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¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight; and he killed him.

⁴ Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.

⁷ The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

⁸ The son of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹ The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰ Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹ and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

¹² and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

¹³ and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;

¹⁶ and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸ Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹ Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

²⁰ Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

²¹ Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

²² Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³ Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children.

³¹ The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

³² The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

³³ The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

³⁶ Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

³⁷ and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

³⁸ and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

³⁹ and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰ and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

⁴¹ and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

⁴³ The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴ Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶ Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹ She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵² Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

⁵³ The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵ The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.