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Chapter 1 Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

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