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The descendants
of Judah :
Perez
, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
The sons
of Judah ;
Pharez
, Hezron, and
Carmi, and
Hur, and Shobal.
Reaiah son of Shobal was
the
father
of
Jahath ,
and Jahath was
the
father
of
Ahumai and Lahad. These were
the clans
of the Zorathites.
And
Reaiah the
son of Shobal begat
Jahath ;
and Jahath begat
Ahumai ,
and Lahad. These are
the families
of the Zorathites.
These were the sons
of Etam :
Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash .
And their sister was named
Hazzelelponi.
And
these were of
the father
of Etam ;
Jezreel, and
Ishma, and Idbash :
and the
name
of
their sister was Hazelelponi:
Penuel was
the father of Gedor, and Ezer was
the father of Hushah. These were
the descendants
of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah
and
the father of Bethlehem.
And
Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are
the sons
of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah,
the father of Bethlehem.
Ashhur
the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
And
Ashur
the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Naarah bore
to
him Ahuzzam
, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants
of Naarah.
And
Naarah bare
him Ahuzam
, and
Hepher, and
Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons
of Naarah.
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar
, Ethnan ,
And
the sons of Helah were ,
Zereth, and
Jezoar
, and
Ethnan .
and Koz,
who
was
the
father
of
Anub and Zobebah and of
the clans
of Aharhel son of Harum.
And Coz
begat
Anub ,
and Zobebah ,
and the families
of Aharhel the
son of Harum.
Now
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers.
His mother had
named
him
Jabez, saying, “
Because I bore
him in
pain
. ”
And
Jabez was more honorable than his brethren:
and
his mother called
his
name
Jabez, saying, Because I bare
him with
sorrow
.
And Jabez called out
to
the God of Israel, “If
only
You
would
bless me and enlarge my territory!
May
Your
hand be with me and keep me from harm
, so
that I
will
be
free
from
pain.”
And God granted the
request
of
Jabez
.
And Jabez called on
the God of Israel, saying,
Oh
that
thou
wouldest
bless me indeed,
and enlarge my coast,
and
that
thine
hand might
be with me ,
and that
thou
wouldest
keep me from evil
, that it
may
not
grieve
me!
And God granted him
that
which
he
requested
.
Chelub the brother of Shuhah
was
the
father
of
Mehir, who
was the father of Eshton.
And
Chelub the brother of Shuah
begat
Mehir, which
was the father of Eshton.
Eshton was
the
father
of
Beth-rapha
, of
Paseah, and of
Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash
. These were
the men of Recah
.
And
Eshton begat
Bethrapha
, and
Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash
. These are
the men of Rechah
.
The sons of Kenaz :
Othniel and Seraiah .
The sons of Othniel :
Hathath and
Meonothai
.
And
the sons of Kenaz ;
Othniel ,
and Seraiah :
and
the sons of Othniel ;
Hathath.
Meonothai was
the
father
of
Ophrah ,
and Seraiah was
the
father
of
Joab, the father of those
living
in
Ge-harashim,
which
was
given
this
name
because
its
people
were craftsmen.
And
Meonothai begat
Ophrah :
and Seraiah begat
Joab, the father of the
valley
of
Charashim;
for
they
were craftsmen.
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh :
Iru, Elah, and Naam .
The son
of Elah :
Kenaz.
And
the sons of Caleb the
son of Jephunneh ;
Iru, Elah, and Naam :
and
the sons
of Elah ,
even
Kenaz.
The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel
.
And
the sons of Jehaleleel;
Ziph, and
Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel
.
The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon .
And Mered’s
wife
Bithiah
gave
birth
to
Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
And
the sons of Ezra
were,
Jether, and
Mered, and
Epher, and Jalon :
and she
bare
Miriam, and
Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
These
were
the
children
of
Pharaoh’s
daughter
Bithiah.
Mered
also
took
a
Judean
wife ,
who
gave
birth
to
Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco
, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
And
his
wife Jehudijah
bare
Jered the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Socho
, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And
these
are
the
sons
of
Bithiah
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh,
which
Mered
took.
The sons of Hodiah’s
wife ,
the sister of Naham, were
the fathers
of Keilah the Garmite and of
Eshtemoa the Maacathite
.
And
the sons of his
wife Hodiah
the sister of Naham, the father
of Keilah the Garmite ,
and Eshtemoa the Maachathite
.
The sons of Shimon :
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan
, and Tilon. The descendants
of Ishi :
Zoheth and Ben-zoheth
.
