1The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.studyinterlinear
2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.studyinterlinear
3And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:studyinterlinear
4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.studyinterlinear
5And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.studyinterlinear
6And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.studyinterlinear
7And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.studyinterlinear
8And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.studyinterlinear
9And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.studyinterlinear
10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.studyinterlinear
11And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.studyinterlinear
12And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.studyinterlinear
13And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.studyinterlinear
14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.studyinterlinear
15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.studyinterlinear
16And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.studyinterlinear
17And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.studyinterlinear
18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.studyinterlinear
19And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.studyinterlinear
20And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.studyinterlinear
21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,studyinterlinear
22And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.studyinterlinear
23These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.studyinterlinear
24The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:studyinterlinear
25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.studyinterlinear
26And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.studyinterlinear
27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.studyinterlinear
28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,studyinterlinear
29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,studyinterlinear
30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,studyinterlinear
31And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.studyinterlinear
32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:studyinterlinear
33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.studyinterlinear
34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,studyinterlinear
35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,studyinterlinear
36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,studyinterlinear
37And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;studyinterlinear
38These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.studyinterlinear
39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.studyinterlinear
40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.studyinterlinear
41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.studyinterlinear
42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.studyinterlinear
43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.studyinterlinear