2:1 | These were the sons of Israel:* Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun; |
2:2 | Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. |
2:3 | The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua,* a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.* |
2:4 | Tamar, Judah’s* daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. |
2:5 | The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. |
2:6 | The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara* – five in all. |
2:7 | The son* of Carmi: Achan,* who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.* |
2:8 | The son* of Ethan: Azariah. |
2:9 | The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.* |
2:10 | Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. |
2:11 | Nahshon was the father of Salma,* and Salma was the father of Boaz. |
2:12 | Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. |
2:13 | Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, |
2:14 | Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, |
2:15 | Ozem sixth, David seventh. |
2:16 | Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai,* Joab, and Asahel. |
2:17 | Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. |
2:18 | Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth).* Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. |
2:19 | When Azubah died, Caleb married* Ephrath, who bore him Hur. |
2:20 | Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. |
2:21 | Later* Hezron had sexual relations with* the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married* her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub. |
2:22 | Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. |
2:23 | (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair,* along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead. |
2:24 | After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.* |
2:25 | The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. |
2:26 | Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother. |
2:27 | The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. |
2:28 | The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. |
2:29 | Abishur’s wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid. |
2:30 | The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.) |
2:31 | The son* of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. |
2:32 | The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.) |
2:33 | The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. |
2:34 | Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. |
2:35 | Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai. |
2:36 | Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad. |
2:37 | Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed. |
2:38 | Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah. |
2:39 | Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah. |
2:40 | Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum. |
2:41 | Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. |
2:42 | The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah,* the father of Hebron. |
2:43 | The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. |
2:44 | Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. |
2:45 | Shammai’s son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur. |
2:46 | Caleb’s concubine* Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. |
2:47 | The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. |
2:48 | Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah. |
2:49 | She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. |
2:50 | These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons* of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath:* Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, |
2:51 | Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader. |
2:52 | The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,* |
2:53 | the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)* |
2:54 | The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, |
2:55 | and the clans of the scribes* who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended* from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.* |