Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 7
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1The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv and Shimron — four.
2The sons of Tola were: ‘Uzi, Refayah, Yeri’el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh’mu’el. They were heads of their fathers’ clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.
3The son of ‘Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha’el, ‘Ovadyah, Yo’el and Yishiyah — five, all of them leaders. 4With them, by their generations, in their fathers’ clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children. 5Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.
6[The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y’dia‘el — three.
7The sons of Bela were: Etzbon, ‘Uzi, ‘Uzi’el, Yerimot and ‘Iri — five; they were leaders of fathers’ clans, strong, brave men. They numbered 22,034, listed in genealogical records.
8The sons of Bekher were: Z’mirah, Yo’ash, Eli‘ezer, Elyo‘enai, ‘Omri, Yeremot, Aviyah, ‘Anatot and ‘Alemet; all these were sons of Bekher. 9Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers’ clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.
10The son of Y’dia‘el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye‘ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena‘anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar. 11All these were descendants of Y’dia‘el, leaders of their fathers’ clans, who were brave, strong men; they numbered 17,200, all fit to fight with the army.
12[More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of ‘Ir.
Hushim, the son of another [of Isra’el’s sons, namely, Dan].
13The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi’el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.
14The descendants of M’nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil‘ad; Asri’el [Gil‘ad’s son] was descended from her. 15Makhir’s wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister’s name was Ma‘akhah. M’nasheh’s second son was Tz’lof’chad, and Tz’lof’chad had daughters. 16Ma‘akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17The son of Ulam was B’dan. These were the descendants of Gil‘ad the son of Makhir the son of M’nasheh. 18His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi‘ezer and Machlah. 19The sons of Sh’mida were Achyan, Sh’khem, Lik’chi and Ani‘am.
20The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El‘adah, his son Tachat, 21his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also ‘Ezer and El‘ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle. 22Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him. 23Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B’ri‘ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity. 24His daughter was She’erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She’erah. 25Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan 26his son La‘dan, his son ‘Ammihud, his son Elishama, 27his son Nun and his son Y’hoshua.
28Their possessions and settlements were Beit-El with its towns; Na‘aran to the east; and to the west, Gezer with its towns; also Sh’khem with its towns, as far as ‘Ayah and its towns; 29and, near the territory of the descendants of M’nasheh, Beit-Sh’an with its towns, Ta‘nakh with its towns, Megiddo with its towns and Dor with its towns. In these places lived the descendants of Yosef the son of Isra’el.
30The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B’ri‘ah and their sister Serach. 31The sons of B’ri‘ah were: Hever and Malki’el, who fathered Birzayit. 32Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua. 33The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and ‘Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet. 34The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram. 35The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and ‘Amal. 36The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu‘al, Beri, Yimrah, 37Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be’era. 38The sons of Yeter were: Y’funeh, Pispah and Ara. 39The sons of ‘Ula were: Arach, Hani’el and Ritzya. 40All these were descendants of Asher, leaders of their fathers’ clans, elite, strong, brave men, the most important of the princes. Those fit for battle service, listed in genealogies, numbered 26,000 men.
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