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1 Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu'ah, Yashuv and Shimron - four.
2 Tola's sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, and they were leaders of their families. In the family history of Tola's descendants, twenty-two thousand six hundred men were listed as fighting men during the time David was king.
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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.
3 Uzzi's son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah's sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders.
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The son of 'Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha'el, 'Ovadyah, Yo'el and Yishiyah - five, all of them leaders.
4 Their family history shows they had thirty-six thousand men ready to serve in the army, because they had many wives and children.
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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.
5 The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand fighting men.
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Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.
6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
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[The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y'dia'el - three.
7 Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, and they were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had twenty-two thousand thirty-four fighting men.
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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.
8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker's sons.
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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.
9 Their family history listed the family leaders and twenty thousand two hundred fighting men.
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Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers' clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.
10 Jediael's son was Bilhan. Bilhan's sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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The son of Y'dia'el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye'ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena'anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar.
11 All these sons of Jediael were leaders of their families. They had seventeen thousand two hundred fighting men ready to serve in the army.
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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.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
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[More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of 'Ir. Hushim, the son of another [of Isra'el's sons, namely, Dan].
13 Naphtali's sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were Bilhah's grandsons.
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The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi'el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 These are Manasseh's descendants. Manasseh had an Aramean slave woman, who was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead's father.
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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.
15 Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister was named Maacah. His second son was named Zelophehad, and he had only daughters.
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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.
16 Makir's wife Maacah had a son whom she named Peresh. Peresh's brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh's sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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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.
17 Ulam's son was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, who was the son of Makir. Makir was Manasseh's son.
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The son of Ulam was B'dan. These were the descendants of Gil'ad the son of Makhir the son of M'nasheh.
18 Makir's sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi'ezer and Machlah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
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The sons of Sh'mida were Achyan, Sh'khem, Lik'chi and Ani'am.
20 These are the names of Ephraim's descendants. Ephraim's son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah's son was Bered. Bered's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Eleadah. Eleadah's son was Tahath.
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The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El'adah, his son Tachat,
21 Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. Ezer and Elead went to Gath to steal cows and sheep and were killed by some men who grew up in that city.
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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.
22 Their father Ephraim cried for them many days, and his family came to comfort him.
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Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him.
23 Then he had sexual relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom Ephraim named Beriahn because of the trouble that had happened to his family.
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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.
24 Ephraim's daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower Beth Horon, Upper Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.
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His daughter was She'erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She'erah.
25 Rephah was Ephraim's son. Resheph was Rephah's son. Telah was Resheph's son. Tahan was Telah's son.
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Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan
26 Ladan was Tahan's son. Ammihud was Ladan's son. Elishama was Ammihud's son.
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his son La'dan, his son 'Ammihud, his son Elishama,
27 Nun was Elishama's son, and Joshua was the son of Nun.
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his son Nun and his son Y'hoshua.
28 Ephraim's descendants lived in these lands and towns: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran on the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it. These villages went all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
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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;
29 Along the borders of Manasseh's land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the villages near them. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
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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.
30 Asher's sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.
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The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B'ri'ah and their sister Serach.
31 Beriah's sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith's father.
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The sons of B'ri'ah were: Hever and Malki'el, who fathered Birzayit.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.
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Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua.
33 Japhlet's sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. They were Japhlet's children.
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The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and 'Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet.
34 Japhlet's brother was Shomer. Shomer's sons were Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
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The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram.
35 Shomer's brother was Hotham. Hotham's sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
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The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and 'Amal.
36 Zophah's sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
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The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu'al, Beri, Yimrah,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
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Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be'era.
38 Jether's sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
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The sons of Yeter were: Y'funeh, Pispah and Ara.
39 Ulla's sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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The sons of 'Ula were: Arach, Hani'el and Ritzya.
40 All these men were descendants of Asher and leaders of their families. They were powerful warriors and outstanding leaders. Their family history lists that they had twenty-six thousand soldiers ready to serve in the army.
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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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