KJV Easy Read Bible The Family of Israel1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, Jacob 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. From Judah to David3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he killed him. 4And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. sinned 8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9The sons also of Hezron, that were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram fathered Amminadab; and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz, 12And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse, 13And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. The Family of Hezron18And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took to him Ephrath, which bore him Hur. married 20And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezaleel. 21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bore him Segub. 60 22And Segub fathered Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa. The Family of Jerahmeel25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban, and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife; and she bore him Attai. 36And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad, 37And Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed, 38And Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah, 39And Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah, 40And Eleasah fathered Sisamai, and Sisamai fathered Shallum, 41And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama. The Family of Caleb42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem fathered Shammai. 45And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. 46And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran fathered Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. 50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 52And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. 53And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes which dwelled at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. 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