The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)

1These the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

3The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah: three were born to him from the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er the first-born of Judah will be evil in the eyes of Jehovah; and he will slay him. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law will bring forth to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah, five.

5The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: all of them, five. 7And the sons of Carmi: Achar, troubling Israel, who transgressed in the devoted thing. 8And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

9And the sons of Hezron, which were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram begat Aminadab: and Aminadab begat Nashon, prince of the sons of Judah; 11And Nashon begat Selma, and Selma begat Boaz. 12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse.

13And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinidab the second, and Shimma the third, 14Nathaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; 16And their sisters, Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa, Jether an Ishmaelite.

18And Caleb son of Hezron begat of Azubah the wife, and of Jerioth: and these her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon. 19And Azubah will die, and Caleb will take to him Ephrath, and she will bear to him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21And afterward Hezron came in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead; and he took her, and he the son of sixty years; and she will bear to him Segub. 22And Segub begat Jair; and there will be to him twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he will take Geshur and Aram, with the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its daughters sixty cities. All these the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, and Hezron's wife Abiah, and she bear to him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

25And the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron will be the first born, Ram, and Bunah, and Oren and Ozem, Ahijah. 26And another wife will be to Jerahmeel, and her name Atamh; she the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel, will be Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam will be Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of Abishur's wife, Abihail; and she will bear to him Ahban and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim: and Seled will die, not sons to him. 31And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheehan. And the sons of Sheehan: Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan: and Jether will die without sons. 33And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34And there will be no sons to Sheshan, but daughters. And to Sheehan a servant, an Egyptian, and his name Jarha. 35And Sheshan will give his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife; and she will bear to him Attai. 36And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40And Eleasah begat Sisimai, and Sisimai begat Shallum. 41And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42And the sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, Mesha his first-born, he the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema, 44And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45And the son of Shammai, Maon: and Maon the father of the house of the rock. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48Caleb's concubine, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah. 49And she will bear Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb, Achsah. 50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah; Shobal the father of the city of forests, 51Salma father of the house of bread, Hareph the father of the house of the well. 52And to Shobal the father of the city of forests will be sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahethites. 53And the families of the city of forests; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: from these came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites. 54The sons of Salma: the house of bread, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes dwelling at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Shuchathites. These the Kenites coming from Hemath, the father of the house of the chariot.