Chapter 2

These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born⁸ unto him of the daughter of Shua ^{7774 1340} the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew⁵⁵ him.

And Tamar his daughter in law bare¹ him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler⁶ of Israel, who transgressed¹ in the thing accursed.

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born⁸ unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

And Ram begat⁵² Amminadab; and Amminadab begat⁵² Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

And Nahshon begat⁵² Salma, and Salma begat⁵² Boaz,

And Boaz begat⁵² Obed, and Obed begat⁵² Jesse,

And Jesse begat⁵² his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

And Abigail bare¹ Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begat⁵² [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

And when Azubah was dead,⁴ Caleb took⁴ unto him Ephrath, which bare⁴ him Hur.

And Hur begat⁵² Uri, and Uri begat⁵² Bezaleel.

And afterward Hezron went in¹ to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married¹ when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare⁴ him Segub.

And Segub begat⁵² Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

And he took⁴ Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare⁴ him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, [and] Ahijah.

Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam.

And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.

And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare⁴ him Ahban, and Molid.

And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died⁴ without children.

And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died⁴ without children.

And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Jarha.

And Sheshan gave⁴ his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare⁴ him Attai.

And Attai begat⁵² Nathan, and Nathan begat⁵² Zabad,

And Zabad begat⁵² Ephlal, and Ephlal begat⁵² Obed,

And Obed begat⁵² Jehu, and Jehu begat⁵² Azariah,

And Azariah begat⁵² Helez, and Helez begat⁵² Eleasah,

And Eleasah begat⁵² Sisamai, and Sisamai begat⁵² Shallum,

And Shallum begat⁵² Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat⁵² Elishama.

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

And Shema begat⁵² Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat⁵² Shammai.

And the son of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of Bethzur.

And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare¹ Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat⁵² Gazez.

And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare¹ Sheber, and Tirhanah.

She bare⁴ also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb [was] Achsah.

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,

Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites.

And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came¹ the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, ^{1004 3097 5854} and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

And the families of the scribes⁶ which dwelt^{6 3427 1} at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came⁶ of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.