A Genealogy of David
1 These are the sons of
1Israel:
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
3Issachar, Zebulun,
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4Dan,
5Joseph,
6Benjamin,
7Naphtali,
8Gad, and Asher.
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9The sons of Judah:
10Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death.
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His daughter-in-law
11Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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The
12sons 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 son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who
13broke faith 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 that were born to him: Jerahmeel,
14Ram, and
15Chelubai.
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16Ram fathered Amminadab, and
17Amminadab fathered
18Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
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Nahshon fathered
19Salmon, Salmon fathered
20Boaz,
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Boaz fathered Obed,
21Obed fathered Jesse.
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22Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second,
23Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth,
24David the seventh.
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And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.
25The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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26Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was
27Jether the Ishmaelite.
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28Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died,
29Caleb married
30Ephrath, who bore him
31Hur.
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Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered
32Bezalel.
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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of
33Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
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And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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34But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
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After the death of Hezron,
35Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him
36Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of
37Jerahmeel, 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.
38The 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 Jarha his slave, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered
39Zabad.
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40Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered
41Obed.
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Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.
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Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.
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Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.
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Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered
42Elishama.
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The sons of
43Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah:
44Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
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Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai.
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The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon fathered Beth-zur.
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Ephah also, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered 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 the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the
45daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of
46Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
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47Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
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Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons:
48Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
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And the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the
49Zorathites 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 clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the
50Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of
51the house of Rechab.