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| 1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. | 1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron--four in all. |
| 2The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. | 2The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola's genealogical records. |
| 3The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. | 3The son of Uzzi: Izrachiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders. |
| 4And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. | 4According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. |
| 5Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. | 5Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors. |
| 6The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. | 6The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael--three in all. |
| 7The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. | 7The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records. |
| 8The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. | 8The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. |
| 9And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. | 9There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records. |
| 10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. | 10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. |
| 11All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. | 11All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle. |
| 12And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. | 12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. |
| 13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. | 13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum--sons of Bilhah. |
| 14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. | 14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, who was born to Manasseh's Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. |
| 15And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. | 15Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. (His sister's name was Maacah.) Zelophehad was Manasseh's second son; he had only daughters. |
| 16And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. | 16Maacah, Makir's wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. |
| 17The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. | 17The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. |
| 18And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. | 18His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. |
| 19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. | 19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. |
| 20The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, | 20The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, |
| 21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. | 21his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah (Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. |
| 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. | 22Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. |
| 23And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house. | 23He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. |
| 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. | 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah), |
| 25Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, | 25his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan, |
| 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, | 26his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, |
| 27Nun his son, Joshua his son. | 27his son Nun, and his son Joshua. |
| 28Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; | 28Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns. |
| 29also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. | 29On the border of Manasseh's territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel's son, lived here. |
| 30The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. | 30The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister. |
| 31The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. | 31The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith. |
| 32Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. | 32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. |
| 33The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. | 33The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons. |
| 34The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. | 34The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. |
| 35The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. | 35The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. |
| 36The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. | 36The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, |
| 37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. | 37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. |
| 38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. | 38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. |
| 39The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. | 39The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. |
| 40All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. | 40All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. |
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