¹These [are] the sons of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; Re’uven [Behold a Son] , Shim’on [he who hears] , Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] , and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , Yissakhar [There Is Recompense] , and Z’vulun [Glorious Dwelling Place] ,

²Dan [Judge] , Yosef [(God) He Shall Add] , and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , Naftali [My Wrestling] , Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] , and Asher [Happy] .

³The sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] ; ‘Er [awake] , and Onan [strong] , and Shelah [A Petition] : [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Bat-Shua [daughter of wealth] the Kena’anit [zealous] . And ‘Er [awake] , the firstborn of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , was evil in the sight of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; and he killed him.

⁴And Tamar [palm-tree] his daughter in law bore him Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)] and Zerach [Rising] . All the sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [were] five.

⁵The sons of Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)] ; Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] , and Hamul.

⁶And the sons of Zerach [Rising] ; Zimri [My Music] , and Eitan [enduring] , and Heiman [faithful] , and Kolkol [sustaining] , and Dara [the arm] : five of them in all.

⁷And the sons of Karmi [Fruitful, Noble] ; ‘Akhar [troubler] , the troubler of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , who transgressed in the thing accursed.

⁸And the sons of Eitan [enduring] ; ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] .

⁹The sons also of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] , that were born unto him; Yerachme’el [my God have pity] , and Ram [high or exalted] , and K’luvai [my caged one] .

¹⁰And Ram [high or exalted] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] ; and ‘Amminadav [family of the prince] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Nachshon [Enchanter] , prince of the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] ;

¹¹And Nachshon [Enchanter] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Salma, and Salma begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Bo’az [a high rate of movement] ,

¹²And Bo’az [a high rate of movement] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Oved [serving] , and ‘Oved [serving] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yishai [I possess] ,

¹³And Yishai [I possess] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) his firstborn ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] , and Avinadav [my father is noble] the second, and Shim’a [fame] the third,

¹⁴N’tan’el [God’s Gift] the fourth, Radai [trampling] the fifth,

¹⁵Otzem [I shall hasten them] the sixth, David [beloved] the seventh:

¹⁶Whose sisters [were] Tz’ruyah [balsam] , and Avigayil [my father is joy] . And the sons of Tz’ruyah [balsam] ; Avishai [my father is a gift] , and Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , and ‘Asah’el [God-made] , three.

¹⁷And Avigayil [my father is joy] bore ‘Amasa [burden] : and the father of ‘Amasa [burden] [was] Yeter [abundance] the Yisha’eli [God will hear] .

¹⁸And Kalev [Dog] the son of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) [children] of ‘Azuvah [forsaken] [his] wife, and of Yeri’ot [curtains] : her sons [are] these; Yesher [upright] , and Shovav [rebellious] , and Ardon [subduer: fugitive].

¹⁹And when ‘Azuvah [forsaken] was dead, Kalev [Dog] took unto him Efrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], which bore him Hur [Liberty] .

²⁰And Hur [Liberty] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Uri [my light, my fire] , and Uri [my light, my fire] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) B’tzal’el [In The Shadow (Protection) of El / God].

²¹And afterward Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] went in to the daughter of Makhir [Sold] the father of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] , whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bore him S’guv [exalted] .

²²And S’guv [exalted] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Ya’ir [He Enlightens] , who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] .

²³And he took G’shur [proud beholder] , and Aram [exalted] , with the towns of Ya’ir [He Enlightens] , from them, with K’nat [Possession] , and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Makhir [Sold] the father of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] .

²⁴And after that Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] was dead in Kalev-Efratah [dog or ash heap] , then Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] ’s wife bore him Ashur the father of T’koa [a stockade] .

²⁵And the sons of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] the firstborn of Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] were, Ram [high or exalted] the firstborn, and Bunah [intelligence] , and Oren [cedar] , and Otzem [I shall hasten them] , [and] Achiyah [brother of Yehovah] .

²⁶Yerachme’el [my God have pity] had also another wife, whose name [was] ‘Atarah [a crown] ; she [was] the mother of Onam [vigorous] .

²⁷And the sons of Ram [high or exalted] the firstborn of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] were, Ma’az [wrath] , and Yamin [Right Hand] , and ‘Eker [offspring] .

²⁸And the sons of Onam [vigorous] were, Shamai [desolate] , and Jada. And the sons of Shamai [desolate] ; Nadav [Generous] , and Avishur [my father is a wall] .

²⁹And the name of the wife of Avishur [my father is a wall] [was] Avichayil [Father of Strength] , and she bore him Achban [brother of an understanding (intelligent) one] , and Molid [begetter] .

