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
以色列的後裔
1以色列的兒子是呂便、西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦、西布倫、 2但、約瑟、便雅憫、拿弗他利、迦得和亞設。
猶大的後裔
3猶大的兒子是珥、俄南和示拉。這三人是迦南人書亞的女兒生的。猶大的長子珥在耶和華眼中是個邪惡的人，因而被耶和華擊殺了。 4猶大的兒媳她瑪給猶大生了法勒斯和謝拉。猶大共有五個兒子。 5法勒斯的兒子是希斯崙和哈姆勒。 6謝拉的五個兒子是心利、以探、希幔、甲各、大拉。 7迦米的兒子是亞干，這亞干私藏本該毀滅之物，連累了以色列人。 8以探的兒子是亞撒利雅。
9希斯崙的兒子是耶拉篾、蘭和迦勒2·9 「迦勒」希伯來文是「基路拜」，「迦勒」的另一種拼法。。 10蘭生亞米拿達，亞米拿達生拿順，拿順是猶大人的首領。 11拿順生撒門，撒門生波阿斯， 12波阿斯生俄備得，俄備得生耶西。 13耶西生長子以利押、次子亞比拿達、三子示米亞、 14四子拿坦業、五子拉代、 15六子阿鮮、七子大衛。 16他們的姊妹是洗魯雅和亞比該。洗魯雅的三個兒子是亞比篩、約押和亞撒黑。 17亞比該生亞瑪撒，亞瑪撒的父親是以實瑪利人益帖。
希斯崙的後裔
18希斯崙的兒子迦勒和妻子阿蘇巴生了兒子，他也和耶略生了兒子。阿蘇巴的兒子是耶設、朔罷和押墩。 19阿蘇巴死後，迦勒又娶了以法她，生了戶珥。 20戶珥生烏利，烏利生比撒列。 21希斯崙六十歲娶瑪吉的女兒，與她生了西割。瑪吉是基列的父親。 22西割生雅珥，雅珥在基列有二十三座城邑。 23後來基述人和亞蘭人奪取了雅珥的城邑，包括基納及其附近的六十個村落。這些人都是基列的父親瑪吉的後代。 24希斯崙死在迦勒·以法他後，他的妻子亞比雅給他生了亞施戶。亞施戶是提哥亞的父親。
耶拉篾的後裔
25希斯崙的長子耶拉篾生了長子蘭，又生了布拿、阿連、阿鮮、亞希雅。 26耶拉篾的另一個妻子名叫亞她拉，是阿南的母親。 27耶拉篾的長子蘭的兒子是瑪斯、雅憫和以結。 28阿南的兒子是沙邁和雅大。沙邁的兒子是拿答和亞比述。 29亞比述的妻子名叫亞比孩，她給丈夫生了亞班和摩利。 30拿答的兒子是西列和亞遍。西列死後沒有留下兒子。 31亞遍的兒子是以示，以示的兒子是示珊，示珊的兒子是亞來。 32沙邁的兄弟雅大的兒子是益帖和約拿單。益帖死後沒有留下兒子。 33約拿單的兒子是比勒和撒薩。這些人都是耶拉篾的子孫。 34示珊沒有兒子，只有女兒，還有一個名叫耶哈的埃及僕人。 35示珊把女兒嫁給僕人耶哈，她給丈夫生了亞太。 36亞太生拿單，拿單生撒拔， 37撒拔生以弗拉，以弗拉生俄備得， 38俄備得生耶戶，耶戶生亞撒利雅， 39亞撒利雅生希利斯，希利斯生以利亞薩， 40以利亞薩生西斯邁，西斯邁生沙龍， 41沙龍生耶加米雅，耶加米雅生以利沙瑪。
迦勒的後裔
42耶拉篾的兄弟迦勒的長子是西弗的父親米沙，希伯倫的父親瑪利沙也是迦勒的兒子。 43希伯倫的兒子是可拉、他普亞、利肯、示瑪。 44示瑪生拉含，拉含是約干的父親。利肯生沙邁， 45沙邁的兒子是瑪雲，瑪雲是伯·夙的父親。 46迦勒的妾以法生哈蘭、摩撒和迦謝。哈蘭生迦諧。 47雅代的兒子是利健、約坦、基珊、毗力、以法、沙亞弗。 48迦勒的妾瑪迦生示別、特哈拿、 49麥瑪拿的父親沙亞弗、抹比拿和基比亞的父親示法。迦勒的女兒是押撒。 50這些人都是迦勒的子孫。以法她的長子戶珥生基列·耶琳的父親朔巴、 51伯利恆的父親薩瑪、伯迦得的父親哈勒。 52基列·耶琳的父親朔巴的子孫是哈羅以和半數米努·哈人。 53基列·耶琳的各宗族是以帖人、布特人、舒瑪人、密來人，從這些宗族中又衍生出瑣拉人和以實陶人。 54薩瑪的後代是伯利恆人、尼陀法人、亞他綠·伯·約押人、半數瑪拿哈人、瑣利人， 55以及住在雅比斯的文書世家特拉人、示米押人和蘇甲人。這些都是基尼人，是利甲家族的祖先哈末的後代。
