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Verse 1

The sons{H1121} of Judah:{H3063} Perez,{H6557} Hezron,{H2696} and Carmi,{H3756} and Hur,{H2354} and Shobal.{H7732}

Verse 2

And Reaiah{H7211} the son{H1121} of Shobal{H7732} begat{H3205} Jahath;{H3189} and Jahath{H3189} begat{H3205} Ahumai{H267} and Lahad.{H3855} These are the families{H4940} of the Zorathites.{H6882}

Verse 3

And these were [the sons of] the father{H1} of Etam:{H5862} Jezreel,{H3157} and Ishma,{H3457} and Idbash;{H3031} and the name{H8034} of their sister{H269} was Hazzelelponi;{H6753}

Verse 4

and Penuel{H6439} the father{H1} of Gedor,{H1446} and Ezer{H5829} the father{H1} of Hushah.{H2364} These are the sons{H1121} of Hur,{H2354} the first-born{H1060} of Ephrathah,{H672} the father{H1} of Beth-lehem.{H1035}

Verse 5

And Ashhur{H806} the father{H1} of Tekoa{H8620} had two{H8147} wives,{H802} Helah{H2458} and Naarah.{H5292}

Verse 6

And Naarah{H5292} bare{H3205} him Ahuzzam,{H275} and Hepher,{H2660} and Temeni,{H8488} and Haahashtari.{H326} These were the sons{H1121} of Naarah.{H5292}

Verse 7

And the sons{H1121} of Helah{H2458} were Zereth,{H6889} Izhar,{H6714} and Ethnan.{H869}

Verse 8

And Hakkoz{H6976} begat{H3205} Anub,{H6036} and Zobebah,{H6637} and the families{H4940} of Aharhel{H316} the son{H1121} of Harum.{H2037}

Verse 9

And Jabez{H3258} was more honorable{H3513} than his brethren:{H251} and his mother{H517} called{H7121} his name{H8034} Jabez,{H3258} saying,{H559} Because I bare{H3205} him with sorrow.{H6090}

Verse 10

And Jabez{H3258} called{H7121} on the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} Oh that{H518} thou wouldest bless{H1288} me indeed,{H1288} and enlarge{H7235} my border,{H1366} and that thy hand{H3027} might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep{H6213} me from evil,{H7451} that it be not to my sorrow!{H6087} And God{H430} granted{H935} him that which he requested.{H7592}

Verse 11

And Chelub{H3620} the brother{H251} of Shuhah{H7746} begat{H3205} Mehir,{H4243} who was the father{H1} of Eshton.{H850}

Verse 12

And Eshton{H850} begat{H3205} Beth-rapha,{H1051} and Paseah,{H6454} and Tehinnah{H8468} the father{H1} of Ir-nahash.{H5904} These are the men{H582} of Recah.{H7397}

Verse 13

And the sons{H1121} of Kenaz:{H7073} Othniel,{H6274} and Seraiah.{H8304} And the sons{H1121} of Othniel:{H6274} Hathath.{H2867}

Verse 14

And Meonothai{H4587} begat{H3205} Ophrah:{H6084} and Seraiah{H8304} begat{H3205} Joab{H3097} the father{H1} of {H1516} Ge-harashim;{H2798} for they were craftsmen.{H2791}

Verse 15

And the sons{H1121} of Caleb{H3612} the son{H1121} of Jephunneh:{H3312} Iru,{H5900} Elah,{H425} and Naam;{H5277} and the sons{H1121} of Elah;{H425} and Kenaz.{H7073}

Verse 16

And the sons{H1121} of Jehallelel:{H3094} Ziph,{H2128} and Ziphah,{H2129} Tiria,{H8493} and Asarel.{H840}

Verse 17

And the sons{H1121} of Ezrah:{H5834} Jether,{H3500} and Mered,{H4778} and Epher,{H6081} and Jalon;{H3210} and she bare{H2029} Miriam,{H4813} and Shammai,{H8060} and Ishbah{H3431} the father{H1} of Eshtemoa.{H851}

Verse 18

And his wife{H802} the Jewess{H3057} bare{H3205} Jered{H3382} the father{H1} of Gedor,{H1446} and Heber{H2268} the father{H1} of Soco,{H7755} and Jekuthiel{H3354} the father{H1} of Zanoah.{H2182} And these are the sons{H1121} of Bithiah{H1332} the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh,{H6547} whom Mered{H4778} took.{H3947}

Verse 19

And the sons{H1121} of the wife{H802} of Hodiah,{H1940} the sister{H269} of Naham,{H5163} were the father{H1} of Keilah{H7084} the Garmite,{H1636} and Eshtemoa{H851} the Maacathite.{H4602}

Verse 20

And the sons{H1121} of Shimon:{H7889} Amnon,{H550} and Rinnah,{H7441} Ben-hanan,{H1135} and Tilon.{H8436} And the sons{H1121} of Ishi:{H3469} Zoheth,{H2105} and Ben-zoheth.{H1132}

