1These [are] the sons of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; Re’uven [Behold a Son], Shim’on [he who hears], Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner], and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], Yissakhar [There Is Recompense], and Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place], 2Dan [Judge], Yosef [(God) He Shall Add], and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], Naftali [My Wrestling], Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort], and Asher [Happy].

3The sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; ‘Er [awake], and Onan [strong], and Shelah [A Petition]: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Bat-Shua [daughter of wealth] the Kena’anit [zealous]. And ‘Er [awake], the firstborn of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], was evil in the sight of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); and he killed him. 4And Tamar [palm-tree] his daughter in law bore him Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)] and Zerach [Rising]. All the sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [were] five.

5The sons of Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)]; Hetzron [surrounded by a wall], and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerach [Rising]; Zimri [My Music], and Eitan [enduring], and Heiman [faithful], and Kolkol [sustaining], and Dara [the arm]: five of them in all. 7And the sons of Karmi [Fruitful, Noble]; ‘Akhar [troubler], the troubler of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8And the sons of Eitan [enduring]; ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped].

9The sons also of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall], that were born unto him; Yerachme’el [my God have pity], and Ram [high or exalted], and K’luvai [my caged one]. 10And Ram [high or exalted] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Amminadav [family of the prince]; and ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nachshon [Enchanter], prince of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; 11And Nachshon [Enchanter] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Salma, and Salma begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Bo’az [a high rate of movement], 12And Bo’az [a high rate of movement] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Oved [serving], and ‘Oved [serving] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yishai [I possess], 13And Yishai [I possess] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) his firstborn ‘Eli’av [My Father is God], and Avinadav [my father is noble] the second, and Shim’a [fame] the third, 14N’tan’el [God’s Gift] the fourth, Radai [trampling] the fifth, 15Otzem [I shall hasten them] the sixth, David [beloved] the seventh: 16Whose sisters [were] Tz’ruyah [balsam], and Avigayil [my father is joy]. And the sons of Tz’ruyah [balsam]; Avishai [my father is a gift], and Yo’av [Yehovah is father], and ‘Asah’el [God-made], three. 17And Avigayil [my father is joy] bore ‘Amasa [burden]: and the father of ‘Amasa [burden] [was] Yeter [abundance] the Yisha’eli [God will hear].

18And Kalev [Dog] the son of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) [children] of ‘Azuvah [forsaken] [his] wife, and of Yeri’ot [curtains]: her sons [are] these; Yesher [upright], and Shovav [rebellious], and Ardon [subduer: fugitive]. 19And when ‘Azuvah [forsaken] was dead, Kalev [Dog] took unto him Efrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], which bore him Hur [Liberty]. 20And Hur [Liberty] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Uri [my light, my fire], and Uri [my light, my fire] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) B’tzal’el [In The Shadow (Protection) of El / God].

21And afterward Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] went in to the daughter of Makhir [Sold] the father of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bore him S’guv [exalted]. 22And S’guv [exalted] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Ya’ir [He Enlightens], who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. 23And he took G’shur [proud beholder], and Aram [exalted], with the towns of Ya’ir [He Enlightens], from them, with K’nat [Possession], and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Makhir [Sold] the father of Gil’ad [Rocky Region]. 24And after that Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] was dead in Kalev-Efratah [dog or ash heap], then Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] Hetzron [surrounded by a wall]'s wife bore him Ashur the father of T’koa [a stockade].

