Chronicles I 4

1 And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.

2 and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites.

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.

3 And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.

And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

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.

5 And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.

And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.

And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7 And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.

And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

8 And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.

And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

9 And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.

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.

10 And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

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.

11 And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.

And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

12 He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these [were] the men of Rechab.

And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

13 And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

14 And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.

And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.

15 And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.

And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

16 And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.

And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

17 And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon.

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.

18 And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took.

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.

19 And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.

And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20 And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.

And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...

21 The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba.

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;

22 And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who lived in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.

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.

23 These [are] the potters who lived in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and lived there.

These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.

24 The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

25 Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

26 Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.

And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27 Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.

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.

28 And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

29 and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

30 and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

31 and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.

And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.

32 And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.

And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;

33 And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.

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.

34 And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;

And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

35 and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;

And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36 and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;

And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah,

37 and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.

And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38 These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.

These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.

39 And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.

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.

40 And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness; for [there were] some of the children of Cham who lived there before.

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.

41 And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they struck the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they lived in their place, because [there was] pasture there for their cattle.

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.

42 And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers.

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.

43 And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.

And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.