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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three the Canaanite woman Bath-shua bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
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His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
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The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
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and Ethan's son was Azariah.
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The sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
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Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz,
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Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse.
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Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
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Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub;
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and Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
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But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, father of Gilead.
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After the death of Hezron, in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur, father of Tekoa.
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The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died childless.
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The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.
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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha.
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So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his slave Jarha; and she bore him Attai.
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Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad.
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Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed.
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Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah.
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Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez of Eleasah.
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Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum.
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Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
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The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema became father of Raham, father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
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The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
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Ephah also, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She also bore Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah and father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kiriath-jearim,
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Salma father of Bethlehem, and Hareph father of Beth-gader.
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Shobal father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
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And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
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The families also of the scribes that lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.