The Bible in Basic English BBE
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1 And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.
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Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
2 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.
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Tola had six sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were heads of families of the clan of Tola and were famous soldiers. At the time of King David their descendants numbered 22,600.
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael and Obadiah and Joel and Isshiah, five; all of them chiefs.
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Uzzi had one son, Izrahiah. Izrahiah and his four sons, Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, were all heads of families.
4 And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.
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They had so many wives and children that their descendants were able to provide 36,000 men for military duty.
5 And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.
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The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military duty.
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
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Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five; heads of their families, great men of war; there were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four of them recorded by their families.
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Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 22,034 men eligible for military duty.
8 And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
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Becher had nine sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
9 And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.
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The official record of their descendants by families listed 20,200 men eligible for military duty.
10 And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.
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Jediael had one son, Bilhan, and Bilhan had seven sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their families, seventeen thousand, two hundred men of war, able to go out with the army for war.
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They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 17,200 men eligible for military duty.
12 And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.
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Shuppim and Huppim also belonged to this tribe. Dan had one son, Hushim.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
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Naphtali had four sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. (They were descendants of Bilhah. )
14 The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;
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By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.
15 (And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.
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Machir found a wife for Huppim and one for Shuppim. His sister's name was Maacah. Machir's second son was Zelophehad, and he had only daughters.
16 And Maacah, the wife of Gilead, gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Peresh; and his brother was named Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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Maacah, Machir's wife, gave birth to two sons, whom they named Peresh and Sheresh. Peresh had two sons, Ulam and Rakem,
17 And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.
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and Ulam had a son named Bedan. These are all descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
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Gilead's sister Hammolecheth had three sons: Ishod, Abiezer, and Mahlah
19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
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(Shemida had four sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.)
20 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
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These are the descendants of Ephraim from generation to generation: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle.
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Zabad, Shuthelah. Ephraim had two other sons besides Shuthelah: Ezer and Elead, who were killed when they tried to steal the livestock belonging to the native inhabitants of Gath.
22 And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.
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Their father Ephraim mourned for them for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
23 After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.
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Then he had intercourse with his wife again, and she became pregnant and had a son. They named him Beriah, because of the trouble that had come to their family.
24 And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
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Ephraim had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Upper and Lower Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.
25 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;
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Ephraim also had a son named Rephah, whose descendants were as follows: Resheph, Telah, Tahan,
26 Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,
27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
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Nun, Joshua.
28 Their heritage and their living-places were Beth-el and its daughter-towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer to the west, with its daughter-towns, as well as Shechem and its daughter-towns as far as Azzah and its daughter-towns;
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The territory which they took and settled included Bethel and the towns around it, as far east as Naaran and as far west as Gezer and the towns around it. It also included the cities of Shechem and Ayyah, and the towns around them.
29 And by the limits of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, with their daughter-towns. In these the children of Joseph, the son of Israel, were living.
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The descendants of Manasseh controlled the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the towns around them. All these are the places where the descendants of Joseph son of Jacob lived.
30 The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.
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These are the descendants of Asher. He had four sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and one daughter, Serah.
31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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Beriah had two sons, Heber and Malchiel. (Malchiel founded the city of Birzaith.)
32 And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.
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Heber had three sons: Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham; and one daughter, Shua.
33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
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Japhlet also had three sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.
34 And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
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His brother Shomer had three sons: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.
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His brother Hotham had four sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah: Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah,
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The descendants of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
37 Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera.
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Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
38 And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara.
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The descendants of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara,
39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia.
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and the descendants of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their families, specially strong men of war, chiefs of the rulers. They were recorded in the army for war, twenty-six thousand men in number.
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All of these were descendants of Asher. They were heads of families, famous fighting men, outstanding leaders. Asher's descendants included 26,000 men eligible for military duty.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.