| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. | 1Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. |
| 2Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. | 2Shobal's son Reaiah fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. |
| 3These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. | 3These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi. |
| 4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem. | 4Penuel fathered Gedor and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: |
| 5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. | 5Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah. |
| 6Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. | 6Naarah bore him these sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. |
| 7The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, | 7The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. |
| 8and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum. | 8Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Harum's son Aharhel. |
| 9Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, "I experienced pain when I gave birth to him." | 9Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives—his mother named him Jabez, she said, "because I bore him in pain." |
| 10Jabez called out to the God of Israel, "If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!" God answered his prayer. | 10Later on, Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking him, "…whether you would bless me again and again, enlarge my territory, keep your power with me, keep me from evil, and keep me from harm!" And God granted what he had requested. |
| 11Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. | 11Chelub, Shuhah's brother, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. |
| 12Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah. | 12Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who fathered Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. |
| 13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. | 13Kenaz's descendants were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's descendants were Hathath |
| 14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen. | 14and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, who fathered the Ge-harashim, because they became artisans. |
| 15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. | 15The descendants of Jephunneh's son Caleb were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz. |
| 16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. | 16Jehallelel's descendants were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. |
| 17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. | 17Ezrah's descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who fathered Eshtemoa. |
| 18(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married. | 18Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. |
| 19The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. | 19The descendants of Hodiah's wife, Naham's sister, fathered Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. |
| 20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth. | 20Shimon's descendants were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi's descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. |
| 21The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea, | 21The descendants of Judah's son Shelah were Er, who fathered Lecah, Laadah (who fathered Mareshah and the families who belonged to the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea), |
| 22Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.) | 22Jokim, the men who lived in Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph (who married Moabite families), and Jashubi-lehem. (The records are ancient.) |
| 23They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king. | 23These people were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah in service to their king, who lived there. |
| 24The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, | 24Simeon's descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,? |
| 25his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. | 25his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. |
| 26The descendants of Mishma: His son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. | 26Mishma's descendants were his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. |
| 27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah. | 27Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but his relatives did not have many children, nor did their entire family multiply like the Judeans did. |
| 28They lived in Beer Sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, | 28They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, |
| 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, | 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, |
| 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, | 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, |
| 31Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. | 31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David began to reign. |
| 32Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan--five towns. | 32Their cities were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, for a total of five cities, |
| 33They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records. | 33along with all their settlements that surrounded these cities as far as Baal—this is their settlement history. They kept this genealogical record for themselves: |
| 34Their clan leaders were: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, | 34Meshobab, Jamlech, Amaziah's son Joshah, |
| 35Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), | 35Joel, Joshibiah's son Jehu (who was the grandson of Seraiah and great-grandson of Asiel), |
| 36Eleoenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, | 36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, |
| 37Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah). | 37Shiphi's son Ziza (who was the grandson of Shiphi, who was fathered by Allon, who was fathered by Jedaiah, who was fathered by Shimri, who was fathered by Shemaiah)— |
| 38These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. | 38these people, enumerated by name, were leaders in their respective families, and their clans grew to be very abundant. |
| 39They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. | 39They journeyed as far as the entrance of Gedor on the east side of the valley in order to find pasture for their flocks. |
| 40They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. | 40They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham. |
| 41The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites' settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there. | 41Later on, during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these people, enumerated by name, came and attacked both their homes and the Meunim who had settled there and who remain exterminated to this day. They settled down there, taking their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. |
| 42Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir | 42Some of them—that is, 500 Simeonite men—went to Mount Seir. Under the leadership of Ishi's sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, |
| 43and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day. | 43they destroyed the survivors of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day. |
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