And
the sons of Shimon were,
Amnon, and
Rinnah, Benhanan
, and Tilon. And
the sons
of Ishi were,
Zoheth ,
and Benzoheth
.
The sons of Shelah son of Judah :
Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans
of the linen workers
at
Beth-
ashbea,
The sons of Shelah the
son of Judah were,
Er the father of Lecah, and
Laadah the father of Mareshah ,
and the families
of the house
of
them
that
wrought
fine
linen ,
of
the
house
of
Ashbea,
Jokim, the men of Cozeba
, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled
in Moab and Jashubi-lehem
. (
These names
are from
ancient records
. )
And
Jokim, and
the men of Chozeba
, and Joash ,
and Saraph, who had
the
dominion
in Moab ,
and Jashubilehem
. And
these are ancient things
.
These were the potters who
lived
at
Netaim
and Gederah.
They
lived
there in
the
service
of
the king.
These were the potters ,
and those
that
dwelt
among
plants
and
hedges:
there they
dwelt
with
the king for
his
work
.
The descendants
of Simeon :
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul .
The sons
of Simeon were,
Nemuel, and
Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul :
The
sons
of
Shaul:
Shallum, Mibsam, and
Mishma.
Shallum his
son
, Mibsam his
son
, Mishma his
son
.
The sons of Mishma :
Hammuel
, Zaccur
, and
Shimei.
And
the sons of Mishma ;
Hamuel
his
son
, Zacchur
his
son
, Shimei his
son
.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ,
but his brothers
did
not have
many children, so
their
whole
clan
did not
become
as
numerous
as
the sons
of Judah.
And
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters :
but his brethren
had
not many children, neither
did all
their
family
multiply,
like
to
the children
of Judah.
They lived
in
Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual
,
And
they dwelt
at
Beersheba, and
Moladah, and
Hazarshual
,
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
And
at
Bilhah, and
at
Ezem, and
at
Tolad,
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
And
at
Bethuel, and
at
Hormah, and
at
Ziklag,
Beth-marcaboth
, Hazar-susim
, Beth-biri
, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until
the reign of David.
And
at
Bethmarcaboth
, and
Hazarsusim
, and
at
Bethbirei
, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto
the reign of David.
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan —
five towns—
And their villages were ,
Etam, and
Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan ,
five cities:
and all their surrounding
villages as
far
as
Baal. These were their settlements
, and they
kept
a
genealogical
record:
And all their villages that
were
round
about
the
same
cities,
unto
Baal. These were their habitations
, and their
genealogy.
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
And
Meshobab, and
Jamlech, and
Joshah ,
the
son of Amaziah,
Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah
(
son of Seraiah, son of Asiel )
,
And
Joel, and
Jehu the
son of Josibiah,
the
son of Seraiah, the
son of Asiel,
Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
And
Elioenai, and
Jaakobah, and
Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and
Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and
Benaiah,
and Ziza son of Shiphi (
son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah ).
And Ziza the
son of Shiphi ,
the
son of Allon, the
son of Jedaiah, the
son of Shimri, the
son of Shemaiah ;
These men
listed
by name
were the leaders
of their clans.
Their
families
increased greatly ,
These mentioned
by their
names
were princes
in
their
families:
and
the house
of their fathers
increased greatly .
and they journeyed
to the entrance of Gedor, to
the east side of the valley, in
search
of
pasture for their flocks.
And they went
to the entrance of Gedor, even
unto
the east side of the valley, to
seek
pasture for their flocks.
There
they found rich,
good
pasture, and the land was spacious,
peaceful
, and quiet; for some
Hamites
had lived
there formerly
.
And
they found fat
pasture and
good
, and the land was wide
, and quiet ,
and
peaceable
; for they
of
Ham
had dwelt
there of
old
.
These who
were
noted
by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah .
They
attacked
the
Hamites
and Meunites
there
in
their dwellings
, devoting
them to
destruction
even
to
this day .
Then
they
settled
in their place,
because there was pasture for their flocks.
And
these written
by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ,
and smote
their tents
, and
the
habitations
that
were
found
there,
and
destroyed
them utterly
unto
this day ,
and
dwelt
in their rooms:
because there was pasture there
for their flocks.
And five hundred of
these
Simeonites
led
by
Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi ,
went
to
Mount
Seir
And some
of
them,
even
of
the
sons
of
Simeon,
five hundred men,
went
to
mount
Seir,
having
for
their
captains
Pelatiah, and
Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi .
and struck
down
the remnant
of the Amalekites who
had
escaped .
And they
have
lived
there to
this day.
And they
smote
the rest
of the Amalekites that
were
escaped ,
and dwelt
there unto
this day.
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