The Descendants of Judah

1The sonnes of Iuda: Pharez, Hesron, Charmi, Hur, & Sobal. 2And Reaia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad: and these are the kinredes of the Zorathites. 3And these were of the father of Etam: Iezrahel, Isma, and Idbas: and the name of their sister was Hazlelphuni. 4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Eser the father of Husa: And these are the sonnes of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. 5And Ashur the father of Thekoa had two wyues: Helah, and Naarah. 6And Naarah bare him Ahusam, Hepher, Themeni, and Ahasthari: These were the sonnes of Naarah. 7And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan. 8And Coz begat Anob, and Zobeba, and the kinred of Aharhel the sonne of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

9And Iabes was more honorable then his brethren: And his mother called his name Iabes, saying: because I bare him with sorowe. 10And Iabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and shalt let thyne hande be with me, and wilt kepe me from euyll that it hurt me not. And God graunted him his desire.

More Descendants of Judah

11Chelub the brother of Suah begat Mehir, which was the father of Esthon. 12And Esthon begat Beth rapha and Paseha, & Thehinna the father of the citie of Nahas: these are the men of Recha.

13The sonnes of Kenas: Othniel, and Saraia: And the sonne of Othniel was, Hathath. 14And Meonathi begat Ophrah: And Seraia begat Ioab the father of the valley of craftes men, so called because they were craftes men. 15And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were, Iru, Ela, and Naam: And the the sonne of Ela was Kenas. 16And the sonnes of Iehaleleel, were: Ziph, and Ziphah, Thiria, and Asarel. 17And the sonnes of Ezra: were, Iether, Mered, Epher, and Ialon: and he begat Miriam, and Sammai, and Iisbah the father of Esthemoa. 18And his wife Iehudia bare Iered the the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Iecuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sonnes of Bithiah the daughter of Pharao, which Mered toke. 19The sonnes of the wife of Hodia the sister of Naham ye father of Keilah, were: Garmi, & Esthemoia the Maachathite. 20The sonnes of Simon, were: Ammon, and Rimna, Ben hanan, and Thilon: And the sonnes of Iissi, were: Zoheth, and Ben zoheth.

21The sonnes of Selah the sonne of Iuda, were: Er the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the kinredes of the housholdes of them that wrought linnen in the house of Asbea. 22And Iokim and the men of Chozebah, and Ioas, and Saraph whiche had the dominion in Moab, and Iasubi Lehem: these also are wordes of olde. 23These were potters, and dwelt there among trees and hedges, nye vnto the king, because of his worke.

The Descendants of Simeon

24The sonnes of Simeon were: Nemuel, Iamin, Iarib, Zerah, and Saul: 25Whose sonne was Sallum, and the sonne of him was Mibsam, & his sonne was Misma, 26And the sonne of Misma was Hamuel, and his sonne was Zachur, & the sonne of him was Semehi. 27Semehi had sixteene sonnes and sixe daughters: But his brethren had not many children, neither was all the kinred of them like to the children of Iuda in multitude. 28And they dwelt at Beerseba, Molada, and at Hazar Sual, 29At Bilha, at Ezem, and at Tholad, 30At Bathuel, at Horma, & at Ziklag, 31At Bethmarcaboth, Hazer, Susim, at Bethbirei, & at Saaraim: These were their cities vnto the raigne of Dauid. 32And their villages were: Etan, and Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, & Asan, fiue townes. 33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, vnto Baal. This is the habitation of them, and their genealogie:

34Mosobab, and Iamlech, and Iosa the sonne of Amasia, 35And Ioel, and Iehu the sonne of Iosibi, the sonne of Saraia, the sonne of Asiel, 36And Elioenai, and Iaakoba, Isohaia, and Asaiah, Adiel, Ismiel, and Benaia, 37And Ziza the sonne of Siphi, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaia, the sonne of Zimri, the sonne of Semaia. 38These are famous captaynes in their kinredes, setting vp greatly the house of their fathers.

39And they went to the entring in of Gedor, euen vnto the eastsyde of the valley, to seke pasture for their sheepe: 40And they founde fat pasture and good, and a wide lande, quiete and fruitefull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before. 41And these now afore written by name, came in the dayes of Hezekia king of Iuda, and smote the tentes of them, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roomes: because ther was pasture there for their sheepe. 42And some of the children of Simeon went to mount Seir, euen fiue hundred men, hauing for their captaynes, Phelathia, Nearia, Raphaia, and Uzziel, the sonnes of Isi: 43And smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and they dwelt there vnto this day.