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1 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron - four sons.
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Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel - the chiefs of their families. During David's reign, the Tola family counted 22,600 warriors in their lineage.
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And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah; the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah - five sons and all of them chiefs.
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And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4 They counted 36,000 warriors in their lineage because they had more wives and sons than their brothers.
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And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
5 The extended families of Issachar accounted for 87,000 warriors - all of them listed in the family tree.
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And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
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The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 Bela had five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, all of them chiefs and warriors. They counted 22,034 names in their family tree.
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And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
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And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 Through these chiefs their family tree listed 20,200 warriors.
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And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 Jediael's son was Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar
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The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 - all sons of Jediael and family chiefs; they counted 17,200 combat-ready warriors.
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All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim were from the family of Aher.
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Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum; they are listed under the maternal line of Bilhah, their grandfather's concubine.
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The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 Manasseh's sons, born of his Aramean concubine, were Asriel and Makir the father of Gilead.
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The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 Makir got his wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister's name was Maacah. Another son, Zelophehad, had only daughters.
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And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 Makir's wife Maacah bore a son whom she named Peresh; his brother's name was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 Ulam's son was Bedan. This accounts for the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.
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And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishdod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
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And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
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And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, cattle-rustlers, killed on one of their raids by the natives of Gath.
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And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22 Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and his family gathered to give him comfort.
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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 Then he slept with his wife again. She conceived and produced a son. He named him Beriah (Unlucky), because of the bad luck that had come to his family.
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And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24 His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.
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(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25 Rephah was Ephraim's son and also Resheph; Telah was his son, Tahan his son,
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And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
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Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
28 They occupied Bethel and the neighboring country from Naaran on the east to Gezer and its villages on the west, along with Shechem and its villages, and extending as far as Ayyah and its villages.
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And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29 Stretched along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their satellite villages. The families descended from Joseph son of Israel lived in all these places.
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And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; Serah was their sister.
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The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel, who had Birzaith.
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And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
32 Heber had Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 Japhlet had Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.
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And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34 His brother Shomer had Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
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And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 His brother Helem had Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
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And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36 Zophah had Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
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The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
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Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38 Jether had Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
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And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 Ulla had Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 These were Asher's sons, all of them responsible, excellent in character, and brave in battle - good leaders. They listed 26,000 combat-ready men in their family tree.
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All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
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