Israel’s Sons
1These were the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Judah
To Hezron’s Sons
3The 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. 4Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
5The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul.
6The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara—five in all.
7The son of Karmi:
Achar,2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua. who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
8The son of Ethan:
Azariah.
9The sons born to Hezron were:
Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb
From Ram Son of Hezron
10Ram was the father of
Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah. 11Nahshon was the father of Salmon,2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma Salmon the father of Boaz, 12Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.
13Jesse was the father of
Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15the sixth Ozem and the seventh David. 16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. 17Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Caleb Son of Hezron
18Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. 19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
21Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub. 22Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead. 23(But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
24After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father2:24 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere. of Tekoa.
Jerahmeel Son of Hezron
25The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and2:25 Or Oren and Ozem, by Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:
Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
28The sons of Onam:
Shammai and Jada.
The sons of Shammai:
Nadab and Abishur.
29Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
30The sons of Nadab:
Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
31The son of Appaim:
Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan.
Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
32The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:
Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
33The sons of Jonathan:
Peleth and Zaza.
These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
34Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.
He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 35Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
36Attai was the father of Nathan,
Nathan the father of Zabad,
37Zabad the father of Ephlal,
Ephlal the father of Obed,
38Obed the father of Jehu,
Jehu the father of Azariah,
39Azariah the father of Helez,
Helez the father of Eleasah,
40Eleasah the father of Sismai,
Sismai the father of Shallum,
41Shallum the father of Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.
The Clans of Caleb
42The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:
Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah,2:42 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. who was the father of Hebron.
43The sons of Hebron:
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
47The sons of Jahdai:
Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
48Caleb’s concubine Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah. 50These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:
Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:
Haroeh, half the Manahathites, 53and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
54The descendants of Salma:
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55and the clans of scribes2:55 Or of the Sopherites who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab
Israel Awoɔ Ntoatoasoɔ
1Israel mmammarima yɛ Ruben, Simeon, Lewi, Yuda, Isakar, Sebulon, 2Dan, Yosef, Benyamin, Naftali, Gad ne Aser.
Yuda Asefoɔ
3Yuda ne Kanaanni baa Bat-Sua woo mmammarima baasa.
Na wɔn din de Er, Onan ne Sela.
Nanso, na abakan Er no yɛ omumuyɛfoɔ enti, Awurade kumm no.
4Akyire no, Yuda ne nʼase kunafoɔ Tamar woo ntafoɔ. Na wɔn din de Peres ne Serah.
Enti Yuda woo mmammarima baanum.
5Na Peres mmammarima din de
Hesron ne Hamul.
6Serah mmammarima din de
Simri, Etan, Heman, Kalkol ne Dara; wɔyɛ enum.
7Akar a ɔyɛ Karmi babarima ne Serah asefoɔ no mu baako nam fa a ɔfaa asadeɛ a wɔgya maa Awurade no so, de amanehunu baa Israelfoɔ so.
8Na Etan babarima ne
Asaria.
Ɛfiri Yuda Nana Barima Hesron So Kɔsi Dawid So
9Hesron mmammarima edin de Yerahmeel, Ram ne Kaleb.
10Ram yɛ Aminadab agya.
Aminadab yɛ Nahson a na ɔyɛ Yuda ntuanoni no agya.
11Nahson yɛ Salma agya.
Na Salma nso yɛ Boas agya.
12Boas yɛ Obed agya.
Obed yɛ Yisai agya.
13Yisai abakan yɛ Eliab. Deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu yɛ Abinadab ɛnna deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa yɛ Simea. 14Na deɛ ɔtɔ so ɛnan yɛ Netanel ɛnna Radai tɔ so enum. 15Ne babarima a ɔtɔ so nsia no din de Osem, na Dawid na na ɔtɔ so nson. 16Na wɔn nuanom mmaa din de Seruia ne Abigail.
Na Seruia woo mmammarima baasa a wɔn din yɛ Abisai, Yoab ne Asahel.
17Abigail waree ɔbarima bi a ne din de Yeter a ɔyɛ Ismaelni na wɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔtoo no edin Amasa.
Hesron Babarima Kaleb Asefoɔ
18Na Hesron babarima Kaleb wɔ yerenom baanu a wɔne Asuba ne Yeriot. Na Asuba mmammarima edin de Yeser, Sobab ne Ardon.
19Asuba owuo akyi no, Kaleb waree Efrata. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Hur.
20Hur woo Uri. Uri nso woo Besaleel.
21Ɛberɛ a Hesron dii mfeɛ aduosia no, ɔwaree Gilead nuabaa a na ɔyɛ Makir babaa. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Segub.
