1 Chronicles 2
Young's Literal Translation

The Sons of Israel

(Genesis 35:22-26)

1These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Descendants of Judah

(Genesis 38:1-26)

3Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [are] five.

5Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. 7And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. 8And sons of Ethan: Azariah.

9And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah; 11and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

The Children of Jesse

13and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh, 16and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El — three. 17And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa [is] Jether the Ishmeelite.

Descendants of Hezron

18And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these [are] her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he [is] a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. 22And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, 23and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities — all these [belonged to] the sons of Machir father of Gilead. 24And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa.

Descendants of Jerahmeel

25And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name [is] Atarah, she [is] mother of Onam. 27And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur [is] Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid. 30And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons. 31And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons. 33And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel. 34And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name [is] Jarha, 35and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; 36and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38and Obed begat Jehu, 39and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 41and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

The Clans of Caleb

42And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he [is] father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron. 43And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai. 45And a son of Shammai [is] Maon, and Maon [is] father of Beth-Zur. 46And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. 47And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah; 49and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb [is] Achsa. 50These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim, 51Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader. 52And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite; 53and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite. 54Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite; 55and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They [are] the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.

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