| Chapter 2 |
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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, |
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Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. |
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The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah`s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. |
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And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. |
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The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul. |
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And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. |
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And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. |
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And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. |
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And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. |
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And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; |
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and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, |
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and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; |
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and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, |
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Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, |
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; |
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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. |
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And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. |
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And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth: her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. |
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And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur. |
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezaleel. |
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And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. |
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And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead; |
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and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead. |
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And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron`s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. |
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And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. |
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And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. |
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And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. |
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And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: 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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And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons. |
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And the sons of Appaim: Jishi; and the sons of Jishi: Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. |
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And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons. |
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And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. |
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And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha; |
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and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. |
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And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, |
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and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, |
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and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, |
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and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Elasah, |
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and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, |
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and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. |
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And the sons 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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And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. |
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And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. 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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And Ephah, Caleb`s concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. |
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And the sons of Jehdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. |
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Maachah, Caleb`s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah; |
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and she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. |
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These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, |
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. |
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And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth. |
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And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites. |
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites. Atroth-Beth-Joab, and the Hazi-Hammana-hethites, the Zorites; |
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and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. |