22Segub woo Yair a ɔdii nkuro aduonu mmiɛnsa so wɔ Gilead asase so no.
23(Akyire no, Gesur ne Aram gyee Yair nkuro, sane gyee Kenat ne ne nkuraa aduosia a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa.)
Na yeinom nyinaa yɛ Makir a ɔyɛ Gilead agya no asefoɔ.
24Hesron wuu wɔ kuro Kaleb-Efrata mu no, ankyɛ na ne yere Abia woo ɔbabarima a wɔtoo no edin Asur (Tekoa agya).
Hesron Ba Yerahmeel Asefoɔ
25Hesron abakan Yerahmeel mmammarima a ɔwoo wɔn no edin yɛ
Ram (abakan), Buna, Oren, Osem ne Ahiya. 26Yerahmeel wɔ yere a ɔtɔ so mmienu a wɔfrɛ no Atara, na ɔno na ɔwoo Onam.
27Ram a ɔyɛ Yerahmeel abakan no mmammarima yɛ
Maas, Yamin ne Eker.
28Onam mmammarima yɛ
Samai ne Yada.
Na Samai mmammarima yɛ
Nadab ne Abisur. 29Na Abisur ne ne yere Abihail mmammarima yɛ Ahban ne Molid.
30Na Nadab mmammarima yɛ
Seled ne Apaim. Seled wuiɛ a wanwo mma;
31na Apaim deɛ, ɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔfrɛ no Yisi.
Na Yisi woo Sesan. Na Sesan nyaa nʼaseni bi a wɔfrɛ no Ahlai.
32Na Samai nuabarima Yada woo
Yeter ne Yonatan. Na Yeter wuiɛ a wanwo ba biara,
33nanso Yonatan woo mmammarima baanu a na wɔfrɛ
wɔn Pelet ne Sasa.
Na yeinom nyinaa yɛ Yerahmeel asefoɔ.
34Na Sesan annya mmammarima, ɔnyaa mmammaa.
Na ɔwɔ Misraimni ɔsomfoɔ bi a ne din de Yarha. 35Sesan de ne mmammaa no mu baako maa Yarha awadeɛ na wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Atai.
36Atai woo Natan
na Natan woo Sabad.
37Sabad woo Efial.
Efial woo Obed.
38Obed woo Yehu
na Yehu woo Asaria.
39Asaria woo Heles.
Heles woo Eleasa.
40Eleasa woo Sisemai
na Sisemai woo Salum.
41Salum woo Yekamia,
na Yekamia woo Elisama.
Hesron Babarima Kaleb Asefoɔ
42Yerahmeel nua Kaleb
babarima piesie ne Mesa a ɔyɛ Sif agya.
Na Kaleb babarima a ɔtɔ so mmienu din de Maresa a ɔyɛ Hebron agya.
43Na Hebron mmammarima yɛ
Kora, Tapua, Rekem ne Sema.
44Na Sema woo Raham.
Raham woo Yorkeam.
Na Rekem woo Samai.
45Na Samai woo Maon.
Maon woo Bet-Sur.
46Na Kaleb mpena Efa woo
Haran, Mosa ne Gases.
Na Haran woo Gases.
47Na Yahdai mmammarima yɛ
Regem, Yotam, Gesan, Pelet, Efa ne Saaf.
48Kaleb mpena foforɔ bi a wɔfrɛ no Maaka woo
Seber ne Tirhana.
49Ɔsane woo Saaf a na ɔyɛ Madmana agya
ne Sewa a na ɔyɛ Makbena ne Gibea agya.
Na Kaleb woo ɔbabaa a ne din de Aksa.
50Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kaleb asefoɔ.
Kaleb Babarima Hur Asefoɔ
Kaleb yere Efrata abakan Hur mmammarima yɛ
Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya 51Salma a ɔyɛ Betlehem agya ne Haref a ɔyɛ Bet-Gader agya.
52Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya no mmammarima yɛ
Haroe a ne fa yɛ Manahatini 53na ne fa a aka no firi Kiriat-Yearim mmusua mu. Sobal asefoɔ a wɔka ho ne Yitrifoɔ, Putifoɔ, Sumatifoɔ ne Misraimfoɔ. Wɔn mu na Sorafoɔ ne Estaolfoɔ firie.
54Salma asefoɔ yɛ
Betlehem, Netofafoɔ, Atrot-Bet-Yoabfoɔ, Manahatfoɔ fa bi, Sorifoɔ, 55ne atwerɛfoɔ mmusua a wɔte Yabes no, Tirafoɔ, Simeafoɔ ne Sukatfoɔ. Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kenifoɔ, Hamat a ɔyɛ Rekab agya no asefoɔ.
