon.

And she bore† Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa. 18And His wife, a Judean,† bore Jared the father of Gedor. And Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah the sister of Naham:

The father of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.†

20And the sons of Shimon:

Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.

And the sons of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

21The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of the workers of the linen of the house of Ashbea, 22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. (And the records are ancient.) 23They were the potters and those who dwelt at Netaim and Gederah. They dwelt there with the king for his work.

The Descendants of Simeon

24The sons of Simeon:

Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,† and Shaul.

25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.

26And the sons of Mishma:

Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, and Shimei his son.

27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, and his brothers did not have many sons and did not multiply any of their clans as much as the sons of Judah. 28And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29and Bilhah, and Ezem, and Tolad, 30and Bethuel, and Hormah, and Ziklag, 31and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and Beth-biri, and in Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan—five cities— 33and all the villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal.† These were their dwelling places, and they kept a genealogy to them:

34Even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah, 35and Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), 36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

38These coming in by name were leaders in their clans, and the house of their father increased greatly. 39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40And they found pasture rich and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and peaceful. For some Hamites had lived there formerly.

41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they struck their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and they devoted them to destruction† to this day. And they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42And some of the sons of Simeon went to Mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head. 43And they defeated the remnant who had escaped of Amalek, and they have dwelt there to this day.

Footnotes:

3 LXX (see also Vulgate); Hebrew These were of the father
4 Or the founder; also in verses 5, 12, 14, 17, 18, and possibly elsewhere
7 Alternate MT reading; the other alternate (see also Vulgate) reads Izhar.
9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain or distress.
13 Vulgate and some LXX; Hebrew does not include and Meonothai.
14 Ge-harashim means valley of craftsmen.
15 That is And the son of Elah: Kenaz
17 That is Mered’s wife Bithiah bore
18 Or a Judahite
19 Or The father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite
24 Zerah is a variant of Zohar; see Genesis 46:10 and Exodus 6:15.
33 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8) Baalath
41 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to YHWH, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.