1 Chronicles 7
1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
Forsothe the sones of Isachar weren foure; Thola, and Phua, Jasub, and Sameron.
2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
The sones of Thola weren Ozi, and Raphaia, and Jerihel, and Jemay, and Jepsen, and Samuel, princis bi the housis of her kynredis. Of the generacioun of Thola, weren noumbrid strongeste men in the daies of Dauid, two and twenti thousynde and sixe hundrid.
3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
The sones of Ozi weren Jezraie; of whom weren borun Mychael, and Obadia, and Johel, and Jezray, fyue, alle princes.
4 In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
And with hem weren bi her meynees and puplis, sixe and thretti thousynde strongeste men gird to batel; for thei hadden many wyues and sones.
5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
And her britheren by alle the kynredis of Isachar `moost stronge to fiyte weren noumbrid foure scoore and seuene thousynde.
6 The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
The sones of Beniamyn weren Bale, and Bothor, and Adiel, thre.
7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
The sones of Bale weren Esbon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Jerymoth, and Vray, fyue, princes of meynees, mooste stronge to fiyte; for the noumbre of hem was two and twenti thousynde and foure and thretti.
8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
Forsothe the sones of Bochor weren Samara, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Zamri, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almachan; alle these weren the sones of Bochor.
9 Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
Sotheli the princes of kynredis weren noumbrid bi her meynees twenti thousynde and two hundrid moost stronge men to batels.
10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
Forsothe the sones of Ledihel weren Balan; sotheli the sones of Balan weren Jheus, and Beniamyn, and Aoth, and Camana, and Jothan, and Tharsis, and Thasaar.
11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
Alle these the sones of Ledihel weren princes of her meynees, seuentene thousynde and two hundrid, strongeste men goynge forth to batel.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
Also Saphan and Apham weren the sones of Hir; and Basym was the sone of Aser.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
Forsothe the sones of Neptalym weren Jasiel, and Guny, and Aser, and Sellum; the sones of Bale.
14 The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
Sotheli the sone of Manasses was Esriel; and Sira his secundarie wijf childide Machir, the fadir of Galaad.
15 Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
And Machir took wyues to hise sones Huphyn and Suphyn; and he hadde a sister Maacha bi name; and the name of the secounde sone was Salphaath, and douytris weren borun to Salphaath.
16 Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
And Maacha, the wijf of Machir, childide a sone, and clepide his name Phares; forsothe the name of his brothir was Sares; and hise sones weren Vlam and Recem.
17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
Sotheli the sone of Vlam was Baldan. These weren the sones of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses;
18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
forsothe Regma his sistir childide a feir man, Abiezer, and Mola.
19 And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
Forsothe the sones of Semyda weren Abym, and Sichem, and Liey, and Amany.
20 The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
Sotheli the sones of Effraym weren Suchaba; Bareth, his sone; Caath, his sone; Elda, his sone; and Thaath, his sone; and Zadaba, his sone;
21 Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
and Suthala, his sone; and Ezer, and Elad, his sones. Forsothe men of Geth borun in the lond killiden hem, for thei yeden doun to assaile her possessiouns.
22 Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Therfor Effraym, the fadir of hem, weilide bi many daies; and hise britheren camen to coumforte hym.
23 And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
And he entride to his wijf, which conseyuede, and childide a sone; and he clepide his name Beria, for he was borun in the yuelis of his hows.
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
Sotheli his douytir was Sara; that bildide Betheron, the lowere and the hiyere, and Ozen, and Sara.
25 Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
Forsothe his sone was Rapha, and Reseph, and Thale;
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
of whom was borun Thaan, that gendride Laodon; and Amyud, the sone of hym, gendride Elysama;
27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
of whom was borun Nun; that hadde a sone Josue.
28 Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
Sotheli the possessioun and `dwellyng place of hem was Bethil with hise villagis, and ayens the eest, Noram; at the west coost, Gazer, and hise villagis, also Sichem with hise villagis, and Aza with hise villagis.
29 And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
Also bisidis the sones of Manasses, Bethsan, and hise townes, Thanach and hise townes, Maggeddo, and hise townes, Dor, and hise townes; the sones of Joseph sone of Israel dwelliden in these townes.
30 The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
The sones of Aser weren Sona, and Jesua, and Isuy, and Baria; and Sara was the sister of hem.
31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
Sotheli the sones of Baria weren Heber, and Melchiel; he is the fadir of Barsath.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.
Sotheli Heber gendride Ephiath, and Soomer, and Otham, and Sua, the sister of hem.
33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.
Forsothe the sones of Jephiath weren Phosech, and Camaal, and Jasoph; these weren the sones of Jephiath.
34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
Sotheli the sones of Soomer weren Achi, and Roaga, and Jaba, and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
Sotheli the sones of Helem, his brother, weren Supha, and Jema, and Selles, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
The sones of Supha weren Sue, Arnapheth, and Sual, and Bery,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
and Jamra, and Bosor, and Ador, and Sama, and Salusa, and Jethram, and Beram.
38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
The sones of Ether weren Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
Sotheli the sones of Ollaa weren Areth, and Aniel, and Resia.
40 All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
Alle these weren the sones of Aser, princes of kynredis, chosun men and strongeste duykis of duykis; forsothe the noumbre, of the age of hem that weren abel to batel, was sixe and twenti thousynde.
