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1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, 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: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their ancestral houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being twenty-two thousand six hundred.
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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 Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, five, all of them chiefs;
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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 and along with them, by their generations, according to their ancestral houses, were units of the fighting force, thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons.
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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 kindred belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
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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 Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of ancestral houses, mighty warriors; and their enrollment by genealogies was twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
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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 Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher;
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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 and their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their ancestral houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
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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 sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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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 the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their ancestral houses, mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, ready for service in war.
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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 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.
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And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.
13 The descendants of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
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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 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad 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 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him 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: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
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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 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
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: Shuthelah, and 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 Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. Now the people of Gath, who were born in the land, killed them, because 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 And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brothers 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 Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he named him Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.
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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 Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.
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And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
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And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
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Nun his son, Joshua his son.
28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah 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 also along the borders of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph son of Israel.
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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 sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.
31 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, 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 Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
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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: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
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And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, 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 Zophah: 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 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
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And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia.
40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of ancestral houses, select mighty warriors, chief of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was twenty-six thousand 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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