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1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
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Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
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Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
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Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
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His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
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Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
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Ethan had one son, Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
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Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
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The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah),
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
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Salmon, Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
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Obed, and Jesse.
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
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Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Nethanel, Raddai,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
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Ozem, and David.
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
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He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail. Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
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His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
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Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
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After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
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Hur's son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.
21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub,
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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and Segub had a son named Jair. Jair ruled twenty-three cities in the territory of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
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After Hezron died, his son Caleb married Ephrath, his father's widow. They had a son named Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, had five sons: Ram, the oldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. Jerahmeel had another wife, a woman named Atarah, and they had a son, Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
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Onam had two sons, Shammai and Jada, and Shammai also had two sons, Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
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Abishur married a woman named Abihail, and they had two sons, Ahban and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
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Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons.
31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
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Appaim was the father of Ishi, Ishi was the father of Sheshan, and Sheshan the father of Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
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Jada, the brother of Shammai, had two sons, Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without having any sons.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Jonathan had two sons, Peleth and Zaza. All these were descendants of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha,
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
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to whom he gave one of his daughters in marriage. They had a son named Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
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The family line from Attai to Elishama is as follows: Attai, Nathan, Zabad,
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
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Ephlal, Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
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Jehu, Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
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Helez, Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
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Sismai, Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
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Jekamiah, and Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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The oldest son of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, was named Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, who was the father of Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
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Hebron had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
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Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem, Shema's brother, was the father of Shammai,
45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
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who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.
46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
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Caleb had a concubine named Ephah, and by her he had three more sons: Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
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(A man named Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.)
48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
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Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah; and Shevah, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea. In addition, Caleb had a daughter named Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
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The following are also descendants of Caleb. Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal founded Kiriath Jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
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his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
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Shobal, the founder of Kiriath Jearim, was the ancestor of the people of Haroeh, of half the inhabitants of Menuhoth,
53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
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and of the following clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol were members of these clans.)
54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
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Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath.
55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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(The following clans of experts in writing and copying documents lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Kenites who had intermarried with the Rechabites.)
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.