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

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

³The 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 .[#2:3 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “”, usually pronounced Yahweh).]

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

⁵The sons of Perez : Hezron and Hamul .

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

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

⁸The son of Ethan: Azariah .

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Nethanel the fourth , Raddai the fifth ,

¹⁵Ozem the sixth , and David the seventh ;

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

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

¹⁸Caleb 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.

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

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

²¹Afterward 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 .

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

²³Geshur 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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴²The 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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁵⁵The 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 .