1These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah’s Descendants

3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.

4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara – five in all.

7The son of Carmi: Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.

8The son of Ethan: Azariah.

9The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

Ram’s Descendants

10Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

11Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz.

12Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

13Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

14Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

15Ozem sixth, David seventh.

16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

17Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb’s Descendants

18Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

20Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

22Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel’s Descendants

25The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother.

27The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29Abishur’s wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

30The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

31The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

32The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)

33The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

34Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

35Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

36Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad.

37Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed.

38Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah.

39Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah.

40Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum.

41Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

More of Caleb’s Descendants

42The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

43The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.

45Shammai’s son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.

46Caleb’s concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

47The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

48Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

50These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

51Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader.

52The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

53the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

55and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.