¹The sons of Judah : Perez , Hezron , Carmi , Hur , and Shobal .

²Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath ; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad . These are the families of the Zorathites .

³These were the sons of the father of Etam : Jezreel , Ishma , and Idbash . The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi .

⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah . These are the sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem .

⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah .

⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher , Temeni , and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah .

⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth , Izhar , and Ethnan.

⁸Hakkoz became the father of Anub , Zobebah , and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum .

⁹Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez , saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow .”[#4:9 “Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.]

¹⁰Jabez called on the God of Israel , saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed , and enlarge my border ! May your hand be with me , and may you keep me from evil , that I may not cause pain !”[#4:10 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “” (Elohim).]

God granted him that which he requested .

¹¹Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir , who was the father of Eshton.

¹²Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah , and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah .

¹³The sons of Kenaz : Othniel and Seraiah . The sons of Othniel : Hathath .[#4:13 Greek and Vulgate add “and Meonothai”]

¹⁴Meonothai became the father of Ophrah : and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim , for they were craftsmen .

¹⁵The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh : Iru , Elah, and Naam . The son of Elah: Kenaz .

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel : Ziph , Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah : Jether , Mered , Epher , and Jalon ; and Mered ’s wife bore Miriam , Shammai , and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

¹⁸His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor , Heber the father of Soco , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah . These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh , whom Mered took .

¹⁹The sons of the wife of Hodiah , the sister of Naham , were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite .

²⁰The sons of Shimon : Amnon, Rinnah , Ben Hanan, and Tilon . The sons of Ishi : Zoheth , and Ben Zoheth .

²¹The sons of Shelah the son of Judah : Er the father of Lecah , Laadah the father of Mareshah , and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

²²and Jokim , and the men of Cozeba , and Joash , and Saraph , who had dominion in Moab , and Jashubilehem. These records are ancient .

²³These were the potters , and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah ; they lived there with the king for his work .

²⁴The sons of Simeon : Nemuel , Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , Shaul ;

²⁵Shallum his son , Mibsam his son , and Mishma his son .

²⁶The sons of Mishma : Hammuel his son , Zaccur his son , Shimei his son .

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brothers didn’t have many children , and all their family didn’t multiply like the children of Judah .

²⁸They lived at Beersheba, Moladah , Hazarshual,

²⁹at Bilhah , at Ezem , at Tolad ,

³⁰at Bethuel , at Hormah , at Ziklag ,

³¹at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim . These were their cities until David ’s reign .

³²Their villages were Etam , Ain , Rimmon , Tochen , and Ashan , five cities ;

³³and all their villages that were around the same cities , as far as Baal . These were their settlements , and they kept their genealogy .

³⁴Meshobab , Jamlech , Joshah the son of Amaziah,

³⁵Joel , Jehu the son of Joshibiah , the son of Seraiah , the son of Asiel ,

³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah , Jeshohaiah , Asaiah , Adiel , Jesimiel , Benaiah ,

³⁷and Ziza the son of Shiphi , the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah , the son of Shimri , the son of Shemaiah —

³⁸these mentioned by name were princes in their families . Their fathers’ houses increased greatly .

³⁹They went to the entrance of Gedor , even to the east side of the valley , to seek pasture for their flocks .

⁴⁰They found rich , good pasture , and the land was wide , and quiet , and peaceful , for those who lived there before were descended from Ham .

⁴¹These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah , and struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there ; and they destroyed them utterly to this day , and lived in their place , because there was pasture there for their flocks .

⁴²Some of them , even of the sons of Simeon , five hundred men , went to Mount Seir , having for their captains Pelatiah , Neariah , Rephaiah , and Uzziel , the sons of Ishi .

⁴³They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped , and have lived there to this day .