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⥃The Descendants of Judah

[1] The sons of Judah; Pharez², Hezron, and Carmi³, and Hur, and Shobal.⁴ [2] And Reaiah⁵ the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These [are] the families of the Zorathites⁶. [3] And these [were of] the father of Etam⁷; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi: [4] And Penuel the father of Gedor⁸, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur⁹, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth–lehem.

[5] [¶]And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.¹⁰ [6] And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These [were] the sons of Naarah. [7] And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. [8] And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.¹¹

⥃The Prayer of Jabez

[9] [¶]And Jabez was more¹² honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez¹³, saying, Because I bare him¹⁴ with sorrow. [10] And Jabez called¹⁵ on the God¹⁶ of Israel, saying, Oh that¹⁷ thou wouldest bless me¹⁸ indeed, and enlarge¹⁹ my coast, and that thine hand²⁰ might be with me, and that thou²¹ wouldest keep [me²²] from evil, that it may²³ not grieve me! And God granted²⁴ him that which he requested.

⥃More Descendants of Judah

[11] And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which [was] the father of Eshton. [12] And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash²⁵. These [are] the men of Rechah. [13] And the sons of Kenaz²⁶; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath²⁷. [14] And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley²⁸ of Charashim²⁹; for they were craftsmen. [15] And the sons of Caleb³⁰ the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz³¹. [16] And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. [17] And the sons of Ezra³² [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam³³, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa³⁴. [18] And his wife Jehudijah³⁵ bare Jered³⁶ the father of³⁷ Gedor³⁸, and Heber³⁹ the father of Socho⁴⁰, and Jekuthiel⁴¹ the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah⁴² the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered⁴³ took. [19] And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah⁴⁴ the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah⁴⁵ the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. [20] And the sons of Shimon⁴⁶ [were], Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben–hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi [were], Zoheth, and Ben–zoheth.

[21] [¶]The sons of Shelah⁴⁷ 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, [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. [23] These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.⁴⁸

⥃The Descendants of Simeon

[24] The sons of Simeon⁴⁹ [were], Nemuel⁵⁰, and Jamin, Jarib⁵¹, Zerah⁵², [and] Shaul: [25] Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. [26] And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. [27] And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to⁵³ the children of Judah. [28] And they dwelt at Beer–sheba⁵⁴, and Moladah⁵⁵, and Hazar–shual, [29] And at Bilhah⁵⁶, and at Ezem, and at Tolad⁵⁷, [30] And at Bethuel⁵⁸, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag⁵⁹, [31] And at Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susim⁶⁰, and at Beth–birei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David. [32] And their villages [were], Etam⁶¹, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan⁶², five cities: [33] And all their villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Baal⁶³. These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy⁶⁴. [34] And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, [35] And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, [36] And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, [37] And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; [38] These mentioned by [their] names⁶⁵ [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

[39] [¶]And they went⁶⁶ to the entrance of Gedor⁶⁷, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. [40] And they found fat pasture and good, and the land⁶⁸ [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham⁶⁹ had dwelt there of old. [41] And these written⁷⁰ by name came in the days of Hezekiah⁷¹ king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations⁷² that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture⁷³ there for their flocks. [42] And [some] of them, [even] of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir⁷⁴, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. [43] And they smote the rest⁷⁵ of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day⁷⁶.

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