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These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him.
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And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara--five of them in all.
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The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
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The son of Ethan was Azariah.
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Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah;
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Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;
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Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
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Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
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Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel--three.
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Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur.
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
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Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns--sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children.
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The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and Sheshan's child was Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children.
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The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad;
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Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed;
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Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah;
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Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah;
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Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum;
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Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
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The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
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And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.