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1 These are the sons of Isra'el: Re'uven, Shim'on, Levi, Y'hudah, Yissakhar, Z'vulun,
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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;
2 Dan, Yosef, Binyamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher.
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Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 The sons of Y'hudah: 'Er, Onan and Shelah; the mother of these three was Bat-Shua the Kena'anit. 'Er, Y'hudah's firstborn, was wicked from ADONAI's perspective, so he killed him.
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The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.
4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Peretz and Zerach; thus Y'hudah had five sons altogether.
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And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Peretz: Hetzron and Hamul.
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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerach: Zimri, Eitan, Heiman, Kalkol and Dara - five of them altogether.
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And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.
7 The sons of Karmi: 'Akhar [troubler], who troubled Isra'el by violating the rule concerning things set aside to be destroyed.
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And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.
8 The son of Eitan: 'Azaryah.
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And the son of Ethan: Azariah.
9 The sons born to Hetzron: Yerachme'el, Ram and K'luvai.
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And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.
10 Ram fathered 'Amminadav; 'Amminadav fathered Nachshon prince of the descendants of Y'hudah;
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And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah;
11 Nachshon fathered Salma; Salma fathered Bo'az;
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And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,
12 Bo'az fathered 'Oved; 'Oved fathered Yishai;
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And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,
13 and Yishai fathered Eli'av his firstborn, Avinadav second, Shim'a third,
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And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,
14 N'tan'el fourth, Radai fifth,
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Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth,
15 Otzem sixth, David seventh,
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Ozem, the sixth, David, the seventh;
16 and their sisters Tz'ruyah and Avigayil. The sons of Tz'ruyah: Avshai, Yo'av and 'Asah'el, three of them.
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And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.
17 Avigayil was the mother of 'Amasa; the father of 'Amasa was Yeter the Yishma'eli.
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And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Kalev the son of Hetzron fathered sons with 'Azuvah his wife (and with Yeri'ot); these were her sons: Yesher, Shovav and Ardon.
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And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.
19 After 'Azuvah died, Kalev married Efrat, who bore him Hur.
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And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.
20 Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered B'tzal'el.
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And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21 Afterwards, Hetzron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir the father of Gil'ad; he married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him S'guv.
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And after that, Hezron had connection with the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he took as his wife when he was sixty years old; and she had Segub by him.
22 S'guv fathered Ya'ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gil'ad.
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And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
23 (But G'shur and Aram took Havot-Ya'ir away from them, along with K'nat and its villages - sixty cities.) All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gil'ad.
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And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 After Hetzron died in Kalev-Efratah, Aviyah Hetzron's wife bore him Ash'chur the father of T'koa.
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And after the death of Hezron, Caleb had connection with Ephrath, his father Hezron's wife, and she gave birth to his son Asshur, the father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Yerachme'el Hetzron's firstborn: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Otzem and Achiyah.
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And the sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram, the oldest, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Yerachme'el had another wife, whose name was 'Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram the firstborn son of Yerachme'el: Ma'atz, Yamin and 'Eker.
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And the sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam: Shamai and Yada. The sons of Shamai: Nadav and Avishur.
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And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
29 Avishur's wife was named Avichayil, and she bore him Achban and Molid.
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And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.
30 The sons of Nadav: Seled and Apayim. Seled died without having any children.
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And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled came to his end without sons.
31 The son of Apayim: Yish'i. The son of Yish'i: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Achlai.
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And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
32 The sons of Yada the brother of Shamai: Yeter and Yonatan. Yeter died without having any children.
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And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
33 The sons of Yonatan: Pelet and Zaza. These were the descendants of Yerachme'el.
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And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Yarcha;
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Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Yarcha his servant, and she bore him 'Atai.
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And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him.
36 'Atai fathered Natan, Natan fathered Zavad,
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And Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,
37 Zavad fathered Eflal, Eflal fathered 'Oved,
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And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,
38 'Oved fathered Yehu, Yehu fathered 'Azaryah,
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And Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah,
39 'Azaryah fathered Heletz, Heletz fathered El'asah,
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And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,
40 El'asah fathered Sismai, Sismai fathered Shalum,
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And Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum,
41 Shalum fathered Y'kamyah and Y'kamyah fathered Elishama.
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And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
42 The sons of Kalev the brother of Yerachme'el: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hevron.
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And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.
43 The sons of Hevron: Korach, Tapuach, Rekem and Shema.
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And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
44 Shema fathered Racham the father of Yorke'am, and Rekem fathered Shamai.
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And Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
45 The son of Shamai was Ma'on, and Ma'on was the father of Beit-Tzur.
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And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
46 'Eifah, Kalev's concubine, bore Haran, Motza and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.
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And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of Yahdai: Regem, Yotam, Geshan, Pelet, 'Eifah and Sha'af.
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And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.
48 Ma'akhah, Kalev's concubine, bore Shever and Tirchanah.
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Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,
49 [The wife of] Sha'af the father of Madmanah bore Sh'va the father of Machbenah and the father of Giv'a. The daughter of Kalev was 'Akhsah.
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And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.
50 These were the descendants of Kalev. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye'arim,
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The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51 Salma the father of Beit-Lechem and Haref the father of Beit-Gader.
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Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.
52 Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye'arim had sons: HaRo'eh and half of the [inhabitants of] M'nuchot.
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And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.
53 The families of Kiryat-Ye'arim: the Yitri, the Puti, the Shumati and the Mishra'i; from them came the Tzor'ati and the Eshta'uli.
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And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma: Beit-Lechem, the N'tofati, 'Atrot-Beit-Yo'av, half of the Manachati, the Tzor'i,
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The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 the families of scribes that lived in Ya'betz, the Tir'atim, the Shim'atim and the Sukhatim. These are the Kinim, who came from Hamat, father of the house of Rekhav.
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And the families of scribes who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.
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