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1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

3The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, a woman of Canaan. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD killed him.

4Tamar, his daughter-in-law, gave birth to Pharez and Zerah for him. In all, Judah had five sons.

5The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara - five of them in all.

7The sons of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel, because he sinned by taking what was set apart for destruction.

8The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

9The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

10Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the people of Judah.

11Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,

12and Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,

13and Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimma the third,

14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel - three of them.

17Abigail gave birth to Amasa. The father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she gave birth to Hur for him.

20Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezaleel.

21Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead. He married her when he was sixty years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him.

22Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23But Geshur and Aram took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns - sixty cities in all. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

24After Hezron died in Caleb-ephratah, Abiah, Hezron's wife, gave birth to Ashur for him. Ashur was the father of Tekoa.

25The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

28The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she gave birth to Ahban and Molid for him.

30The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children.

31The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The children of Sheshan: Ahlai.

32The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

33The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

35Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as his wife, and she gave birth to Attai for him.

36Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,

37and Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,

38and Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah,

39and Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,

40and Eleasah was the father of Sisamai, and Sisamai was the father of Shallum,

41and Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

42The 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.

43The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkoam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.

45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

46Ephah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

47The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.

49She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and father of Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,

51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

52Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

53The families of Kirjath-jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites.

54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

55The families of the scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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