1The sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)], Hetzron [surrounded by a wall], and Karmi [Fruitful, Noble], and Hur [Liberty], and Shoval [flowing]. 2And Re’ayah [Yehovah has seen] the son of Shoval [flowing] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yachat [He will snatch up]; and Yachat [He will snatch up] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Achumai [a water reed: brother of waters], and Lahad [oppression]. These [are] the families of the Tzor’ati [hornet]. 3And these [were of] the father of ‘Eitam [Lair of Wild Beasts]; Yizre’el [God Sows], and Yishma [desolation], and Yidbash [stout]: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi [facing the shade]: 4And P’nu’el [Facing God] the father of G’dor [Wall], and ‘Ezer [treasure] the father of Hushah [haste]. These [are] the sons of Hur [Liberty], the firstborn of Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], the father of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread]. 5And Ashur the father of T’koa [a stockade] had two wives, Hel’ah [rust] and Na’arah [maiden]. 6And Na’arah [maiden] bore him Achuzam [possessor], and Hefer [A Well], and Teimni [southern], and Achashtari [I will diligently observe the searching]. These [were] the sons of Na’arah [maiden]. 7And the sons of Hel’ah [rust] [were], Tzeret [splendour], and Yitz’char [tawny], and Etnan [hire of unchastity]. 8And Coz begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Avuv [confederate], and Tzovevah [the slow], and the families of Acharchel [a following host] the son of Harum [exalted]. 9And Ya’betz [sorrow] was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ya’betz [sorrow], saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. 10And Ya’betz [sorrow] called on the God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], saying, Oh that youⁱ would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that yourⁱ hand might be with me, and that youⁱ would keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] granted him that which he requested.

11And K’luv [caged] the brother of Shuach [wealth] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) M’chir [price], which [was] the father of Eshton [effeminate (acting like a woman; unmanly)]. 12And Eshton [effeminate (acting like a woman; unmanly)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Beit-Rafa [house of healing], and Paseach [limper], and T’chinah [supplication] the father of Ir-Nachash [city of a serpent]. These [are] the men of Rekhah [uttermost part].

13And the sons of K’naz [Hunter]; ‘Otni’el [Lion of God], and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler]: and the sons of ‘Otni’el [Lion of God]; Hatat [fearful]. 14And M’onotai [my habitations] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Ofrah [Fawn]: and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yo’av [Yehovah is father], the father of the Gei-Kharashim [Valley of Craftsmen]; for they were craftsmen. 15And the sons of Kalev [Dog] the son of Y’funeh [He Will Face]; ‘Iru [watch], Elah [an oak], and Na’am [pleasantness]: and the sons of Elah [an oak], even K’naz [Hunter]. 16And the sons of Yehallel’el [Godd is praised]; Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)], and Zifrah [battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)], Tirya [fear], and Asar’el [God holds]. 17And the sons of ‘Ezra [were], Yeter [abundance], and Mered [rebellion], and ‘Efer [a calf], and Yalon [Yehovah lodges]: and she bore Miryam [rebellion], and Shamai [desolate], and Yishbach [he will praise] the father of Esht’moa [I will make myself heard]. 18And his wife Jewish wife bore Yered [descent] the father of G’dor [Wall], and Hever [Comrade] the father of Sokho [bushy], and Y’kut’el [cleansing of God] the father of Zanoach [Cast Off]. And these [are] the sons of Bit’yah [daughter of Yehovah] the daughter of Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House], which Mered [rebellion] took. 19And the sons of [his] wife Hodiyah [majesty of Yehovah] the sister of Nacham [comfort], the father of Ke’ilah [Fortress] the Garmi [bony], and Esht’moa [I will make myself heard] the Ma’akhati [pressure (literally, she has pressed)]. 20And the sons of Shimon [were], Amnon [faithful], and Rinah [shout], Ban-Hanan [son of favour], and Tilon [gift]. And the sons of Yish’i [He saves me] [were], Zochet [releasing], and Ben-Zochet [son of (meaning disputed)]. 21The sons of Shelah [A Petition] the son of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [were], ‘Er [awake] the father of Lekha [journey], and La’adah [order] the father of Mareshah [Crest of a Hill], and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the Beit-Ashbea [house of I shall make to swear], 22And Yokim [Yehovah raises up], and the men of Kozeva [falsehood], and Yo’ash [Given by the Lord], and Saraf [to burn], who had the dominion in Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and Yashuvi-Lechem [returner of bread]. And [these are] ancient things. 23These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24The sons of Shim’on [he who hears] [were], N’mu’el [Day of God], and Yamin [Right Hand], Yariv [he contends], Zerach [Rising], [and] Sha’ul [Desired]: 25Shalum [retribution] his son, Mivsam [sweet odour] his son, Mishma [a hearing] his son. 26And the sons of Mishma [a hearing]; Hamu’el [heat of God] his son, Zakur [mindful] his son, Shime’i [Fame] his son. 27And Shime’i [Fame] had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]. 28And they dwelt at Be’er-sheva [Well of the sevenfold Oath], and Moladah [Birth or Race], and Hatzar-Shu’al [Jackal Village], 29And at Bilhah [troubled], and at ‘Etzem [bone], and at Tolad [generation], 30And at B’tu’el [God destroys], and at Hormah [Asylum], and at Ziklag [Winding], 31And at Beit-Markavot [Houseof the Chariots], and Hatzar-Susim [village of horses], and at Beit-Bir’i [house of a creative one], and at Sha’arayim [double gate]. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David [beloved]. 32And their villages [were], ‘Eitam [Lair of Wild Beasts], and ‘Ayin [Spring], Rimmon [Pomegranate], and Tokhen [measurement], and ‘Ashan [Smoke], five cities: 33And all their villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Ba’al [lord (a false god)]. These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy.

34And Meshovav [restored, or backsliding], and Yamlekh [He will reign], and Yoshah [Yehovah makes equal] the son of Amatzyah [Yehovah is mighty], 35And Yo’el [Yehovah is God], and Yehu [Yehovah is He] the son of Yoshivyah [Yehovah causes to drell], the son of S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler], the son of ‘Asi’el [made by God], 36And Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes], and Ya’akovah [toward Jacob (heal of God)], and Y’shochayah [Yehovah humbles], and ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah], and ‘Adi’el [ornament of God], and Y’simi’el [God will place], and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], 37And Ziza the son of Shif’i [abundant], the son of Alon [oak], the son of Y’da’yah [Yehovah has known], the son of Shimri [vigilant], the son of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears]; 38These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39And they went to the entrance of G’dor [Wall], [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham [hot] had dwelt there of old. 41And these written by name came in the days of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and struck their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture there for their flocks. 42And [some] of them, [even] of the sons of Shim’on [he who hears], five hundred men, went to mount Se’ir [Shaggy], having for their captains P’latyahu [Yehovah delivers], and Ne’aryah [servant of Yehovah], and Refayah [healed of Yehovah], and Uzziel [My Strength is God], the sons of Yish’i [He saves me]. 43And they struck the rest of the ‘Amalekim [Dwellers in a Valley]that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.