The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)

1These are the sonnes of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon. 2Dan, Ioseph, Beniamin, Nephthali, Gad, and Aser.

3The sonnes of Iuda: Er, Onan, and Sela: These three were borne vnto him of Bath Sua ye Chanaanitesse. And Er the eldest sonne of Iuda was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slue him. 4And Thamar his daughter in lawe bare him Pharez, and Zara: and so all the sonnes of Iuda were fiue.

5The sonnes of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6The sonnes of Zara: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Chalchol, and Dara: which were fiue in all. 7And the sonnes of Charmi, Achan, that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing that was dampned. 8The sonnes of Ethan: Azaria.

9The sonnes also of Hezron that were borne vnto him: Ierameel, Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson a lorde of the children of Iuda. 11And Naasson begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz. 12Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Isai.

13And Isai begat his eldest sonne Eliab, and Aminadab the second, and Simaa the third, 14Nathanael the fourth, and Radai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixt, and Dauid the seuenth: 16Whose sisters were Zeruia and Abigail. The sonnes of Zeruia: Abisai, Ioab, and Azael, three. 17And Abigail bare Amaza, the father of which Amaza, was Iether an Ismaelite.

18And Caleb the sonne of Hezron begat Asuba, of his wyfe Asuba, and Ierioth, whose sonnes are these: Iaser, Sobab, and Ardon. 19And when Asuba was dead, Caleb toke Euphrata, which bare him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21Afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and toke her when he was threescore yeres olde: and she bare him Segub. 22And Segub begat Iair, which had three and twentie cities in the lande of Gilead. 23And he ouercame Gessur and Aram the townes of Iair, from them which dwelt in them and Kenath and the townes therof, euen threescore townes: All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was dead at Caleb in Euphrata, Abia Esroms wyfe bare him Ashur the father of Thekoa.

25And the sonnes of Ierahmeel the eldest sonne of Hezron, were: Ran the eldest, Buna, Oren, Ozem, and Ahia. 26And Ierahmeel had yet another wyfe named Atara, which was the mother of Onam. 27And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeel, were: Maaz, Iamin, and Ekar. 28The sonnes of Onam were: Sammai, and Iada. The sonnes of Sammai: Nadab, and Abisur. 29And the wyfe of Abisur was called Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30The sonnes of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim. And Seled dyed without children. 31The sonne of Appaim, Iesi: And the sonne of Iesi, Sesan: And the sonne of Sesan, Ahlai. 32And the sonnes of Iada the brother of Samai, Iether & Ionathan: And Iether dyed without children. 33The sonnes of Ionatham: Peleth, & Zaza. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeel. 34Sesan had no sonnes, but daughters: And Sesan had a seruaunt that was an Egyptian, named Iarha: 35To whom he gaue his daughter to wyfe, and she bare him Athai. 36And Athai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad. 37And Zabad begat Aphlal, and Aphlal begat Obed. 38Obed begat Iehu, and Iehu begat Azaria. 39Azaria begat Helez, and Helez begat Elasa. 40Elasa begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Sallum. 41Sallum begat Iecamia, Iecamia begat Elisamah.

42The sonnes of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel: Mesa his eldest sonne, which was the father of Ziph: and the sonnes of Maresa the father of Hebron. 43The sonnes of Hebron: Corah, and Thapuah, Rekem, and Sama. 44Sama begat Raham the father of Ierkoam, and Rekem begat Sammai. 45The sonne of Sammai was Maon: And Maon was the father of Bethzur. 46And Epha a concubine of Calebs, bare Haran, and Mosa, and Gazez: Haran begat Gazez. 47The sonnes of Iahdai, were: Regem, Iotham, Gesan, Phelet, Epha, & Saaph. 48And Maacha was Calebs concubine, of whom he begat Seber and Thirhana: 49And she bare also Saaph the father of Madmanna, and Seua the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea: And Achsa was Calebs daughter. 50These were the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephrata: Sabal the father of Kiriath Iarim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 52And Sobal the father of Kiriath Iarim had sonnes, and he sawe the halfe of the countrey of the mansions. 53The kinredes of Kiriath Iarim are these: The Iethrites, the Puthites, the Sumathites, & the Misrahethites: And of them came the Zarathites, and the Esthaulites. 54The sonnes of Salma: Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the glory of the house of Ioab, and halfe the countrey of the Manahethites, the Zaraites. 55The kinredes of the wryters dwelt at Iabes, the Thirathites, the Simeathites, the Suchathites, which are the Kenites that came of Hemath the father of the house of Rechab.