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1 The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu'ah, Yashuv and Shimron - four.
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And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.
2 The sons of Tola were: 'Uzi, Refayah, Yeri'el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh'mu'el. They were heads of their fathers' clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.
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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.
3 The son of 'Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha'el, 'Ovadyah, Yo'el and Yishiyah - five, all of them leaders.
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And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael and Obadiah and Joel and Isshiah, five; all of them chiefs.
4 With them, by their generations, in their fathers' clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children.
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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.
5 Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.
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And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.
6 [The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y'dia'el - three.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
7 The sons of Bela were: Etzbon, 'Uzi, 'Uzi'el, Yerimot and 'Iri - five; they were leaders of fathers' clans, strong, brave men. They numbered 22,034, listed in genealogical records.
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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.
8 The sons of Bekher were: Z'mirah, Yo'ash, Eli'ezer, Elyo'enai, 'Omri, Yeremot, Aviyah, 'Anatot and 'Alemet; all these were sons of Bekher.
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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.
9 Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers' clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.
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And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.
10 The son of Y'dia'el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye'ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena'anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar.
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And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.
11 All these were descendants of Y'dia'el, leaders of their fathers' clans, who were brave, strong men; they numbered 17,200, all fit to fight with the army.
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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.
12 [More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of 'Ir. Hushim, the son of another [of Isra'el's sons, namely, Dan].
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And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.
13 The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi'el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The descendants of M'nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil'ad; Asri'el [Gil'ad's son] was descended from her.
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The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;
15 Makhir's wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister's name was Ma'akhah. M'nasheh's second son was Tz'lof'chad, and Tz'lof'chad had daughters.
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(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.
16 Ma'akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
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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.
17 The son of Ulam was B'dan. These were the descendants of Gil'ad the son of Makhir the son of M'nasheh.
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And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi'ezer and Machlah.
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And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Sh'mida were Achyan, Sh'khem, Lik'chi and Ani'am.
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And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
20 The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El'adah, his son Tachat,
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And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also 'Ezer and El'ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle.
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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.
22 Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him.
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And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.
23 Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B'ri'ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity.
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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.
24 His daughter was She'erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She'erah.
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And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
25 Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan
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And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;
26 his son La'dan, his son 'Ammihud, his son Elishama,
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Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 his son Nun and his son Y'hoshua.
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Nun his son, Joshua his son.
28 Their possessions and settlements were Beit-El with its towns; Na'aran to the east; and to the west, Gezer with its towns; also Sh'khem with its towns, as far as 'Ayah and its towns;
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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;
29 and, near the territory of the descendants of M'nasheh, Beit-Sh'an with its towns, Ta'nakh with its towns, Megiddo with its towns and Dor with its towns. In these places lived the descendants of Yosef the son of Isra'el.
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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.
30 The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B'ri'ah and their sister Serach.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.
31 The sons of B'ri'ah were: Hever and Malki'el, who fathered Birzayit.
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And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32 Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua.
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And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.
33 The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and 'Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet.
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And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
34 The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram.
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And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and 'Amal.
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And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.
36 The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu'al, Beri, Yimrah,
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The sons of Zophah: Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah,
37 Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be'era.
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Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera.
38 The sons of Yeter were: Y'funeh, Pispah and Ara.
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And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara.
39 The sons of 'Ula were: Arach, Hani'el and Ritzya.
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And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia.
40 All these were descendants of Asher, leaders of their fathers'clans, elite, strong, brave men, the most important of the princes. Those fit for battle service, listed in genealogies, numbered 26,000 men.
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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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