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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's first-born, displeased Yahweh who put him to death.
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Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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Sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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Sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara, five in all.
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Sons of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by being unfaithful to the curse of destruction.
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Sons of Ethan: Azariah.
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Sons of Hezron: there were born to him Jerahmeel, Ram, Chelubai.
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Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon chief of the sons of Judah,
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Nahshon fathered Salma, Salma fathered Boaz.
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Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse.
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Jesse fathered Eliab, his first-born, Abinadab second, Shimea third,
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Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,
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Ozem sixth, David seventh.
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Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab and Asahel: three.
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Abigail gave birth to Amasa; father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb son of Hezron fathered Jerioth by Azubah his wife; these are her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
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Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
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Hur fathered Uri, Uri fathered Bezalel.
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Afterwards, Hezron married the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead; he married her when he was sixty years old and she bore him Segub.
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Segub fathered Jair who held twenty-three towns in the territory of Gilead.
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From them, however, Geshur and Aram took the Encampments of Jair and Kenath with its dependencies: sixty towns. All these used to belong to the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
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After Hezron's death, Caleb married Ephrathah, wife of Hezron his father, who bore him Ashhur father of Tekoa.
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Jerahmeel, Hezron's eldest son, fathered Hezron, his first-born, Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife called Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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Sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's first-born: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
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Sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. Sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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Abishur's wife was called Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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Sons of Nadab: Seled and Ephraim. Seled died leaving no son.
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Son of Ephraim: Ishi; son of Ishi: Sheshan; son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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Sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died leaving no sons.
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Sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian slave Jarha
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to whom Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage. She bore him Attai.
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Attai fathered Nathan, Nathan fathered Zabad,
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Zabad fathered Ephlal, Ephlal fathered Obed,
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Obed fathered Jehu, Jehu fathered Azariah,
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Azariah fathered Helez, Helez fathered Eleasah,
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Eleasah fathered Sismai, Sismai fathered Shallum,
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Shallum fathered Jekamiah, Jekamiah fathered Elishama.
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Sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: Mesha, his first-born, who fathered Ziph. His son was Mareshah, father of Hebron.
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Sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
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Shema fathered Raham, father of Jorkeam. Rekem fathered Shammai.
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Shammai's son was Maon, and Maon fathered Beth-Zur.
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Ephah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez.
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Sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
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Maacah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She gave birth to Shaaph, who fathered Madmannah, and Sheva, who fathered Machbenah and Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the sons of Caleb. Sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal fathered Kiriath-Jearim;
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Salma fathered Bethlehem; Hareph fathered Beth-Gader.
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Shobal, father of Kiriath-Jearim, had sons: Haroeh, that is, half of the Manahathites,
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and the clans of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. Their descendants are the people of Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorathites,
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the Sophrite clans living at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. They were the Kenites descended from Hammath, father of the House of Rechab.
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