³⁰And the sons of Nadav [Generous] ; Seled [exultation] , and Apayim [nostrils] : but Seled [exultation] died without children.

³¹And the sons of Apayim [nostrils] ; Yish’i [He saves me] . And the sons of Yish’i [He saves me] ; Sheshan [noble] . And the children of Sheshan [noble] ; Achlai [O! would that!] .

³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shamai [desolate] ; Yeter [abundance] , and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] : and Yeter [abundance] died without children.

³³And the sons of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] ; Pelet [Swiftness] , and Zaza [brightness, or fullness] . These were the sons of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] .

³⁴Now Sheshan [noble] had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan [noble] had a servant, an Mitzri [Egyptian] , whose name [was] Yarcha [the month of sweeping away] .

³⁵And Sheshan [noble] gave his daughter to Yarcha [the month of sweeping away] his servant to wife; and she bore him ‘Atai [opportune] .

³⁶And ‘Atai [opportune] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Natan [giver] , and Natan [giver] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Zavad [he endows] ,

³⁷And Zavad [he endows] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Efal [intercessor] , and Efal [intercessor] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Oved [serving] ,

³⁸And ‘Oved [serving] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yehu [Yehovah is He] , and Yehu [Yehovah is He] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] ,

³⁹And ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Heletz [he has saved] , and Heletz [he has saved] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) El’asah [God has made] ,

⁴⁰And El’asah [God has made] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Sisamai [water crane, or swallow (to approve, commend, accept)] , and Sisamai [water crane, or swallow (to approve, commend, accept)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shalum [retribution] ,

⁴¹And Shalum [retribution] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Y’kamyah [Yehovah raises] , and Y’kamyah [Yehovah raises] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Elishama [My God has Heard] .

⁴²Now the sons of Kalev [Dog] the brother of Yerachme’el [my God have pity] [were] , Mesha [deliverance] his firstborn, which was the father of Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)] ; and the sons of Mareshah [Crest of a Hill] the father of Hevron [Seat of Association] .

⁴³And the sons of Hevron [Seat of Association] ; Korakh [Bald] , and Tapuach [The Apple City] , and Rekem [Variegation] , and Sh’ma [Hear] .

⁴⁴And Sh’ma [Hear] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Racham [belly] , the father of Yorke’am [the people empty] : and Rekem [Variegation] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shamai [desolate] .

⁴⁵And the son of Shamai [desolate] [was] Ma’on [Habitation] : and Ma’on [Habitation] [was] the father of Beit’Tzur [House of the Rock] .

⁴⁶And ‘Eifah [gloomy] , Kalev [Dog] ’s concubine, bore Haran [mountaineer] , and Motza [fountain] , and Gazez [shearer] : and Haran [mountaineer] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Gazez [shearer] .

⁴⁷And the sons of Yahdai [whom will he place] ; Regem [friend] , and Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] , and Geshan [lump] , and Pelet [deliverance] , and ‘Eifah [gloomy] , and Sha’af [division] .

⁴⁸Ma’akhah [oppression] , Kalev [Dog] ’s concubine, bore Shever [breaking] , and Tirchanah [favour] .

⁴⁹She bore also Sha’af [division] the father of Madmanah [Dunghill] , Sh’va [Yehovah contends] the father of Machbenah [bond] , and the father of Giv’a [hill] : and the daughter of Kalev [Dog] [was] ‘Akhsah [Anklet] .

⁵⁰These were the sons of Kalev [Dog] the son of Hur [Liberty] , the firstborn of Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness]; Shoval [flowing] the father of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests] ,

⁵¹Salma the father of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] , Haref [a plucking off] the father of Beit-Gader [house of the wall] .

⁵²And Shoval [flowing] the father of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests] had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the M’nachot [resting place] .

⁵³And the families of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests] ; the Yitri [a remnant: excellence] , and the Puti [openess] , and the Shumati [the exalted] , and the Mishra’i [touching evil] ; of them came the Tzor’ati [hornet] , and the Eshta’uli [I will be entreated] .

⁵⁴The sons of Salma [garment] ; Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] , and the N’tofati [dropping] , ‘Atarot [Crowns] , the house of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , and half of the M’nachot [resting place] , the Tzor’i [hornet] .

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Ya’betz [sorrow] ; the Tir’atim [men of the gate] , the Shim’atim [report] , [and] Sukhatim [bush-men] . These [are] the Keini [traveling tinkers or blacksmiths] that came of Hamat [fortress] , the father of the house of Rekhav [rider] .