1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 ¶ And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were , Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 ¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were , Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were , Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were , Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 ¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were , Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 ¶ The sons of Simeon were , Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages were , Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote 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. 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
Jūdas pēcnācēji
1 Jūdas dēli bija Perecs, Hecrons, Karmī, Hūrs un Šobāls. 2 Šobāla dēls bija Reāja, viņš bija Jahata tēvs, Jahats bija Ahūmaja un Lahada tēvs. Šī ir coriešu dzimta.
3 Viņu tēvs bija Ētāms – no viņa cēlies Jizreēls, Jišma un Jidbašs, viņu māsas vārds bija Celelponī. 4 Penuēls bija Gdoras tēvs, Ezers bija Hūšas tēvs. Šie ir Hūra, Efrāta pirmdzimtā, Betlēmes tēva, dēli. 5 Ašhūram, Tekoas tēvam, bija divas sievas – Hela un Naara. 6 Naara viņam dzemdēja Ahuzāmu, Hēferu, Tēmānu un Ahaštārī. Viņi ir Naaras dēli. 7 Helas dēli bija Cerets, Jichārs un Etnāns. 8 Kocs bija Hārūma dzimtu Ānūba, Cobēba un Aharhēla tēvs.
9 Jaabēcs bija godājamākais no brāļiem, viņa māte tam deva vārdu Jaabēcs , sacīdama: “Sāpēs es viņu dzemdēju!” 10 Jaabēcs piesauca Israēla Dievu, sacīdams: “Svētī mani bagātīgi un paplašini manas robežas, lai tava roka ir ar mani – sargi mani no ļauna, lai nesāp mana sirds!” Un Dievs lika notikt tam, ko viņš lūdza.
11 Šūhas brālis Kelūbs bija Mehīra tēvs, viņš ir Eštona tēvs, 12 Eštons bija Bēt-Rāfas, Pāsēha un Tehinnas tēvs, kas bija Īr-Nāhāšas tēvs. Šie ir Rēhas vīri.
13 Kenaza dēli – Otniēls un Serāja, Otniēla dēli bija Hatats un Meonotajs. 14 Meonotajs bija Ofras tēvs, un Serāja bija Joāba tēvs, kas bija Gē-Harašīma tēvs, jo tie bija amatnieki.
15 Kāleba, Jefunnes dēla, dēli bija – Īru, Ēla un Naams. Ēla dēls bija Kenazs. 16 Jehallelēla dēli bija Zīfs, Zīfa, Tīrja un Asarēls. 17 Ezras dēli – Jeters, Mereds, Ēfers un Jālons. Viņa ieņēma Mirjāmu, Šammaju un Jišbahu, Eštmo tēvu, – 18 viņa sieva, kas bija jūdiete, dzemdēja Jeredu, Gdoras tēvu, un Heberu, Soho tēvu, un Jekūtiēlu, Zānoha tēvu. Šie ir faraona meitas Bitjas, kuru apprecēja Mereds, dēli.
19 Hodijas sievas, Nahama māsas, dēli – Keīla, garmiešu tēvs, un maahietis Eštmo. 20 Šimona dēli – Amnons, Rinna, Ben-Hānāns un Tīlons. Jišī dēli – Zohēts un Ben-Zohēts. 21 Šēlas, Jūdas dēla, dēli – Gērs, Lēha tēvs, un Lada, Mārēša tēvs, kā arī linu darinātāju dzimtas no Bēt-Ašbes, 22 un Jokīms un Kozēbas vīri, Joāšs un Sārāfs, kuri pārvaldīja Moābu un atgriezās Betlēmē – pēc seniem nostāstiem. 23 Viņi bija podnieki un dzīvoja Netaīmā un Gedērā, tur viņi dzīvoja un strādāja ķēniņa labā.
Šimona pēcnācēji
(1Moz 46:10)
24 Šimona dēli bija Nemuēls, Jāmīns, Jārībs, Zerahs, Sauls; 25 viņa dēls Šallūms, viņa dēls – Mibsāms, viņa dēls Mišma. 26 Mišmas dēls bija Hammuēls, viņa dēls Zakūrs, viņa dēls Šimī. 27 Šimī bija sešpadsmit dēli un sešas meitas, bet viņa brāļiem nebija daudz dēlu, un arī visa dzimta nepieauga tādā skaitā kā Jūdas dēli.
28 Viņi dzīvoja Bēršebā, Molādā un Hacar-Šuālā, 29 Bilhā, Ecemā, Toladā, 30 Betuēlā, Hormā un Ciklagā, 31 Bēt-Markabotā, Hacar-Sūsā, Bēt-Birī un Šaaraimā. Šīs bija viņu pilsētas līdz Dāvida valdīšanas sākumam. 32 Viņu ciemi bija: Ētāma, Aina, Rimmona, Tohena un Āšāna – piecas pilsētas. 33 Viņiem piederēja visi ciemi pie šīm pilsētām līdz Baalai. Tās ir vietas, kur viņi dzīvoja, un viņiem bija uzrakstīti cilts raksti – 34 Mešobābs, Jamlēhs, Joša, Amacjāhu dēls, 35 Joēls, Jehus, Jošibja dēls, Serājas dēls, Asiēla dēls, 36 un Eljoēnajs, Jaakoba, Jošohāja, Asāja, Adiēls, Jesīmiēls, Benājāhu, 37 Zīza, Šifī dēls, Allona dēls, Jedājas dēls, Šimrī dēls, Šemajas dēls. 38 Šie, kuru vārdi ir nosaukti, bija savu dzimtu augstmaņi, un viņu tēvu nams kļuva jo stiprs. 39 Savām avīm ganības meklēdami, tie gāja un nonāca Gdorā, ielejas austrumos. 40 Viņi atrada leknas un labas ganības, zeme bija ļoti plaša, klusa un mierīga. Pirms tam tur bija dzīvojuši Hāma dēli. 41 Šie, kuru vārdi ir uzrakstīti, nāca Jūdas ķēniņa Hizkijas laikā un izkāva turienes hāmiešu un māoniešu apmetnes, un tos iznīcināja. Tālab līdz šai dienai viņi dzīvo to vietā, jo tur viņiem ir ganības. 42 Pieci simti vīru no Šimona dēliem devās uz Seīra kalnu, un viņu vadītāji bija Pelatja, Naarja, Refāja un Uziēls, Jišī dēli. 43 Viņi apkāva atlikušos amālēkiešus un dzīvo tur līdz šai dienai.