< 1 Chronicles 4 >
1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.
The sons of Judah: Perez, Chezron, and Carmi, and Chur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
And Reayah the son of Shobal begat Jachath, and Jachath begat Achumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zor'athites.
3 And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
And these were [those of] the father of 'Etam, Jizre'el, and Yishma, and Yidbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and 'Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Chur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lechem.
5 And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
And Ashchur the father of Thekoa' had two wives. Chelah and Na'arah.
6 And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
And Na'arah bore him Achuzzam, and Chepher, and Themeni. and Haachashthari. These were the sons of Na'arah.
7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
And the sons of Chelah were, Zereth, and Zochar, and Ethnan.
8 And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
And Koz begat 'Anub and Hazzobebah, and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum.
9 And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.
And Ja'bez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Ja'bez, saying, Because I bore him in pain.
10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.
And Ja'bez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst act for me against the evil, that it may not give me pain! And God granted him what he had asked for.
11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
And Kelub the brother of Shuchah begat Mechir, who was the father of Eshthon.
12 And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
And Eshthon begat Beth-rapha, and Passeach, and Techinnah the father of 'Irnachash. These are the men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
And the sons of Kenas: 'Othniel and Serayah. And the sons of 'Othniel: Chathath.
14 And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.
And Me'onothai begat 'Ophrah: and Serayah begat Joab, the father of the valley of the carpenters; for they were carpenters.
15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: 'Iru, Elah, and Na'am. And the sons of Elah: Ukenas.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
And the sons of Jehalelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Thireya, and Assarel.
17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
And the sons of 'Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and 'Epher, and Jalon. And she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Yishbach the father of Eshthemoa'.
18 And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.
And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Cheber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoach. And these are the sons of D the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered had taken [for wife].
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
And the sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham: The father of Kei'lah the Garmite, and Eshthemoa' the Ma'achathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...
And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-chanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Yish'i were, Zocheth, and Benzocheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: 'Er the father of Lechah, and La'dah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea'.
22 And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.
And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lechem. And these are ancient things.
23 These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
There were the potters, and those that dwelt in plantations and sheepfolds: for the king's sake to do his work they dwelt there.
24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerach, and Saul.
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma' his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
And the sons of Mishma': Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shim'i his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.
And Shim'i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, nor did all their family multiply, equal to the children of Judah.
28 And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,
And they dwelt at Beer-sheba', and Moladah, and Chazar-shu'al.
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
And at Bilhah, and at 'Ezem, and at Tholad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
And at Bethuel, and at Chormah, and at Ziklag.
31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.
And at Beth-marcaboth, and Chazar-sussim, and at Beth-biri, and at Sha'arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
32 And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;
And their villages were 'Etam, and 'Ayin, Rimmon, and Tochen, and 'Ashan, five cities;
33 And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.
And all their villages that were round about these same cities as far as Ba'al. These were their dwelling-places, and after them are they recorded.
34 And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amazyah,
35 And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibyah, the son of Serayah, the son of 'Assiel.
36 And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah,
And Elyo'enai and Ja'akobah, and Jeshochayah, and 'Assayah, and Adiel, and Jessimiel, and Benayah.
37 And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
And Ziza the son of Shiph'i, the son of Allon, the son of Jedayah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shema'yah:
38 These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families; and their family divisions spread themselves out greatly.
39 And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.
And they went to the entrance of Gedur, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.
And they found a fat and good pasture, and the land was roomy, and quiet, and peaceable; for descendants of Ham dwelt there before that time.
41 And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.
And then came these written down by name in the days of Hezekiah the king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Se'ir having at their head Pelatyah, and Ne'aryah, and Rephayah, and 'Uzziel, the sons of Yish'i.
43 And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.
And they smote the rest of the 'Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.