- These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
- The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death.
- Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
- The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda[1]—five in all.
- The son of Karmi: Achar,[2] who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.[3]
- The son of Ethan: Azariah.
- The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.[4]
- Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.
- Nahshon was the father of Salmon,[5] Salmon the father of Boaz,
- Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.
- Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,
- the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,
- the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.
- Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
- Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
- When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
- Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
- Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
- Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
- (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[6] as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
- After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father[7] of Tekoa.
- The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and[8] Ahijah.
- Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
- The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
- The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
- Abishur's wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
- The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
- The son of Appaim: Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
- The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
- The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
- Sheshan had no sons—only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
- Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
- Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan the father of Zabad,
- Zabad the father of Ephlal, Ephlal the father of Obed,
- Obed the father of Jehu, Jehu the father of Azariah,
- Azariah the father of Helez, Helez the father of Eleasah,
- Eleasah the father of Sismai, Sismai the father of Shallum,
- Shallum the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.
- The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah,[9] who was the father of Hebron.
- The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
- Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
- The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
- Caleb's concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
- The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
- Caleb's concubine Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
- She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Aksah.
- These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
- Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
- The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
- and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
- The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
- and the clans of scribes[10] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.[11]
Israel's Sons
Judah To Hezron's Sons
From Ram Son of Hezron
Caleb Son of Hezron
Jerahmeel Son of Hezron
The Clans of Caleb
- Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts 'Dara'
- 'Achar' means 'trouble'; 'Achar' is called 'Achan' in Joshua.
- The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them.
- Hebrew 'Kelubai,' a variant of 'Caleb'
- Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew 'Salma'
- Or 'captured the settlements of Jair'
- 'Father' may mean 'civic leader' or 'military leader'; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere.
- Or 'Oren and Ozem, by'
- The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Or 'of the Sopherites'
- Or 'father of Beth Rekab'