Verse 21

The sons{H1121} of Shelah{H7956} the son{H1121} of Judah:{H3063} Er{H6147} the father{H1} of Lecah,{H3922} and Laadah{H3935} the father{H1} of Mareshah,{H4762} and the families{H4940} of the house{H1004} of them that wrought{H5656} fine linen,{H948} of the house{H1004} of Ashbea;{H791}

Verse 22

and Jokim,{H3137} and the men{H582} of Cozeba,{H3578} and Joash,{H3101} and Saraph,{H8315} who had dominion{H1166} in Moab,{H4124} and Jashubilehem.{H3433} And the records{H1697} are ancient.{H6267}

Verse 23

These were the potters,{H3335} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Netaim{H5196} and Gederah:{H1448} there they dwelt{H3427} with the king{H4428} for his work.{H4399}

Verse 24

The sons{H1121} of Simeon:{H8095} Nemuel,{H5241} and Jamin,{H3226} Jarib,{H3402} Zerah,{H2226} Shaul;{H7586}

Verse 25

Shallum{H7967} his son,{H1121} Mibsam{H4017} his son,{H1121} Mishma{H4927} his son.{H1121}

Verse 26

And the sons{H1121} of Mishma:{H4927} Hammuel{H2536} his son,{H1121} Zaccur{H2139} his son,{H1121} Shimei{H8096} his son.{H1121}

Verse 27

And Shimei{H8096} had sixteen{H8337} sons{H1121} and six{H8337} daughters;{H1323} but his brethren{H251} had not many{H7227} children,{H1121} neither did all their family{H4940} multiply{H7235} like to the children{H1121} of Judah.{H3063}

Verse 28

And they dwelt{H3427} at Beer-sheba,{H884} and Moladah,{H4137} and Hazarshual,{H2705}

Verse 29

and at Bilhah,{H1090} and at Ezem,{H6107} and at Tolad,{H8434}

Verse 30

and at Bethuel,{H1328} and at Hormah,{H2767} and at Ziklag,{H6860}

Verse 31

and at Beth-marcaboth,{H1024} and Hazar-susim,{H2702} and at Beth-biri,{H1011} and at Shaaraim.{H8189} These were their cities{H5892} unto the reign{H4427} of David.{H1732}

Verse 32

And their villages{H2691} were Etam,{H5862} and Ain,{H5871} Rimmon,{H7417} and Tochen,{H8507} and Ashan,{H6228} five{H2568} cities;{H5892}

Verse 33

and all their villages{H2691} that were round about{H5439} the same cities,{H5892} unto Baal.{H1168} These were their habitations,{H4186} and they have their genealogy.{H3187}

Verse 34

And Meshobab,{H4877} and Jamlech,{H3230} and Joshah{H3144} the son{H1121} of Amaziah,{H558}

Verse 35

and Joel,{H3100} and Jehu{H3058} the son{H1121} of Joshibiah,{H3143} the son{H1121} of Seraiah,{H8304} the son{H1121} of Asiel,{H6221}

Verse 36

and Elioenai,{H454} and Jaakobah,{H3291} and Jeshohaiah,{H3439} and Asaiah,{H6222} and Adiel,{H5717} and Jesimiel,{H3450} and Benaiah,{H1141}

Verse 37

and Ziza{H2124} the son{H1121} of Shiphi,{H8230} the son{H1121} of Allon,{H438} the son{H1121} of Jedaiah,{H3042} the son{H1121} of Shimri,{H8113} the son{H1121} of Shemaiah—{H8098}

Verse 38

these mentioned{H935} by name{H8034} were princes{H5387} in their families:{H4940} and their fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} increased{H6555} greatly.{H7230}

Verse 39

And they went{H3212} to the entrance{H3996} of Gedor,{H1446} even unto the east side{H4217} of the valley,{H1516} to seek{H1245} pasture{H4829} for their flocks.{H6629}

Verse 40

And they found{H4672} fat{H8082} pasture{H4829} and good,{H2896} and the land{H776} was wide,{H7342} and quiet,{H8252} and peaceable;{H7961} for they that dwelt{H3427} there aforetime{H6440} were of Ham.{H2526}

Verse 41

And these written{H3789} by name{H8034} came{H935} in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and smote{H5221} their tents,{H168} and the Meunim{H4583} that were found{H4672} there, and destroyed{H2763} them utterly unto this day,{H3117} and dwelt{H3427} in their stead; because there was pasture{H4829} there for their flocks.{H6629}

Verse 42

And some of them, even of the sons{H1121} of Simeon,{H8095} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} men,{H582} went{H1980} to mount{H2022} Seir,{H8165} having for their captains{H7218} Pelatiah,{H6410} and Neariah,{H5294} and Rephaiah,{H7509} and Uzziel,{H5816} the sons{H1121} of Ishi.{H3469}

Verse 43

And they smote{H5221} the remnant{H7611} of the Amalekites{H6002} that escaped,{H6413} and have dwelt{H3427} there unto this day.{H3117}

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