2:1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2:2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
2:3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’S sight; so the LORD put him to death.
2:4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
2:5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda–five in all.
2:7 The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.
2:8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.
2:9 The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.
2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz,
2:12 Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.
2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,
2:14 the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,
2:15 the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.
2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
2:17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18 Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
2:19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
2:20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
2:21 Later, Hezron lay with the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead (he had married her when he was sixty years old), and she bore him Segub.
2:22 Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
2:23 (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements–sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.
2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
2:27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
2:28 The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
2:29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
2:30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
2:31 The son of Appaim: Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
2:32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
2:33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
2:34 Sheshan had no sons–only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan the father of Zabad,
2:37 Zabad the father of Ephlal, Ephlal the father of Obed,
2:38 Obed the father of Jehu, Jehu the father of Azariah,
2:39 Azariah the father of Helez, Helez the father of Eleasah,
2:40 Eleasah the father of Sismai, Sismai the father of Shallum,
2:41 Shallum the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.
2:42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.
2:43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
2:44 Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
2:46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
2:47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
2:48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
2:49 She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
2:50 These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
2:52 The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
2:53 and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
2:54 The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
2:55 and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab.
2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
2:2 Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
2:3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah, which three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and He slew him.
2:4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. The sons of Judah were five in all.
2:5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
2:6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them in all.
2:7 And the son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed by what was accursed.
2:8 And the son of Ethan: Azariah.
2:9 And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.
2:10 And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, the prince of the children of Judah;
2:11 And Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,
2:12 And Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
2:13 And Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
2:14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
2:16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai and Joab and Asahel, three.
2:17 And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; her sons are these: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.
2:19 And Azubah died; and Caleb took Ephrath to himself, and she bore him Hur.
2:20 And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
2:21 And afterward Hezron went to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead and took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
2:22 And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
2:23 And Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
2:24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were: Ram the firstborn and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
2:26 And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
2:27 And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.
2:28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
2:29 And the name of Abishur s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
2:30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons.
2:31 And the son of Appaim: Ishi; and the son of Ishi: Sheshan; and the son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
2:32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons.
2:33 And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
2:34 And Sheshan had no sons but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.
2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as his wife, and she bore him Attai.
2:36 And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
2:37 And Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed,
2:38 And Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah,
2:39 And Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah,
2:40 And Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum,
2:41 And Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
2:42 And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
2:43 And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
2:44 And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai;
2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
2:46 And Ephah, Caleb s concubine, bore Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
2:47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.
2:48 Maacah, Caleb s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah;
2:49 And she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
2:50 These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
2:52 And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh and half of the Menuhoth.
2:53 And the families of Kiriath-jearim were the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
2:54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half the Manahathites, the Zorites.
2:55 And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.