The Scriptures (ISR 1998) 1And the sons of Yissasḵar: Tola, and Pu’ah, Yashuḇ, and Shimron, four. 2And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephayah, and Yeri’ĕl, and Yaḥmai, and Yiḇsam, and Shemu’ĕl, heads of their father’s house. Of Tola there were great men of might in their generations; their number in the days of Dawiḏ was twenty-two thousand six hundred. 3And the son of Uzzi: Yizraḥyah, and the sons of Yizraḥyah: Miḵa’ĕl, and Oḇaḏyah, and Yo’ĕl, Yishshiyah. All five of them were heads. 4And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand, bands of the army for battle, for they had many wives and sons. 5And their brothers among all the clans of Yissasḵar were mighty brave men, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all. 6Of Binyamin: Bela, and Beḵer, and Yeḏiya’ĕl, three. 7And the sons of Bela: Etsbon, and Uzzi, and Uzzi’ĕl, and Yerimoth, and Iri, five – heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty brave men. 8And the sons of Beḵer: Zemirah, and Yo‛ash, and Eli‛ezer, and Elyo‛ĕynai, and Omri, and Yerimoth, and Aḇiyah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beḵer, 9with their genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty brave men. 10And the son of Yeḏiya’ĕl: Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan: Ye‛ush, and Binyamin, and Ěhuḏ, and Kena‛anah, and Zĕthan, and Tarshish, and Aḥishaḥar. 11All these sons of Yeḏiya’ĕl were heads of their fathers’ houses, seventeen thousand two hundred mighty brave men going out to the army for battle. 12And Shuppim and Ḥuppim were the sons of Ir, and Ḥushim was the son of Aḥĕr. 13The sons of Naphtali: Yaḥtsi’ĕl, and Guni, and Yĕtser, and Shallum, sons of Bilhah. 14The sons of Menashsheh: his Aramean concubine bore him Maḵir the father of Gil‛aḏ, the father of Asri’ĕl. 15And Maḵir took wives for Ḥuppim and Shuppim; and the name of one was Ma‛aḵah, and the name of the second was Tselophḥaḏ. And Tselophḥaḏ had daughters. 16But Ma‛aḵah the wife of Maḵir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Raqem. 17And the son of Ulam: Beḏan. These were the sons of Gil‛aḏ, son of Maḵir, son of Menashsheh. 18And his sister Hammoleḵeth bore Ishhod, and Aḇi‛ezer, and Maḥlah. 19And the sons of Shemiḏa: Aḥyan, and Sheḵem, and Liqḥi, and Aniyam. 20And the sons of Ephrayim: Shuthelaḥ, and Bereḏ his son, and Taḥath his son, and Elaḏah his son, and Taḥath his son, 21and Zaḇaḏ his son, and Shuthelaḥ his son, and Ezer and El‛aḏ. But the men of Gath who were born in that land slew them because they came down to take their livestock. 22And Ephrayim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beri‛ah, because evil had come upon his house. 24And his daughter was She’erah, who built Lower and Upper Bĕyth Ḥoron and Uzzen She’erah. 25And Rephaḥ was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telaḥ his son, and Taḥan his son, 26La‛dan his son, Ammihuḏ his son, Elishama his son, 27Nun his son, Yehoshua his son. 28And their possessions and dwelling places were Bĕyth Ěl and its towns: to the east Na‛aran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, and Sheḵem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns. 29And by the borders of the children of Menashsheh were Bĕyth She’an and its towns, Ta‛anaḵ and its towns, Meg̅iddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Yosĕph, son of Yisra’ĕl. 30The sons of Ashĕr: Yimnah, and Yishwah, and Yishwi, and Beri‛ah, and their sister Seraḥ. 31And the sons of Beri‛ah: Ḥeḇer and Malki’ĕl, who was the father of Birzoth. 32And Ḥeḇer brought forth Yaphlĕt, and Shomĕr, and Ḥotham, and their sister Shuwa. 33And the sons of Yaphlĕt: Pasaḵ, and Bimhal, and Ashwath. These were the children of Yaphlĕt. 34And the sons of Shemer: Aḥi, and Rohagah, Yeḥubbah, and Aram. 35And the sons of his brother Ḥĕlem: Tsophaḥ, and Yimna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36The sons of Tsophaḥ: Suwah, and Ḥarnepher, and Shu‛al, and Bĕri, and Yimrah, 37Betser, and Hoḏ, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Yithran, and Be’ĕra. 38And the sons of Yether: Yephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla: Araḥ, and Ḥanni’ĕl, and Ritsya. 40All these were the children of Ashĕr, heads of their fathers’ houses, chosen ones, mighty brave men, chief leaders. And when they registered by genealogy for the army, for battle, their number was twenty-six thousand. |