2 The sons of our ancestor Israel (the brother of Esau) were the forefathers of the twelve tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ The sons of Judah (Er, Onan, and Shelah) were born to his wife Bath-shua of Canaan. Er (Judah’s firstborn) was wicked in the eyes of the Eternal One, so He put him to death. Er’s widow (and Judah’s own daughter-in-law), ⁴ Tamar, gave birth to Judah’s youngest children, Perez and Zerah, giving Judah a total of five sons. ⁵ Perez fathered Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ Zerah fathered five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara. ⁷ The son of Carmi (the grandson of Zimri) was Achar, the troublemaker in Israel who violated the ban against taking the spoils of Jericho. ⁸ The son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹ King David descended from Perez’s first son. Hezron fathered Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰ Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, the leader of the tribe of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon’s son was Salma, who fathered Boaz. ¹² Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed’s son was Jesse. Jesse had seven sons: ¹³ Eliab (his firstborn), Abinadab (the second), Shimea (the third), ¹⁴ Nethanel (the fourth), Raddai (the fifth), ¹⁵ Ozem (the sixth), and David (the seventh). ¹⁶ David had two sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail. The three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail married Jether the Ishmaelite and gave birth to Amasa.

¹⁸ Hezron’s son Caleb had sons by his wife, Azubah, and by Jerioth. Jerioth’s sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who gave birth to Hur. ²⁰ Hur fathered Uri, and Uri’s son was Bezalel.

²¹ After that Hezron married the daughter of Machir (the father of Gilead) when he was 60 years old. She gave birth to Segub. ²² Segub fathered Jair, who had 23 cities in the land of Gilead. ²³ But Geshur and Aram conquered the 23 cities of Jair and the villages of Kenath—60 cities total. The conquerors were the sons of Machir (the father of Gilead). ²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah (Hezron’s wife) gave birth to Ashhur, the leader of Tekoa.

²⁵ Jerahmeel (the firstborn of Hezron) had five sons: Ram (the firstborn), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife, Atarah, who gave birth to Onam. ²⁷ Ram fathered Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸ Onam fathered Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹ Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she gave birth to Ahban and Molid. ³⁰ Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without sons, ³¹ but Appaim fathered Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan, who fathered Ahlai. ³² Shammai’s brother, Jada, fathered Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without sons, but ³³ Jonathan fathered Peleth and Zaza. They were the generation of Jerahmeel.^{[a] 34} Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, and he had a servant named Jarha, who was Egyptian.

³⁵ Sheshan married one daughter to Jarha (his Egyptian servant), and she gave birth to Attai. ³⁶ Attai fathered Nathan, and here are the 11 generations that descended from Nathan: Zabad, ³⁷ Ephlal, Obed, ³⁸ Jehu, Azariah, ³⁹ Helez, Eleasah, ⁴⁰ Sismai, Shallum, ⁴¹ Jekamiah, and Elishama.

⁴² Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel and son of Hezron, fathered Mesha (his firstborn and the father of Ziph) and Mareshah (the father of Hebron). ⁴³ Hebron fathered Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema’s son, Raham, fathered Jorkeam, and his brother Rekem fathered Shammai. ⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon fathered Bethzur. ⁴⁶ Ephah (Caleb’s concubine) gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸ Maacah (another of Caleb’s concubines) bore Sheber, Tirhanah, ⁴⁹ Shaaph (the father of Madmannah), Sheva (the father of Machbena and Gibea), and a daughter, Achsah.

⁵⁰ These were the generations of Caleb through Hur (the firstborn of Caleb’s second wife Ephrathah) were Shobal (the father of Kiriath-jearim), ⁵¹ Salma (the father of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the father of Beth-gader). ⁵² Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim governed Haroeh (half of the Manahathites) ⁵³ and the families of Kiriath-jearim (the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites). From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴ Salma governed Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and the Zorites (half of the Manahathites). ⁵⁵ Families of scribes lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath (the father of Rechab).