Chapter 2

¹ These are the names of the sons of Israel; ² Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.

³ The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. These three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the first-born of Juda, was wicked

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before the Lord, and he slew him. ⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five.

⁵ The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel. ⁶ And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Ætham, and Æmuan, and Calchal, and Darad, in all five.

⁷ And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the sons of Ætham; Azarias, ⁹ and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.

¹⁰ And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda. ¹¹ And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz, ¹² and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae. ¹³ And Jessae begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab was the second, Samaa the third, ¹⁴ Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth, ¹⁵ Asam the sixth, David the seventh. ¹⁶ And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three. ¹⁷ And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab was Jothor the Ismaelite.

¹⁸ And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or. ²⁰ And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel. ²¹ And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch. ²² And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad. ²³ And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad. ²⁴ And after the death of Esron, Chaleb came to Ephratha; and the wife of Esron was Abia; and she bore him Ascho the father of Thecoe.

²⁵ And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Esron were, the first-born Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother. ²⁶ And Jerameel had another wife, and her name was Atara: she is the mother of Ozom. ²⁷ And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor. ²⁸ And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur. ²⁹ And the name of the wife of Abisur was Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel. ³⁰ And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died ¹without children. ³¹ And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai. ³² And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless. ³³ And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel.

³⁴ And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name was Jochel. ³⁵ And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife; and she bore him Ethi. ³⁶ And Ethi begot Nathan,

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and Nathan begot Zabed, ³⁷ and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed. ³⁸ And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias. ³⁹ And Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa, ⁴⁰ and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum, ⁴¹ and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael.

⁴² And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel were, Marisa his first-born, he is the father of Ziph:--and the sons of Marisa the father of Chebron. ⁴³ And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa. ⁴⁴ And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai. ⁴⁵ And his son was Maon: and Maon is the father of Bæthsur. ⁴⁶ And Gæpha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue. ⁴⁷ And the sons of Addai were Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gæpha, and Sagae. ⁴⁸ And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam. ⁴⁹ She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gaebal: and the daughter of Chaleb was Ascha.

⁵⁰ These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim, ⁵¹ Salomon the father of Bætha, Lammon the father of Bæthalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor. ⁵² And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Æsi, and Ammanith, ⁵³ and Umasphae, cities of Jair; Æthalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathæans, and the sons of Esthaam. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salomon; Bæthalaem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari. ⁵⁵ The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabis; Thargathiim, and Samathiim, and Sochathim, these are the Kinæans that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.