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1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, Zeb'ulun,
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Israel's (that is, Jacob's) sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naph'tali, Gad, and Asher.
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bath-shu'a the Canaanitess bore to him. Now Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he slew him.
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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.
4 His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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Judah also had Perez and Zerah by his daughter-in-law Tamar - a total of five sons.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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Perez had Hezron and Hamul;
6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
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Zerah had Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda - five sons.
7 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
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Carmi had Achar, who brought doom on Israel when he violated a holy ban.
8 and Ethan's son was Azari'ah.
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Ethan's son was Azariah.
9 The sons of Hezron, that were born to him: Jerah'meel, Ram, and Chelu'bai.
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And Hezron had Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
10 Ram was the father of Ammin'adab, and Ammin'adab was the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
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Ram had Amminadab and Amminadab had Nahshon, a prominent leader in the Judah family.
11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Bo'az,
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Nahshon had Salmon and Salmon had Boaz.
12 Bo'az of Obed, Obed of Jesse.
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Boaz had Obed and Obed had Jesse.
13 Jesse was the father of Eli'ab his first-born, Abin'adab the second, Shim'ea the third,
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Jesse's firstborn was Eliab, followed by Abinadab, Shimea,
14 Nethan'el the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Nethanel, Raddai,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
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Ozem, and finally David; David was the seventh.
16 and their sisters were Zeru'iah and Ab'igail. The sons of Zeru'iah: Abi'shai, Jo'ab, and As'ahel, three.
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Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah gave birth to three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel;
17 Ab'igail bore Ama'sa, and the father of Ama'sa was Jether the Ish'maelite.
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Abigail was the mother of Amasa (the father was Jether the Ishmaelite).
18 Caleb the son of Hezron had children by his wife Azu'bah, and by Jer'ioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and also by Jerioth. Azubah's sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 When Azu'bah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
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After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who gave birth to Hur.
20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bez'alel.
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Hur had Uri and Uri had Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub;
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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.
22 and Segub was the father of Ja'ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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Then Segub had Jair who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-ja'ir, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
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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.
24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Eph'rathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Teko'a.
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After the death of Hezron, Caleb married Ephrathah the wife of his father Hezron; she then gave birth to Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Jerah'meel, the first-born of Hezron: Ram, his first-born, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahi'jah.
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The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn: Ram his firstborn, followed by Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerah'meel also had another wife, whose name was At'arah; she was the mother of Onam.
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Jerahmeel had another wife whose name was Atarah; she gave birth to Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerah'meel: Ma'az, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam: Sham'mai and Jada. The sons of Sham'mai: Nadab and Abi'shur.
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The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada.
29 The name of Abi'shur's wife was Ab'ihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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Abishur's wife was Abihail; she gave birth to Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Ap'pa-im; and Seled died childless.
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Nadab had Seled and Appaim. Seled died leaving no sons.
31 The sons of Ap'pa-im: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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Appaim had Ishi; Ishi had Sheshan; and Sheshan had Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada, Sham'mai's brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.
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Jada, Shammai's brother, had Jether and Jonathan. Jether died leaving no sons.
33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerah'meel.
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Jonathan had Peleth and Zaza. This is the family tree of the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. But Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, Jarha.
35 So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave; and she bore him Attai.
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Sheshan married his daughter to Jarha and she gave birth to Attai.
36 Attai was the father of Nathan and Nathan of Zabad.
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Attai had Nathan, Nathan had Zabad,
37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed.
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Zabad had Ephlal, Ephlal had Obed,
38 Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azari'ah.
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Obed had Jehu, Jehu had Azariah,
39 Azari'ah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Ele-a'sah.
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Azariah had Helez, Helez had Eleasah,
40 Ele-a'sah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum.
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Eleasah had Sismai, Sismai had Shallum,
41 Shallum was the father of Jekami'ah, and Jekami'ah of Eli'shama.
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Shallum had Jekamiah, and Jekamiah had Elishama.
42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah'meel: Mare'shah his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mare'shah: Hebron.
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Jerahmeel's brother Caleb had a son, his firstborn, named Mesha; Mesha had Ziph; Ziph's son was Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tap'puah, Rekem, and Shema.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jor'ke-am; and Rekem was the father of Sham'mai.
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Shema had Raham the father of Jorkeam; Rekem had Shammai.
45 The son of Sham'mai: Ma'on; and Ma'on was the father of Bethzur.
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Shammai's son was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 Ephah also, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.
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Caleb's concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran had Gazez.
47 The sons of Jah'dai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Sha'aph.
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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Ma'acah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tir'hanah.
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Another concubine of Caleb, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Sha'aph the father of Madman'nah, Sheva the father of Machbe'nah and the father of Gib'e-a; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Acsah.
50 These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the first-born of Eph'rathah: Shobal the father of Kir'iath-je'arim,
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These made up the Caleb branch of the family tree.
51 Salma, the father of Bethelem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
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Salma who had Bethlehem, and Hareph father of Beth Gader.
52 Shobal the father of Kir'iath-je'arim had other sons: Haro'eh, half of the Menu'hoth.
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The family of Shobal, father of Kiriath Jearim: Haroeh, half of the population of Manahath,
53 And the families of Kir'iath-je'arim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shu'mathites, and the Mish'ra-ites; from these came the Zo'rathites and the Esh'taolites.
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the families of Kiriath Jearim, the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites also came from this line.
54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netoph'athites, At'roth-beth-jo'ab, and half of the Man'aha'thites, the Zorites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,
55 The families also of the scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Ti'rathites, the Shim'e-athites, and the Su'cathites. These are the Ken'ites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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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.