The Descendants of Judah

1The sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These the families of the Zorathites. 3And these of the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister, Hazelelponi: 4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of the house of bread. 5And to Ashur the father of Tekoa, were two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6And Naarah will bear to him Ahuzzam and Hepher, and Temeni, and Hahashtari. These the sons of Naraah. 7And the sons of Helah, Zereth, Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8And Coz begat Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

9And Jabez was honorable above his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, For I bare with pain. 10And Jabez will call to God of Israel, saying, If blessing, thou wilt bless me and enlarge my bound, and thine hand were with me, and didst me from evil, so as not to afflict me! And God will bring what he asked.

More Descendants of Judah

11And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, he the father of Eshton. 12And Eshton begat the house of healing, and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of the city of enchantment These are the men of Rechab.

13And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of the valley of workmen; for they were artificers. 15And the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah: Kenaz. 16And the sons of Jehalaleel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel. 17And the sons of Ezra, Jether and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she will conceive Miriam and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18And his wife Jelrudijah bear Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 19And the sons of the woman Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa, the Maachathite. 20And the sons of Shimon, Ammon and Rinnah, son of Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi, Zoheth and the son of Zoheth.

21The sons of Shelah son of Judah, Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, fathers of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the working of the byssus to the house of Ashbea, 22And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who possessed to Moab, and dwelling to them. And ancient words. 23These the potters, and they dwelling with plants and in the enclosure: with the king in his work they dwelt there.

The Descendants of Simeon

24The sons of Simeon, Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Saul: 25Shallum his son, Mibsam his sun, Mishma his son. 26And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 27And to Shimei, sixteen sons and six daughters: and to his brethren not many sons, and all their families did not multiply even to the sons of Judah. 28And they dwelt at the well of the oath, and the birth and enclosure of the fox. 29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31And at the house of Chariots, and at the enclosure of horses, and at the house of my creation, and at the gates. These their cities even to king David. 32And their villages Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan; five cities. 33And all their villages which were round about these cities even to Baal These their habitations and their enrolling for them.

34Meshobab and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 35And Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, 36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jehoshaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37And Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Alon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah. 38These coming by names, princes in their families: and the house of their fathers broke forth to a multitude.

39And they will come to the entrance of Gedor, even to the sunrising of the valley to seek pasture for their sheep. 40And they will find fat pasture and good, and the land wide of hands and resting and quiet; for from Ham dwelling there before. 41And these being written by names, will come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they will strike their tents and their dwellings those being found there, and they will exterminate them even to this day, and they will dwell instead of them, for pasture there for their sheep. 42And from them from the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, for their heads. 43And they will strike the rest of the escaping to Amalek, and they will dwell there even to this day.