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1 Israel's (that is, Jacob's) sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 Judah had Er, Onan, and Shelah; their mother was Bathshua the Canaanite. Er, Judah's firstborn, was so bad before God that God killed him.
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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.
4 Judah also had Perez and Zerah by his daughter-in-law Tamar - a total of five sons.
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And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 Perez had Hezron and Hamul;
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The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 Zerah had Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda - five sons.
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And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 Carmi had Achar, who brought doom on Israel when he violated a holy ban.
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And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
8 Ethan's son was Azariah.
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And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 And Hezron had Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 Ram had Amminadab and Amminadab had Nahshon, a prominent leader in the Judah family.
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And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
11 Nahshon had Salmon and Salmon had Boaz.
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And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 Boaz had Obed and Obed had Jesse.
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And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13 Jesse's firstborn was Eliab, followed by Abinadab, Shimea,
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And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethanel, Raddai,
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Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem, and finally David; David was the seventh.
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah gave birth to three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel;
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Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa (the father was Jether the Ishmaelite).
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And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and also by Jerioth. Azubah's sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who gave birth to Hur.
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And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 Hur had Uri and Uri had Bezalel.
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And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 Some time later Hezron married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead; he was sixty years old when he married her; she gave birth to Segub.
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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.
22 Then Segub had Jair who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 Geshur and Aram captured the nomadic villages of Jair and Kenath and their satellite settlements - sixty towns. These all belonged to Makir the father of Gilead.
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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.
24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb married Ephrathah the wife of his father Hezron; she then gave birth to Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn: Ram his firstborn, followed by Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife whose name was Atarah; she gave birth to Onam.
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Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada.
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And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
29 Abishur's wife was Abihail; she gave birth to Ahban and Molid.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30 Nadab had Seled and Appaim. Seled died leaving no sons.
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And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 Appaim had Ishi; Ishi had Sheshan; and Sheshan had Ahlai.
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And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 Jada, Shammai's brother, had Jether and Jonathan. Jether died leaving no sons.
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And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33 Jonathan had Peleth and Zaza. This is the family tree of the sons of Jerahmeel.
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And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. But Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, Jarha.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan married his daughter to Jarha and she gave birth to Attai.
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And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
36 Attai had Nathan, Nathan had Zabad,
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And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 Zabad had Ephlal, Ephlal had Obed,
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And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 Obed had Jehu, Jehu had Azariah,
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And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 Azariah had Helez, Helez had Eleasah,
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And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 Eleasah had Sismai, Sismai had Shallum,
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And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 Shallum had Jekamiah, and Jekamiah had Elishama.
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And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Jerahmeel's brother Caleb had a son, his firstborn, named Mesha; Mesha had Ziph; Ziph's son was Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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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.
43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44 Shema had Raham the father of Jorkeam; Rekem had Shammai.
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And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 Shammai's son was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
46 Caleb's concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran had Gazez.
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And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Another concubine of Caleb, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
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Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Acsah.
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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.
50 These made up the Caleb branch of the family tree.
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These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
51 Salma who had Bethlehem, and Hareph father of Beth Gader.
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
52 The family of Shobal, father of Kiriath Jearim: Haroeh, half of the population of Manahath,
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And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
53 the families of Kiriath Jearim, the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites also came from this line.
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And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,
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The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 and the families of Sopherim who lived at Jabez - the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. They made up the Kenites who came from Hammath the father of the house of Recab.
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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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