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1The descendants of Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
3These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.[#4:3 LXX (see also Vulgate); Hebrew These were of the father]
4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.[#4:4 Or the founder; also in verses 5, 12, 14, 17, 18, and possibly elsewhere]
These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
9Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[#4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain or distress.]
10And 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.
11Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
13The sons of Kenaz:
The sons of Othniel:
14Meonothai 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.[#4:14 Literally Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen. The Hebrew Ge-harashim means valley of craftsmen.]
15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:
The son of Elah:
16The sons of Jehallelel:
17The sons of Ezrah:
19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.[#4:19 Or were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite]
20The sons of Shimon:
The descendants of Ishi:
21The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
24The descendants of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25The sons of Shaul:
26The sons of Mishma:
27Shimei 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.
28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
33and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:[#4:33 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8) Baalath]
38These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
39and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
40There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
41These 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.[#4:41 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the , either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.]
42And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
43and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.