The Family Line of Issachar
1The sons of Issachar were
Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron. The total number of sons was four.
2The sons of Tola were
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel. They were the leaders of their families. The total number of fighting men who were listed in the history of the family line of Tola was 22,600. That was when David was king.
3The son of Uzzi was
Izrahiah.
The sons of Izrahiah were
Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. 4According to their family history, 36,000 of their men were ready for battle. That’s because they had many wives and children.
5The total number of fighting men who belonged to all the family groups of Issachar was 87,000. The men were listed in their family history.
The Family Line of Benjamin
6The three sons of Benjamin were
Bela, Beker and Jediael.
7The sons of Bela were
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were the leaders of their families. The total number of sons was five. Their family history listed 22,034 fighting men.
8The sons of Beker were
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All of them were the sons of Beker. 9Their family history listed the leaders of their families. It also listed 20,200 fighting men.
10The son of Jediael was
Bilhan.
The sons of Bilhan were
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11All these sons of Jediael were the leaders of their families. There were 17,200 fighting men who were ready to go to war.
12The Shuppites and Huppites belonged to the family line of Ir. The Hushites belonged to the family line of Aher.
The Family Line of Naphtali
13The sons of Naphtali were
Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. They belonged to the family line of Bilhah.
The Family Line of Manasseh
14Here is the family line of Manasseh.
He had a concubine who was from the land of Aram. She had Asriel and Makir by him. Makir was the father of Gilead. 15Makir married a woman from among the Huppites and Shuppites. He had a sister named Maakah. Another member of Manasseh’s family line was Zelophehad. All he had was daughters. 16Makir’s wife Maakah had a son by him. She named the boy Peresh. He had a brother named Sheresh. The sons of Sheresh were Ulam and Rakem.
17The son of Ulam was
Bedan.
These were the members of the family line of Makir, the son of Manasseh. Gilead was the son of Makir.
18Gilead’s sister was Hammoleketh. She was the mother of Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.
19The sons of Shemida were
Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
The Family Line of Ephraim
20Here are the members of the family line of Ephraim.
Shuthelah was Ephraim’s son.
Bered was Shuthelah’s son.
Tahath was Bered’s son.
Eleadah was Tahath’s son.
Tahath was Eleadah’s son.
21Zabad was Tahath’s son.
And Shuthelah was Zabad’s son.
Men from Gath killed Ezer and Elead when they went down to steal their livestock. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for them for many days. His relatives came to comfort him. 23Then he slept with his wife. She became pregnant and had a baby boy. Ephraim named him Beriah. That’s because something bad had happened in his family. 24His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon. She also built Uzzen Sheerah.
25Rephah was Beriah’s son.
Resheph was Rephah’s son.
Telah was Resheph’s son.
Tahan was Telah’s son.
26Ladan was Tahan’s son.
Ammihud was Ladan’s son.
Elishama was Ammihud’s son.
27Nun was Elishama’s son.
And Joshua was the son of Nun.
28The lands and settlements of the members of Ephraim’s line included Bethel and the villages around it. Naaran was on the east. Gezer and its villages were on the west. The lands and settlements included Shechem. They also included the villages around Shechem all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The members of the family line of Joseph lived in these towns. Joseph was the son of Israel.
The Family Line of Asher
30The sons of Asher were
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.
31The sons of Beriah were
Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was the father of Birzaith.
32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham and their sister Shua.
33The sons of Japhlet were
Pasak, Bimhal and Ashvath.
They were Japhlet’s sons.
34The sons of Shomer were
Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.
35The sons of Shomer’s brother Helem were
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.
36The sons of Zophah were
Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.
38The sons of Jether were
Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.
39The sons of Ulla were
Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.
40All of them were members of the family line of Asher. They were the leaders of their families. They were fine men. They were brave fighting men. They were outstanding leaders. The total number of men who were ready for battle was 26,000. They were listed in their family history.
1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. 4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. 5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6¶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.7.12 Ir: or, Iri7.12 Aher: or, Ahiram
13¶ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14¶ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 15And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20¶ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21¶ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23¶ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. 24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Non his son, Jehoshua his son.7.27 Non: or, Nun7.27 Jehoshua: or, Joshua
28¶ And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:7.28 towns: Heb. daughters7.28 unto Gaza: or, Adassa 29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.7.29 towns: Heb. daughters
30¶ The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. 32And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