25And the sons of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] the firstborn of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] were, Ram [high or exalted] the firstborn, and Bunah [intelligence], and Oren [cedar], and Otzem [I shall hasten them], [and] Achiyah [brother of Yehovah]. 26Yerachme’el [my God have pity] had also another wife, whose name [was] ‘Atarah [a crown]; she [was] the mother of Onam [vigorous]. 27And the sons of Ram [high or exalted] the firstborn of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] were, Ma’az [wrath], and Yamin [Right Hand], and ‘Eker [offspring]. 28And the sons of Onam [vigorous] were, Shamai [desolate], and Jada. And the sons of Shamai [desolate]; Nadav [Generous], and Avishur [my father is a wall]. 29And the name of the wife of Avishur [my father is a wall] [was] Avichayil [Father of Strength], and she bore him Achban [brother of an understanding (intelligent) one], and Molid [begetter]. 30And the sons of Nadav [Generous]; Seled [exultation], and Apayim [nostrils]: but Seled [exultation] died without children. 31And the sons of Apayim [nostrils]; Yish’i [He saves me]. And the sons of Yish’i [He saves me]; Sheshan [noble]. And the children of Sheshan [noble]; Achlai [O! would that!]. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shamai [desolate]; Yeter [abundance], and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given]: and Yeter [abundance] died without children. 33And the sons of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given]; Pelet [Swiftness], and Zaza [brightness, or fullness]. These were the sons of Yerachme’el [my God have pity]. 34Now Sheshan [noble] had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan [noble] had a servant, an Mitzri [Egyptian], whose name [was] Yarcha [the month of sweeping away]. 35And Sheshan [noble] gave his daughter to Yarcha [the month of sweeping away] his servant to wife; and she bore him ‘Atai [opportune]. 36And ‘Atai [opportune] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Natan [giver], and Natan [giver] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Zavad [he endows], 37And Zavad [he endows] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Efal [intercessor], and Efal [intercessor] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Oved [serving], 38And ‘Oved [serving] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yehu [Yehovah is He], and Yehu [Yehovah is He] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped], 39And ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Heletz [he has saved], and Heletz [he has saved] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) El’asah [God has made], 40And El’asah [God has made] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Sisamai [water crane, or swallow (to approve, commend, accept)], and Sisamai [water crane, or swallow (to approve, commend, accept)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shalum [retribution], 41And Shalum [retribution] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Y’kamyah [Yehovah raises], and Y’kamyah [Yehovah raises] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Elishama [My God has Heard].

42Now the sons of Kalev [Dog] the brother of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] [were], Mesha [deliverance] his firstborn, which was the father of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)]; and the sons of Mareshah [Crest of a Hill] the father of Hevron [Seat of Association]. 43And the sons of Hevron [Seat of Association]; Korakh [Bald], and Tapuach [The Apple City], and Rekem [Variegation], and Sh’ma [Hear]. 44And Sh’ma [Hear] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Racham [belly], the father of Yorke’am [the people empty]: and Rekem [Variegation] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shamai [desolate]. 45And the son of Shamai [desolate] [was] Ma’on [Habitation]: and Ma’on [Habitation] [was] the father of Beit’Tzur [House of the Rock]. 46And ‘Eifah [gloomy], Kalev [Dog]'s concubine, bore Haran [mountaineer], and Motza [fountain], and Gazez [shearer]: and Haran [mountaineer] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Gazez [shearer]. 47And the sons of Yahdai [whom will he place]; Regem [friend], and Toram [Yehovah is Perfect], and Geshan [lump], and Pelet [deliverance], and ‘Eifah [gloomy], and Sha’af [division]. 48Ma’akhah [oppression], Kalev [Dog]'s concubine, bore Shever [breaking], and Tirchanah [favour]. 49She bore also Sha’af [division] the father of Madmanah [Dunghill], Sh’va [Yehovah contends] the father of Machbenah [bond], and the father of Giv’a [hill]: and the daughter of Kalev [Dog] [was] ‘Akhsah [Anklet]. 50These were the sons of Kalev [Dog] the son of Hur [Liberty], the firstborn of Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness]; Shoval [flowing] the father of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests], 51Salma the father of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], Haref [a plucking off] the father of Beit-Gader [house of the wall]. 52And Shoval [flowing] the father of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests] had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the M’nachot [resting place]. 53And the families of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests]; the Yitri [a remnant: excellence], and the Puti [openess], and the Shumati [the exalted], and the Mishra’i [touching evil]; of them came the Tzor’ati [hornet], and the Eshta’uli [I will be entreated]. 54The sons of Salma [garment]; Beit-Lechem [House of Bread], and the N’tofati [dropping], ‘Atarot [Crowns], the house of Yo’av [Yehovah is father], and half of the M’nachot [resting place], the Tzor’i [hornet]. 55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Ya’betz [sorrow]; the Tir’atim [men of the gate], the Shim’atim [report], [and] Sukhatim [bush-men]. These [are] the Keini [traveling tinkers or blacksmiths] that came of Hamat [fortress], the father of the house of Rekhav [rider].