Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 2
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1These are the sons of Isra’el: Re’uven, Shim‘on, Levi, Y’hudah, Yissakhar, Z’vulun, 2Dan, Yosef, Binyamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher.
3The sons of Y’hudah: ‘Er, Onan and Shelah; the mother of these three was Bat-Shua the Kena‘anit. ‘Er, Y’hudah’s firstborn, was wicked from Adonai’s perspective, so he killed him. 4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Peretz and Zerach; thus Y’hudah had five sons altogether.
5The sons of Peretz: Hetzron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerach: Zimri, Eitan, Heiman, Kalkol and Dara — five of them altogether. 7The sons of Karmi: ‘Akhar [troubler], who troubled Isra’el by violating the rule concerning things set aside to be destroyed. 8The son of Eitan: ‘Azaryah.
9The sons born to Hetzron: Yerachme’el, Ram and K’luvai. 10Ram fathered ‘Amminadav; ‘Amminadav fathered Nachshon prince of the descendants of Y’hudah; 11Nachshon fathered Salma; Salma fathered Bo‘az; 12Bo‘az fathered ‘Oved; ‘Oved fathered Yishai; 13and Yishai fathered Eli’av his firstborn, Avinadav second, Shim‘a third, 14N’tan’el fourth, Radai fifth, 15Otzem sixth, David seventh, 16and their sisters Tz’ruyah and Avigayil. The sons of Tz’ruyah: Avshai, Yo’av and ‘Asah’el, three of them. 17Avigayil was the mother of ‘Amasa; the father of ‘Amasa was Yeter the Yishma‘eli.
18Kalev the son of Hetzron fathered sons with ‘Azuvah his wife (and with Yeri‘ot); these were her sons: Yesher, Shovav and Ardon. 19After ‘Azuvah died, Kalev married Efrat, who bore him Hur. 20Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered B’tzal’el. 21Afterwards, Hetzron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir the father of Gil‘ad; he married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him S’guv. 22S’guv fathered Ya’ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gil‘ad. 23(But G’shur and Aram took Havot-Ya’ir away from them, along with K’nat and its villages — sixty cities.) All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gil‘ad.
24After Hetzron died in Kalev-Efratah, Aviyah Hetzron’s wife bore him Ash’chur the father of T’koa.
25The sons of Yerachme’el Hetzron’s firstborn: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Otzem and Achiyah. 26Yerachme’el had another wife, whose name was ‘Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27The sons of Ram the firstborn son of Yerachme’el: Ma‘atz, Yamin and ‘Eker. 28The sons of Onam: Shamai and Yada. The sons of Shamai: Nadav and Avishur. 29Avishur’s wife was named Avichayil, and she bore him Achban and Molid. 30The sons of Nadav: Seled and Apayim. Seled died without having any children. 31The son of Apayim: Yish‘i. The son of Yish‘i: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Achlai. 32The sons of Yada the brother of Shamai: Yeter and Yonatan. Yeter died without having any children. 33The sons of Yonatan: Pelet and Zaza. These were the descendants of Yerachme’el.
34Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Yarcha; 35Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Yarcha his servant, and she bore him ‘Atai. 36‘Atai fathered Natan, Natan fathered Zavad, 37Zavad fathered Eflal, Eflal fathered ‘Oved, 38‘Oved fathered Yehu, Yehu fathered ‘Azaryah, 39‘Azaryah fathered Heletz, Heletz fathered El‘asah, 40El‘asah fathered Sismai, Sismai fathered Shalum, 41Shalum fathered Y’kamyah and Y’kamyah fathered Elishama.
42The sons of Kalev the brother of Yerachme’el: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hevron. 43The sons of Hevron: Korach, Tapuach, Rekem and Shema. 44Shema fathered Racham the father of Yorke‘am, and Rekem fathered Shamai. 45The son of Shamai was Ma‘on, and Ma‘on was the father of Beit-Tzur. 46‘Eifah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Haran, Motza and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. 47The sons of Yahdai: Regem, Yotam, Geshan, Pelet, ‘Eifah and Sha‘af. 48Ma‘akhah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Shever and Tirchanah. 49[The wife of] Sha‘af the father of Madmanah bore Sh’va the father of Machbenah and the father of Giv‘a. The daughter of Kalev was ‘Akhsah. 50These were the descendants of Kalev.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim, 51Salma the father of Beit-Lechem and Haref the father of Beit-Gader. 52Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim had sons: HaRo’eh and half of the [inhabitants of] M’nuchot. 53The families of Kiryat-Ye‘arim: the Yitri, the Puti, the Shumati and the Mishra‘i; from them came the Tzor‘ati and the Eshta’uli. 54The sons of Salma: Beit-Lechem, the N’tofati, ‘Atrot-Beit-Yo’av, half of the Manachati, the Tzor‘i, 55the families of scribes that lived in Ya‘betz, the Tir‘atim, the Shim‘atim and the Sukhatim. These are the Kinim, who came from Hamat, father of the house of Rekhav.
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