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1 The descendants of Y'hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval.
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The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.
2 Re'ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor'ati.
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And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 These are [the sons] of the father of 'Eitam: Yizre'el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister's name was Hatzlelponi.
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And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
4 P'nu'el fathered Geder, and 'Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.
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And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 Ashur the father of T'koa had two wives, Hel'ah and Na'arah.
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And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Na'arah bore him Achuzam, Hefer, Teimni and Achashtari; these were the sons of Na'arah.
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And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan.
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And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
8 Kotz fathered 'Anuv, Tzovevah and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum.
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And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Ya'betz was honored more than his brothers; his mother called him Ya'betz, she explained, "because I bore him in pain [Hebrew: 'otzev]."
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And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.
10 Ya'betz called on the God of Isra'el: "Please bless me by enlarging my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm, so that it will not cause me pain [Hebrew: 'atzbi]." God granted his request.
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And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.
11 K'luv the brother of Shuchah fathered M'chir, who fathered Eshton.
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And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 Eshton fathered Beit-Rafa, Paseach and T'chinah the father of 'Ir-Nachash. These are the men of Rekhah.
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And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
13 The sons of K'naz: 'Otni'el and S'rayah. The son of 'Otni'el: Hatat.
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And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
14 M'onotai fathered 'Ofrah, and S'rayah fathered Yo'av the father of Gei-Harashim; for they were craftsmen [Hebrew: harashim].
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And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.
15 The sons of Kalev the son of Y'funeh: 'Iru, Elah and Na'am. The son of Elah: K'naz.
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And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.
16 The sons of Yehallel'el: Zif, Zifah, Tirya and Asar'el.
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And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17 The sons of 'Ezrah: Yeter, Mered, 'Efer and Yalon. These are the sons of Bityah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took as his wife: she conceived Miryam, Shamai and Yishbach the father of Esht'moa; while his Jewish wife bore Yered the father of G'dor, Hever the father of Sokho and Y'kuti'el the father of Zanoach.
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And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
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And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
19 The sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham were the father of Ke'ilah the Garmi and Esht'moa the Ma'akhati.
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And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. The sons of Yish'i: Zochet and Ben-Zochet.
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And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Y'hudah: 'Er the father of Lekha, La'adah the father of Mareshah and the clans of fine-linen-workers at Beit-Ashbea,
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The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;
22 Yokim, the men of Kozeva, Saraf the ruler in Mo'av, and Yashuvi-Lechem (the records are ancient).
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And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.
23 These were potters and inhabitants of N'ta'im and G'derah; they lived there, occupied with the king's work.
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These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
24 The sons of Shim'on: N'mu'el, Yamin, Yariv, Zerach and Sha'ul.
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The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
25 His son was Shalum, his son was Mivsam, and his son was Mishma.
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Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu'el, his son Zakur, his son Shim'i.
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And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
27 Shim'i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y'hudah.
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And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.
28 They lived at Be'er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu'al,
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And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,
29 Bilhah, 'Etzem, Tolad,
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And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 B'tu'el, Hormah, Ziklag,
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And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir'i and Sha'arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
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And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.
32 Their villages were 'Eitam, 'Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and 'Ashan, five cities,
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And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;
33 along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba'al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy.
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And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.
34 Meshovav, Yamlekh, Yoshah the son of Amatzyah,
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And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35 Yo'el, Yehu the son of Yoshivyah the son of S'rayah the son of 'Asi'el,
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And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 Elyo'einai, Ya'akovah, Y'shochayah,'Asayah, 'Adi'el, Y'simi'el, B'nayah,
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And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah,
37 Ziza the son of Shif'i the son of Alon the son of Y'da'yah the son of Shimri the son of Sh'ma'yah -
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And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
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These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.
39 Seeking pasture for their flocks they went to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley.
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And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.
40 They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham.
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And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.
41 Those whose names are written above came during the time of Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah; they attacked their tents and the Me'unim who were found there, destroyed them completely, and have lived there in place of them to this day; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
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And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.
42 Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim'on went to Mount Se'ir under the leadership of P'latyah, Ne'aryah, Refayah and Uzi'el the sons of Yish'i.
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And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.
43 They attacked the remnant of 'Amalek who had escaped and have lived there to this day.
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And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.
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