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Israel’s Sons

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah

To Hezron’s Sons

  • The sons of Judah:
  • Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.
  • (Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.)
  • Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah.

He had five sons in all.

  • The sons of Perez:
  • Hezron and Hamul.
  • The sons of Zerah:
  • Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara—five in all.
  • The son of Karmi:
  • Achar,2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua. who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  • The son of Ethan:
  • Azariah.
  • The sons born to Hezron were:
  • Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb

From Ram Son of Hezron

  • Ram was the father of Amminadab,
  • and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.
  • Nahshon was the father of Salmon,2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
  • Salmon the father of Boaz,
  • Boaz the father of Obed
  • and Obed the father of Jesse.
  • Jesse was the father of
  • Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab,
  • the third Shimea, the fourth Nethanel,
  • the fifth Raddai, the sixth Ozem
  • and the seventh David.
  • Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.
  • Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
  • Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb Son of Hezron

  • Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons:
  • Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
  • When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
  • Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
  • Later, 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.
  • Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
  • (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.)

All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

  • After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father2:24 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere. of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel Son of Hezron

  • The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
  • Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and2:25 Or Oren and Ozem, by Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
  • The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:
  • Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
  • The sons of Onam:
  • Shammai and Jada.
  • The sons of Shammai:
  • Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
  • The sons of Nadab:
  • Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
  • The son of Appaim:
  • Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
  • The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:
  • Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
  • The sons of Jonathan:
  • Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

  • Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.
  • He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
  • Attai was the father of Nathan,
  • Nathan the father of Zabad,
  • Zabad the father of Ephlal,
  • Ephlal the father of Obed,
  • Obed the father of Jehu,
  • Jehu the father of Azariah,
  • Azariah the father of Helez,
  • Helez the father of Eleasah,
  • Eleasah the father of Sismai,
  • Sismai the father of Shallum,
  • Shallum the father of Jekamiah,
  • and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.

The Clans of Caleb

  • The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:
  • Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph,
  • and his son Mareshah,2:42 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. who was the father of Hebron.
  • The sons of Hebron:
  • Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
  • Shema was the father of Raham,
  • and Raham the father of Jorkeam.
  • Rekem was the father of Shammai.
  • The son of Shammai was Maon,
  • and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
  • Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of
  • Haran, Moza and Gazez.
  • Haran was the father of Gazez.
  • The sons of Jahdai:
  • Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
  • Caleb’s concubine Maakah was the mother of
  • Sheber and Tirhanah.
  • She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah
  • and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea.
  • Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.

These were the descendants of Caleb.

  • The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:
  • Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
  • The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:
  • Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
  • The descendants of Salma:
  • Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of scribes2:55 Or of the Sopherites who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab