Israel’s Sons

¹These were the sons of Israel:

Judah

³The sons of Judah:

⁵The sons of Perez:

⁶The sons of Zerah:

⁷The son of Karmi:

⁸The son of Ethan:

⁹The sons born to Hezron were:

¹⁰Ram was the father of

¹³Jesse was the father of

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

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

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

²¹Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.

²³(But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.[#2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair]

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.[#2:24 may mean civic leader or military leader ; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere.]

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:

²⁸The sons of Onam:

The sons of Shammai:

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab:

³¹The son of Appaim:

³²The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:

³³The sons of Jonathan:

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan,

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

⁵²The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma: