the sons of judah pharez hezron and carmi and hur and shobal
and reaiah the son of shobal begat jahath and jahath begat ahumai and lahad these are the families of the zorathites
and these were of the father of etam jezreel and ishma and idbash and the name of their sister was hazelelponi
and penuel the father of gedor and ezer the father of hushah these are the sons of hur the firstborn of ephratah the father of bethlehem
and ashur the father of tekoa had two wives helah and naarah
and naarah bare him ahuzam and hepher and temeni and haahashtari these were the sons of naarah
and the sons of helah were zereth and jezoar and ethnan
and coz begat anub and zobebah and the families of aharhel the son of harum
and jabez was more honourable than his brethren and his mother called his name jabez saying because i bare him with sorrow
and jabez called on the god of israel saying oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest keep me from evil that it may not grieve me and god granted him that which he requested
and chelub the brother of shuah begat mehir which was the father of eshton
and eshton begat bethrapha and paseah and tehinnah the father of irnahash these are the men of rechah
and the sons of kenaz othniel and seraiah and the sons of othniel hathath
and meonothai begat ophrah and seraiah begat joab the father of the valley of charashim for they were craftsmen
and the sons of caleb the son of jephunneh iru elah and naam and the sons of elah even kenaz
and the sons of jehaleleel ziph and ziphah tiria and asareel
and the sons of ezra were jether and mered and epher and jalon and she bare miriam and shammai and ishbah the father of eshtemoa
and his wife jehudijah bare 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 which mered took
and the sons of his wife hodiah the sister of naham the father of keilah the garmite and eshtemoa the maachathite
and the sons of shimon were amnon and rinnah benhanan and tilon and the sons of ishi were zoheth and benzoheth
the sons of shelah the son of judah were er the father of lecah and laadah the father of mareshah and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen of the house of ashbea
and jokim and the men of chozeba and joash and saraph who had the dominion in moab and jashubilehem and these are ancient things
these were the potters and those that dwelt among plants and hedges there they dwelt with the king for his work
the sons of simeon were nemuel and jamin jarib zerah and shaul
shallum his son mibsam his son mishma his son
and the sons of mishma hamuel his son zacchur his son shimei his son
and shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters but his brethren had not many children neither did all their family multiply like to the children of judah
and they dwelt at beersheba and moladah and hazarshual
and at bilhah and at ezem and at tolad
and at bethuel and at hormah and at ziklag
and at bethmarcaboth and hazarsusim and at bethbirei and at shaaraim these were their cities unto the reign of david
and their villages were etam and ain rimmon and tochen and ashan five cities
and all their villages that were round about the same cities unto baal these were their habitations and their genealogy
and meshobab and jamlech and joshah the son of amaziah
and joel and jehu the son of josibiah the son of seraiah the son of asiel
and elioenai and jaakobah and jeshohaiah and asaiah and adiel and jesimiel and benaiah
and ziza the son of shiphi the son of allon the son of jedaiah the son of shimri the son of shemaiah
these mentioned by their names were princes in their families and the house of their fathers increased greatly
and they went to the entrance of gedor even unto the east side of the valley to seek pasture for their flocks
and they found fat pasture and good and the land was wide and quiet and peaceable for they of ham had dwelt there of old
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 rooms because there was pasture there for their flocks
and some of them even of the sons of simeon five hundred men went to mount seir having for their captains pelatiah and neariah and rephaiah and uzziel the sons of ishi
and they smote the rest of the amalekites that were escaped and dwelt there unto this day