1 Chronicles 4

1 The sones of Juda weren Phares, and Esrom, and Carmy, and Hur, and Sobal.

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

2 Forsothe Reaia, the sone of Sobal, gendride Geth; of whom weren borun Achymai, and Laed. These weren the kynredis of Sarathi.

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoreathites.

3 And this is the generacioun of Ethan; Jesrael, Jezema, and Jedebos; and the name of the sistir of hem was Asaelphumy.

And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;

4 Sotheli Phunyel was the fadir of Gedor, and Ezer was the fadir of Osa; these ben the sones of Hur, the firste gendrid sone of Effrata, the fadir of Bethleem.

and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem.

5 Sotheli Assur, the fadir of Thecue, hadde twei wyues, Haala, and Naara;

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

6 forsothe Naara childide to hym Oozam, and Epher, and Theman, and Aschari; these ben the sones of Naara.

And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.

7 Forsothe the sones of Haala weren Sereth, Isaar, and Ethan.

And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

8 Forsothe Chus gendride Anob, and Sobala, and the kynredis of Arab, sone of Arym.

And Koz begot Anub, and Hazzobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

9 Forsothe Jabes was noble byfor alle hise britheren; and his modir clepide his name Jabes, and seide, For Y childide hym in sorewe.

And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.

10 Sotheli Jabes clepide inwardli God of Israel, and seide, Yf thou blessynge schal blesse me, and schalt alarge my termes, and if thin hond schal be with me, and thou schalt make me to be not oppressid of malice. And God yaf to hym that thing, that he preiede.

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.

11 Forsothe Caleph, the brother of Sua, gendride Machir, that was the fadir of Eston;

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

12 sotheli Eston gendride Beth, Rapha, and Phese, and Thena, the fadir of the citee Naas. These ben the sones of Recha.

And Eshton begot Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash: these were the men of Rechah.

13 Forsothe the sones of Cenez weren Othonyel, and Saraia.

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

14 Sotheli the sones of Othonyel weren Athiath, and Maonaththa, that gendride Opham. Forsothe Saraia gendride Joab, the fadir of the valey of crafti men; for there weren crafti men.

And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.

15 Sotheli the sones of Caleph, sone of Jephone, weren Hyn, and Helam, and Nahemi. And the sones of Helam weren Cenez.

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

16 Also the sones of Jaleel weren Zeph, and Zipha, Tiria, and Asrael.

— And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.

17 And the sones of Esra weren Chether, and Merid, and Epher, and Jalon; and he gendride Marie, and Semmai, and Jesba, the fadir of Eschamo.

— And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 Also Judaia, hys wijf, childide Jared, the fadir of Gedor; and Heber, the fadir of Zocho; and Hieutihel, the fadir of Janon. Sotheli these weren the sones of Bethie, the douyter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wijf.

And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.

19 And the sones of the wijf of Odoie, sister of Nathan, fadir of Ceila, weren Garmy, and Escamo, that was of Machati.

— And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

20 Also the sones of Symeon weren Amon and Rena; the sone of Anam was Chilon; and the sones of Gesi weren Zoeth, and Benzoeth.

— And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. — And the sons of Jishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

21 The sones of Cela, sone of Juda, weren Her, the fadir of Lecha, and Laada, the fadir of Marasa; and these weren the kynredis of the hows of men worchynge biys in the hows of an ooth,

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea,

22 and which made the sunne to stonde, and the men of leesyng, sikir, and goynge, that weren princes in Moab, and that turneden ayen in to Bethleem; forsothe these ben elde wordis.

and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

23 These ben potteris dwellinge in plauntyngis, and in heggis, anentis kyngis in her werkis; and thei dwelliden there.

These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24 The sones of Symeon weren Namyhel, and Jamyn, Jarib, Zara, Saul.

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Saul;

25 Sellum was his sone; Mapsan was his sone; Masma was his sone.

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

26 The sones of Masma; Amuel, his sone; and Zaccur, his sone; Semey, his sone.

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

27 The sones of Semey weren sixtene, and sixe douytris; sotheli hise britheren hadden not many sones, and al the kynrede myyte not be euene to the summe of the sones of Juda.

and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

28 Forsothe thei dwelliden in Bersabee, and in Molada, and in Asarsual,

And they abode at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual,

29 and in Balaa, and in Aason, and in Tholat,

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

30 and in Bathuel, and in Horma,

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

31 and in Sicheloch, and in Betmarchaboth, and in Archasusym, and in Bethbaray, and in Saarym; these weren the citees of hem, `til to the kyng Dauid.

and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

32 Also the townes of hem weren Ethan, and Aen, and Remmon, and Techen, and Asan; fyue citees.

And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

33 And alle the vilagis of hem bi the cumpas of these citees, `til to Baal; this is the dwellyng of hem, and the departyng of seetis.

and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogical register.

34 Also Mosobaly, and Jemlech, and Josa, the sone of Amasie,

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

35 and Johel, and Jehu, the sone of Josabie, and the sones of Saraie, the sones of Asiel,

and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36 and Helioneai, and Jacoba, and Sucua, and Asaia, and Adihel, and Hisemeel, and Banaia;

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

37 and Ziza, the sone of Sephei, the sone of Allon, sone of Abdaia, sone of Semry, sone of Samaia.

and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah:

38 These ben princis nemyd in her kynredis, and ben multiplied greetli in the hows of her alies.

these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.

39 And thei yeden forth to entre in to Gador, `til to the eest of the valei, and to seke pasturis to her scheep.

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40 And thei fonden pasturis ful plenteuouse, and ful goode, and a ful large lond, and restful, and plenteuouse, wherynne men of the generacioun of Cham hadden dwellid bifore.

And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.

41 Therfor these men, whiche we discryueden bifore `bi name, camen in the daies of Ezechie, kyng of Juda; and smytiden the tabernaclis of hem, and the dwelleris that weren foundun there; and thei `diden awei hem `til in to present dai; and thei dwelliden for hem, for thei founden there ful plenteuouse pasturis.

And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah 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; for there was pasture there for their flocks.

42 Also fyue hundrid men of the sones of Symeon yeden in to the hil of Seir, and thei hadden princes Faltias, and Narias, and Raphaias, and Oziel, the sones of Jesi;

And five hundred men of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, having at their head Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Jishi,

43 and thei smytiden the relifs of Amalechites, that myyten ascape; and thei dwelliden there for hem `til to this day.

and they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped; and they dwelt there unto this day.