Chapter 2

¹And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser. ³The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. ⁴And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five. ⁵And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul. ⁶And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all. ⁷And the sons of a Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema. ⁸The sons of Ethan: Azarias, ⁹And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi. ¹⁰And Ram beget Aminadab, and Aminadab beget Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda. ¹¹And Nahasson beget Salma, the father of Boot. ¹²And Boot beget Obed, and Obed beget Isai. ¹³And Isai beget Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa, ¹⁴The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai, ¹⁵The sixth Asom, the seventh David. ¹⁶And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite. ¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur beget Uri: and Uri beget Bezeleel. ²¹And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub. ²²And Segub beget Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad. ²³And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad. ²⁴And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. ²⁵And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia. ²⁶And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam. ²⁷And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar. ²⁸And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur. ²⁹And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid. ³⁰And the sons of Nadab were Saled, and Apphaim. And Saled died without children. ³¹But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi beget Sesan. And Sesan beget Oholai. ³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei : Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children. ³³But Jonathan beget Phaleth, and Ziza, These were the sons of Jerameel. ³⁴And Sesan had no sons, but daughters and a servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa. ³⁵And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him Ethei. ³⁶And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan beget Zabad. ³⁷And Zabad beget Ophlal, and Ophlal beget Obed. ³⁸Obed beget Jehu, Jehu beget Azarias. ³⁹Azarias beget Helles, and Helles begot Elasa. ⁴⁰Elasa beget Sisamoi, Sisamoi beget Sellum, ⁴¹Sellum beget Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama. ⁴²Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa his firstborn, who was the father of Siph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron. ⁴³And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma. ⁴⁴And Samma beget Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem beget Sammai. ⁴⁵The son of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur. ⁴⁶And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mesa, and Gezez. And Haran beget Gezez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph. ⁴⁸And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana. ⁴⁹And Saaph the father of Madmena beget Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. ⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim. ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader. ⁵²And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw half of the places of rest. ⁵³And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai. ⁵⁵And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house of Rechab,