Reuben
1The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright, 2and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph) – 3the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:
Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.
4The descendants of Joel:
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,
Shimei his son, 5Micah his son,
Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26 king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
7Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records:
Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, 8and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel.
They settled in the area from Aroer to Nebo and Baal Meon. 9To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the River Euphrates, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.
10During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.
Gad
11The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:
12Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.
13Their relatives, by families, were:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber – seven in all.
14These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
16The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasture-lands of Sharon as far as they extended.
17All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
18The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service – able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. 20They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 21They seized the livestock of the Hagrites – fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.
The half-tribe of Manasseh
23The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).
24These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. 25But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
吕便的后裔
1以色列的长子原是吕便，但因为他玷污了父亲的床5:1 指跟父亲的妾通奸一事，参见创世记35:22。，他长子的名分就给了他弟弟约瑟的后代。因此，按家谱他不是长子。 2犹大虽然在众弟兄中最强大，君王也是出自他的后裔，长子的名分却属于约瑟。 3以色列长子吕便的儿子是哈诺、法路、希斯伦和迦米。 4约珥的儿子是示玛雅，示玛雅的儿子是歌革，歌革的儿子是示每， 5示每的儿子是米迦，米迦的儿子是利·亚雅，利·亚雅的儿子是巴力， 6巴力的儿子是备·拉。备·拉是吕便支派的首领，被亚述王提革拉·毗尼色掳去。 7按家谱记载，他做族长的亲族是耶利、撒迦利雅和比拉。 8比拉是亚撒的儿子，亚撒是示玛的儿子，示玛是约珥的儿子。约珥住在亚罗珥至尼波和巴力·免一带。 9他们的牲畜在基列繁殖众多，便又向东迁移到幼发拉底河西边的旷野。 10扫罗执政期间，吕便人与夏甲人交战，打败了夏甲人，占领了基列东边的整片土地。
迦得的后裔
11迦得的后代住在毗邻吕便支派的巴珊，向东远至撒迦。 12在巴珊做首领的有族长约珥、副族长沙番以及雅乃和沙法。 13他们同族的弟兄有米迦勒、米书兰、示巴、约赖、雅干、细亚和希伯，共七人。 14这些都是亚比孩的儿子。亚比孩是户利的儿子，户利是耶罗亚的儿子，耶罗亚是基列的儿子，基列是米迦勒的儿子，米迦勒是耶示筛的儿子，耶示筛是耶哈多的儿子，耶哈多是布斯的儿子。 15古尼的孙子、押比碟的儿子亚希是他们家族的族长。 16他们住在基列、巴珊和巴珊附近的乡村以及沙仑所有的草原，直到四围的边界地带。 17这些人是在犹大王约坦和以色列王耶罗波安执政期间被记录在族谱里的。
18吕便支派、迦得支派和玛拿西半个支派中善用盾牌、刀剑、弓箭、能征善战的勇士共有四万四千七百六十人。 19他们与夏甲人、伊突人、拿非施人和挪答人打仗， 20击败了夏甲人及其盟军，因为他们信靠上帝，在作战的时候向上帝求助，上帝应允了他们的祈求。 21他们从敌人那里掳走了五万只骆驼、二十五万只羊、两千头驴和十万人口。 22敌人伤亡惨重，因为他们有上帝的帮助。他们占据敌人的土地，一直到被掳的时候。
玛拿西的半个支派
23玛拿西半个支派的人住在从巴珊到巴力·黑们、示尼珥和黑门山一带。 24他们的族长以弗、以示、以列、亚斯列、耶利米、何达威雅、雅叠都是英勇的战士，是著名的人物和各家族的首领。
25可是，他们却背弃他们祖先的上帝，与当地居民的神明苟合。上帝曾在他们面前毁灭那些居民。 26因此，以色列的上帝驱使亚述王普勒，即提革拉·毗尼色，把吕便人、迦得人、玛拿西半个支派的人掳到哈腊、哈博、哈拉和歌散河边，他们至今还在那里。
