Online Bible: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

1 These were the sons of Israel: Reu´ben, Sim´e·on, Le´vi and Judah, Is´sa·char and Zeb´u·lun, 2 Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naph´ta·li, Gad and Ash´er.

3 The sons of Judah were Er and O´nan and She´lah. The three were born to him from Shu´a’s daughter, the Ca´naan·it·ess. And Er the firstborn of Judah came to be bad in the eyes of Jehovah, so that he put him to death. 4 And Ta´mar his daughter-in-law it was that bore to him Pe´rez and Ze´rah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5 The sons of Pe´rez were Hez´ron and Ha´mul.

6 And the sons of Ze´rah were Zim´ri and E´than and He´man and Cal´col and Da´ra. There were five of them in all.

7 And the sons of Car´mi were A´char the bringer of ostracism upon Israel, who committed an act of unfaithfulness respecting the thing devoted to destruction.

8 And the sons of E´than were Az·a·ri´ah.

9 And the sons of Hez´ron that were born to him were Je·rah´me·el and Ram and Che·lu´bai.

10 As for Ram, he became father to Am·min´a·dab. Am·min´a·dab, in turn, became father to Nah´shon the chieftain of the sons of Judah. 11 Nah´shon, in turn, became father to Sal´ma. Sal´ma, in turn, became father to Bo´az. 12 Bo´az, in turn, became father to O´bed. O´bed, in turn, became father to Jes´se. 13 Jes´se, in turn, became father to his firstborn E·li´ab, and A·bin´a·dab the second, and Shim´e·a the third, 14 Ne·than´el the fourth, Rad´dai the fifth, 15 O´zem the sixth, David the seventh. 16 And their sisters were Ze·ru´iah and Ab´i·gail; and the sons of Ze·ru´iah were A·bish´ai and Jo´ab and As´a·hel, three. 17 As for Ab´i·gail, she gave birth to A·ma´sa; and the father of A·ma´sa was Je´ther the Ish´ma·el·ite.

18 As for Ca´leb the son of Hez´ron, he became father to sons by A·zu´bah his wife and by Jer´i·oth; and these were her sons: Je´sher and Sho´bab and Ar´don. 19 Eventually A·zu´bah died. So Ca´leb took to himself Eph´rath, who in time bore Hur to him. 20 Hur, in turn, became father to U´ri. U´ri, in turn, became father to Bez´al·el.

21 And afterward Hez´ron had relations with the daughter of Ma´chir the father of Gil´e·ad. And he himself took her when he was sixty years old, but she bore Se´gub to him. 22 Se´gub, in turn, became father to Ja´ir, who came to have twenty-three cities in the land of Gil´e·ad. 23 Later Gesh´ur and Syria took Hav´voth-ja´ir from them, with Ke´nath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were the sons of Ma´chir the father of Gil´e·ad.

24 And after the death of Hez´ron in Ca´leb-eph´ra·thah, with A·bi´jah being the wife of Hez´ron, she then bore him Ash´hur the father of Te·ko´a.

25 And the sons of Je·rah´me·el the firstborn of Hez´ron were Ram the firstborn and Bu´nah and O´ren and O´zem, A·hi´jah. 26 And Je·rah´me·el came to have another wife, whose name was At´a·rah. She was the mother of O´nam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Je·rah´me·el came to be Ma´az and Ja´min and E´ker. 28 And the sons of O´nam came to be Sham´mai and Ja´da. And the sons of Sham´mai were Na´dab and A·bi´shur. 29 And the name of A·bi´shur’s wife was Ab´i·ha·il, who in time bore him Ah´ban and Mo´lid. 30 And the sons of Na´dab were Se´led and Ap´pa·im. But Se´led died without sons. 31 And the sons of Ap´pa·im were Ish´i. And the sons of Ish´i were She´shan; and the sons of She´shan, Ah´lai. 32 And the sons of Ja´da the brother of Sham´mai were Je´ther and Jon´a·than. But Je´ther died without sons. 33 And the sons of Jon´a·than were Pe´leth and Za´za. These became the sons of Je·rah´me·el.

34 And She´shan came to have no sons, but daughters. Now She´shan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jar´ha. 35 So She´shan gave his daughter to Jar´ha his servant as a wife, who in time bore him At´tai. 36 At´tai, in turn, became father to Nathan. Nathan, in turn, became father to Za´bad. 37 Za´bad, in turn, became father to Eph´lal. Eph´lal, in turn, became father to O´bed. 38 O´bed, in turn, became father to Je´hu. Je´hu, in turn, became father to Az·a·ri´ah. 39 Az·a·ri´ah, in turn, became father to He´lez. He´lez, in turn, became father to El·e·a´sah. 40 El·e·a´sah, in turn, became father to Sis´mai. Sis´mai, in turn, became father to Shal´lum. 41 Shal´lum, in turn, became father to Jek·a·mi´ah. Jek·a·mi´ah, in turn, became father to E·lish´a·ma.

42 And the sons of Ca´leb the brother of Je·rah´me·el were Me´sha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Ma·re´shah the father of He´bron. 43 And the sons of He´bron were Ko´rah and Tap´pu·ah and Re´kem and She´ma. 44 She´ma, in turn, became father to Ra´ham the father of Jor´ke·am. Re´kem, in turn, became father to Sham´mai. 45 And the son of Sham´mai was Ma´on; and Ma´on was the father of Beth-zur. 46 As for E´phah the concubine of Ca´leb, she gave birth to Ha´ran and Mo´za and Ga´zez. As for Ha´ran, he became father to Ga´zez. 47 And the sons of Jah´dai were Re´gem and Jo´tham and Ge´shan and Pel´et and E´phah and Sha´aph. 48 As for Ca´leb’s concubine Ma´a·cah, she gave birth to She´ber and Tir´ha·nah. 49 In time she bore Sha´aph the father of Mad·man´nah, She´va the father of Mach·be´nah and the father of Gib´e·a. And Ca´leb’s daughter was Ach´sah. 50 These became the sons of Ca´leb.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Eph´ra·thah: Sho´bal the father of Kir´i·ath-je´a·rim, 51 Sal´ma the father of Beth´le·hem, Ha´reph the father of Beth-ga´der. 52 And Sho´bal the father of Kir´i·ath-je´a·rim came to have sons: Ha·ro´eh, half of the Me·nu´hoth. 53 And the families of Kir´i·ath-je´a·rim were the Ith´rites and the Pu´thites and the Shu´math·ites and the Mish´ra·ites. It was from these that the Zo´rath·ites and the Esh´ta·ol·ites came out. 54 The sons of Sal´ma were Beth´le·hem and the Ne·toph´a·thites, At´roth-beth-jo´ab and half of the Man·a·ha´thites, the Zor´ites. 55 And the families of the scribes dwelling at Ja´bez were the Ti´rath·ites, the Shim´e·ath·ites, the Su´cath·ites. These were the Ken´ites that came from Ham´math the father of the house of Re´chab.