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¹The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

¹The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

²Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

²And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

³These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

³And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

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 Bethlehem.

⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁵And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

⁷And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

⁹And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

¹⁰And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

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.

¹¹Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

¹²Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

¹²And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

¹³And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

¹⁴Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁶And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

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.

¹⁸And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

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.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

¹⁹And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

²⁰And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

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,

²²Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea, Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

²²And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

²³These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

²³These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

²⁴The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

²⁴The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

²⁵The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

²⁶The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

²⁶And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

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.

²⁸They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

²⁸And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

²⁹Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

²⁹And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

³⁰And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

³¹Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

³¹And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

³²And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

³²And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

³³and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

³³And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

³⁴And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

³⁵And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

³⁶And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

³⁷And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

³⁸These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

³⁸These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

³⁹and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

³⁹And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

⁴⁰There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

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.

⁴¹These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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.

⁴²And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

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.

⁴³and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

⁴³And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.