The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)

1These are the children of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon, 2Dan, Ioseph, Be Iamin, Nephtali, Gad & Aser.

3The childre of Iuda: Er, Onan & Sela: these thre were borne vnto him of ye doughter Sua ye Cananitisse. Howbeit ye first sonne of Iuda was wicked before ye LORDE, & therfore he slewe him. 4But Thamar his sonnes wife bare him Phares & Zarah, so yt all ye childre of Iuda were fyue.

5The childre of Phares are, Hesrom and Hamuel. 6The childre of Zarah are, Simri, Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Dara, which all are fyue in nombre. 7The childre of Charmi are, Achan, which troubled Israel, wha he synned in the thinge that was damned. 8The children of Ethan: Asaria.

9The children which were borne vnto Hesrom, are: Raia, Thalubai. 10Ram begat Aminadab. Aminadab begat Naasson the prynce of the children of Iuda. 11Naasson begat Salmon. Salmon begat Boos. 12Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai.

13Isai begat Eliab his first sonne, Abinadab the seconde, Samma the thirde, 14Nathanael the fourth, Raddai ye fifth, 15Ozem ye sixte, Dauid ye vij. 16And their sisters were Zeruia & Abigail. The childre of Zeruia are these thre: Abisai, Ioab & Asahel. 17Abigail begat Amasa. The father of Amasa was Iether an Ismaelite.

18Caleb the sonne of Hesrom begat Asuba ye woman, & Ierigoth. And these are the same womans childre: Ieser, Sobab, and Ardon. 19But wha Asuba dyed, Caleb toke Ephrat, which bare him Hur. 20Hur begat Vri. Vri begat Bezaleel.

21Afterwarde laye Hesrom with ye doughter of Machir the father of Gilead, & he toke her wha he was thre score yeare olde, and she bare him Segub. 22Segub begat Iair, which had thre & twentye cities in the londe of Gilead. 23And he toke out of the same Iesur and Aram the townes of Iair, and Kenath with the vyllages therof, thre score cities. All these are the children of Machir ye father of Gilead. 24After ye death of Hesrom in Caleb Ephrata, lefte Hesrom his wife vnto Abia: which (wife) bare him Ashur ye father of Thecoa.

25Ierahmeel the first sonne of Hesrom had children: the first Ram, Buna, Oren and Ozem and Ahia. 26And Ierahmeel had yet another wife, whose name was Athara, she is ye mother of Onam. 27The childre of Ram the first sonne of Ierahmeel are, Maaz, Iamin and Eker. 28Onam had children: Samai and Iada. The children of Samai are, Nadab & Abisur. 29Abisurs wife was called Abihail, which bare him Ahban and Molid. 30The childre of Nadab are, Seled and Appaim. And Seled dyed without children. 31The children of Appaim: Iesei. The children of Iesei: Sesan. The childre of Sesan: Ahelai. 32The childre of Iada ye brother of Samai are, Iether & Ionathan. But Iether dyed without childre. 33The children of Ionathan are, Peleth and Sasa: These are the children of Ierahmeel. 34As for Sesan, he had no sones, but a doughter. And Sesan had a seruaut an Egipcian, whose name was Iatha. 35And Sesan gaue his doughter vnto Iatha his seruaut to wife, which bare him Athai. 36Athai begat Nathan. Nathan begat Sabad. 37Sabad begat Ephal. Ephal begat Obed. 38Obed begat Iehu. Iehu begat Asaria. 39Asaria begat Halez. Halez begat Elleasa. 40Elleasa begat Sissemai. Sissemai begat Sallum. 41Sallum begat Iekamia. Iekamia begat Elisama.

42The children of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel are, Mesa his first sonne, which is the father of Siph, and of the children of Maresa the father of Hebron. 43The children of Hebron are, Corah, Thapuah, Rekem, & Sama. 44Sama begat Raham ye father of Iarkaam. Rekem begat Samai. 45The sonne of Samai was called Maon, & Maon was ye father of Bethzur. 46Epha Calebs concubyne bare Haram, Mosa & Gases. Haram begat Gases. 47The childre of Iahdai are, Rekem, Iotham, Gesan, Pelet, Epha and Saaph. 48Maecha Calebs concubyne bare Seber and Thirhena. 49And she bare Saaph also ye father of Madmanna, and Scheua the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea. But Achsa was Calebs doughter. 50These were the children of Caleb: Hur ye first sonne of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Kiriath Iearim, 51Salma ye father of Bethleem, Hareph ye father of Beth Sader. 52And Sobal the father of Kiriath Iearim had sonnes, namely the halfe kynred of Manuhoth. 53The kynreds at Kiriath Iearim were ye Iethites, Puthites, Sumathites & Misraites. From these came forth the Zaregathites & Esthaolites. 54The children of Salma are Bethleem & the Netophathites the crowne of the house of Ioab, and the halfe of the Manahites of the Zareite. 55And ye kynreds of the scrybes which dwelt at Iabes, are ye Thireathites, Simeathites, Suchothites, these are the Kenites, yt came of Hamath the father of Beth Rechab.