1: The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur,
and Shobal. |
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2: And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat
Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. |
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And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and
Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: |
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4: 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. |
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5: And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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6: And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. |
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7: And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
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8: And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel
the son of Harum. |
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9: And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his
mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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10: 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. |
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11: And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
father of Eshton. |
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12: And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah. |
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13: And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
Othniel; Hathath. |
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14: And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the
father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. |
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15: And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. |
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16: And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
Asareel. |
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17: 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. |
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18: And his wife Jehudiajah 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. |
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19: And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. |
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20: And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan,
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. |
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21: 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, |
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22: And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who
had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient
things. |
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23: These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and
hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. |
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24: The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
Shaul: |
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25: Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
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26: And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zachur his son,
Shimei his son. |
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27: 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. |
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28: And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
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29: And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, |
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30: And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, |
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31: And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei,
and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. |
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32: And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
and Ashan, five cities: |
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33: And all their villages that were round about the same cities,
unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. |
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34: And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
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35: And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah,
the son of Asiel, |
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36: And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, |
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37: And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; |
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38: These mentioned by their names were princes in their
families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. |
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39: And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east
side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. |
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40: 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. |
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41: 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. |
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42: 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. |
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43: And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,
and dwelt there unto this day. |