[1] The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
[2] Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[3] Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him.
[4] Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
[5] The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
[6] The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.
[7] The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan, who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord.
[8] The son of Ethan was Azariah.
[9] The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
[10] Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
[11] Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz.
[12] Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse.
[13] Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea,
[14] his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai,
[15] his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David.
[16] Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
[17] Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.
[18] Hezron’s son Caleb had sons from his wife Azubah and from Jerioth. Her sons were named Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
[19] After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah, and they had a son named Hur.
[20] Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.
[21] When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead’s sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub.
[22] Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
[23] (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
[24] Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of Tekoa).
[25] The sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram (the firstborn), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
[26] Jerahmeel had a second wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
[27] The sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
[28] The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
[29] The sons of Abishur and his wife Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
[30] The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children,
[31] but Appaim had a son named Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. Sheshan had a descendant named Ahlai.
[32] The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children,
[33] but Jonathan had two sons named Peleth and Zaza. These were all descendants of Jerahmeel.
[34] Sheshan had no sons, though he did have daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
[35] Sheshan gave one of his daughters to be the wife of Jarha, and they had a son named Attai.
[36] Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad.
[37] Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed.
[38] Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah.
[39] Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah.
[40] Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum.
[41] Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
[42] The descendants of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, included Mesha (the firstborn), who became the father of Ziph. Caleb’s descendants also included the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
[43] The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
[44] Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
[45] The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
[46] Caleb’s concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
[47] The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
[48] Another of Caleb’s concubines, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
[49] She also gave birth to Shaaph (the father of Madmannah) and Sheva (the father of Macbenah and Gibea). Caleb also had a daughter named Acsah.
[50] These were all descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim),
[51] Salma (the founder of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the founder of Beth-gader).
[52] The descendants of Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim) were Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
[53] and the families of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites, from whom came the people of Zorah and Eshtaol.
[54] The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,
[55] and the families of scribes living at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. All these were Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of the family of Recab.