1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3And these were sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

5And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Izhar, and Ethnan. 8And Hakoz {Coz} begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum. 9And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. 10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

11And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 13And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 15And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; even Kenaz.

16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18And his wife, Ha-jehudijah, bore Jared, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 19And the sons of his wife, Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah, the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

21The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them who wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient records {things}. 23These were the potters, and those who dwelt among plants and hedges; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul; 25Shallum, his son; Mibsam, his son; Mishma, his son. 26And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel, his son; Zacchur, his son; Shimei, his son. 27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

28And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 35And Joel, and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 38These mentioned by their names were princes in their families; and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40And they found rich {fat} pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead {rooms}; because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites who were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.