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| 1The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. | 1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. |
| 2The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600. | 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. |
| 3The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. These five became the leaders of clans. | 3The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. |
| 4All of them had many wives and many sons, so the total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000. | 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. |
| 5The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records. Descendants of Benjamin | 5Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. |
| 6Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael. | 6The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. |
| 7The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors from these clans was 22,034, as listed in their genealogical records. | 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. |
| 8The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. | 8The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. |
| 9Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors and leaders from these clans was 20,200, as listed in their genealogical records. | 9And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. |
| 10The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. | 10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. |
| 11Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200. | 11All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. |
| 12The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali | 12And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. |
| 13The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh | 13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. |
| 14The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead. | 14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. |
| 15Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters. | 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. |
| 16Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem. | 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. |
| 17The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh. | 17The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. |
| 18Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. | 18And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. |
| 19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim | 19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. |
| 20The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath, | 20The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, |
| 21Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. | 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. |
| 22Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him. | 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. |
| 23Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered. | 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. |
| 24He had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. | 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. |
| 25The descendants of Ephraim included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, | 25Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, |
| 26Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, | 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, |
| 27Nun, and Joshua. | 27Nun his son, Joshua his son. |
| 28The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns. | 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; |
| 29Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns. Descendants of Asher | 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. |
| 30The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah. | 30The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. |
| 31The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith). | 31The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. |
| 32The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister named Shua. | 32Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. |
| 33The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. | 33The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. |
| 34The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. | 34The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. |
| 35The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. | 35The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. |
| 36The sons of Zophah were 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 were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. | 38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. |
| 39The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. | 39The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. |
| 40Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all select men—mighty warriors and outstanding leaders. The total number of men available for military service was 26,000, as listed in their genealogical records. | 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. |
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