21 These are the sons of Israel : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar , Zebulun , 2 Dan , Joseph , Benjamin , Naphtali , Gad and Asher .
3 The sons of Judah were Er , Onan and Shelah ; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess . And Er , Judah's firstborn , was wicked in the sight of the Lord , so He put him to death . 4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah . Judah had five sons in all . 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul . 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri , Ethan , Heman , Calcol and Dara ; five of them in all . 7 The son of Carmi was Achar , the troubler of Israel , who violated the ban . 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah . 9 Now the sons of Hezron , who were born to him were Jerahmeel , Ram and Chelubai . 10 Ram became the father of Amminadab , and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon , leader of the sons of Judah ; 11 Nahshon became the father of Salma , Salma became the father of Boaz , 12 Boaz became the father of Obed , and Obed became the father of Jesse ; 13 and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn , then Abinadab the second , Shimea the third , 14 Nethanel the fourth , Raddai the fifth , 15 Ozem the sixth , David the seventh ; 16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail . And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai , Joab and Asahel . 17 Abigail bore Amasa , and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite .
18 Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife , and by Jerioth ; and these were her sons : Jesher , Shobab , and Ardon . 19 When Azubah died , Caleb married Ephrath , who bore him Hur . 20 Hur became the father of Uri , and Uri became the father of Bezalel . 21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead , whom he married when he was sixty years old ; and she bore him Segub . 22 Segub became the father of Jair , who had twenty-three e cities in the land of Gilead . 23 But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages , even sixty cities . All these were the sons of Machir , the father of Gilead . 24 After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah , Abijah , Hezron's wife , bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa . 25 Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn , then Bunah , Oren , Ozem and Ahijah . 26 Jerahmeel had another wife , whose name was Atarah ; she was the mother of Onam . 27 The sons of Ram , the firstborn of Jerahmeel , were Maaz , Jamin and Eker . 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada . And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur . 29 The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail , and she bore him Ahban and Molid . 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim , and Seled died without sons . 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi . And the son of Ishi was Sheshan . And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai . 32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan , and Jether died without sons . 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza . These were the sons of Jerahmeel . 34 Now Sheshan had no sons , only e daughters . And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha . 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage , and she bore him Attai . 36 Attai became the father of Nathan , and Nathan became the father of Zabad , 37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal , and Ephlal became the father of Obed , 38 and Obed became the father of Jehu , and Jehu became the father of Azariah , 39 and Azariah became the father of Helez , and Helez became the father of Eleasah , 40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai , and Sismai became the father of Shallum , 41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah , and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama . 42 Now the sons of Caleb , the brother of Jerahmeel , were Mesha his firstborn , who was the father of Ziph ; and his son was Mareshah , the father of Hebron . 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema . 44 Shema became the father of Raham , the father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem became the father of Shammai . 45 The son of Shammai was Maon , and Maon was the father of Bethzur . 46 Ephah , Caleb's concubine , bore Haran , Moza and Gazez ; and Haran became the father of Gazez . 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem , Jotham , Geshan , Pelet , Ephah and Shaaph . 48 Maacah , Caleb's concubine , bore Sheber and Tirhanah . 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah , Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea ; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah . 50 These were the sons of Caleb . The sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah , were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim , 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader . 52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons : Haroeh , half of the Manahathites , 53 and the families of Kiriath-jearim : the Ithrites , the Puthites , the Shumathites and the Mishraites ; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites . 54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites , Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites , the Zorites . 55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites , the Shimeathites and the Sucathites . Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath , the father of the house of Rechab .
