1 Chronicles 7
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The Descendants of Issachar

1And the sonnes of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Iashub, and Shimron, foure, 2And the sonnes of Tola, Vzzi, & Rephaiah, and Ieriel, and Iahmai, and Iibsam, and Shemuel, heads in the housholdes of their fathers. Of Tola were valiant men of warre in their generations, whose nomber was in the dayes of Dauid two and twentie thousand, and sixe hundreth. 3And the sonne of Vzzi was Izrahaiah, and the sonnes of Izrahaiah, Michael, and Obadiah, and Ioel, and Isshiah, fiue men all princes. 4And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers were bandes of men of warre for battel, sixe and thirtie thousand: for they had many wiues and children. 5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.

The Descendants of Benjamin

6The sonnes of Beniamin were Bela, and Becher, and Iediael, three. 7And the sonnes of Bela, Ezbon, and Vzzi, and Vzziel, & Ierimoth, and Iri, fiue heads of the housholds of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekoned by their genealogies, two and twentie thousand and thirtie and foure. 8And the sonnes of Becher, Zemirah, and Ioash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Ierimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth: all these were the sonnes of Becher. 9And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth. 10And the sonne of Iediael was Bilhan, and the sonnes of Bilhan, Ieush, and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, & Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11All these were the sonnes of Iediael, chiefe of the fathers, valiant men of warre, seuenteene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre. 12And Shuppim, and Huppim were ye sonnes of Ir, but Hushim was the sonne of another.

The Descendants of Naphtali

13The sonnes of Naphtali, Iahziel, & Guni, and Iezer, & Shallum of the sonnes of Bilhah.

The Descendants of Manasseh

14The sonne of Manasseh was Ashriel whom she bare vnto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the father of Gilead. 15And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim & Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah; the name of the second sonne was Zelophthad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem. 17And the sonne of Vlam was Bedan. These were the sonnes of Gilead the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh. 18And his sister Molecheth bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19And the sonnes of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

20The sonnes also of Ephraim were Shuthelah, and Bered his sonne, & Tahath his sonne, and his sonne Eladah, and Tahath his sonne, 21And Zabad his sonne, and Shuthelah his sonne, and Ezer, & Elead: and the men of Gath that were borne in the land, slewe them, because they came downe to take away their cattel. 22Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house. 24And his daughter was Sherah, which built Beth-horon the nether, and the vpper, and Vzzen Sheerah. 25And Rephah was his sonne, & Resheph, and Telah his sonne, and Tahan his sonne, 26Laadan his sonne, Ammihud his sonne, Elishama his sonne, 27Non his sonne, Iehoshua his sonne.

28And their possessions and their habitations were Beth-el, & the villages thereof, & Eastward Naaran, and Westwarde Gezer with the villages thereof, Shechem also and the villages thereof, vnto Azzah, and the villages thereof, 29And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.

The Descendants of Asher

30The sonnes of Asher were Imnah, and Isuah, & Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31And the sonnes of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, which is the father of Birzauith. 32And Heber begate Iaphlet, and Shomer, & Hotham, and Shuah their sister. 33And the sonnes of Iaphlet were Pasach, & Bimhal, and Ashuath: these were the children of Iaphlet. 34And the sonnes of Shamer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram. 35And the sonnes of his brother Helem were Zophah, and Iimna, and Shelesh and Amal. 36The sonnes of Zophah, Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37Bezer and Hod, and Shamma, & Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38And the sonnes of Iether, Iephunneh, and Pispa and Ara. 39And the sonnes of Vlla, Harah, & Haniel, and Rizia. 40All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre and chiefe princes, and they were rekoned by their genealogies for warre and for battell to the nomber of sixe and twentie thousand men.


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1 Chronicles 6
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