OET-RV 1 CHR Chapter 2

2 These were Yisrael’s (Israel’s) sons: Re’uven, Shim’on (Simeon), Levi, and Yehudah (Judah), Yisakar (Issachar), and Zevulun, 2 Dan, Yosef (Joseph), Benyamin, Naftali (Naphtali), Gad, and Asher.

3 Yehudah’s (Judah’s) sons (with the Kena’ani (Canaanite) woman Bat-Shua) were Er, Onan, and Shela. (Yehudah’s eldest son, Er, was evil in Yahweh’s eyes, and he killed him.) 4 His daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perets and Zerah, so altogether Yehudah had five sons.

5 Perets’s sons were Hetsron and Hamul. 6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Eytan, Heyman, Kalkol, and Dara. 7 Zimri had a son named Karmi. Karmi had a son named Akar who brought trouble into Yisrael (Israel) by violating a ban on devoted things.[ref] 8 Eytan’s son was Azaryah.

9 Hetsron had three sons: Yerahme’el, Ram, and Keluvay.[fn]

10 Ram was the father of Aminadav, and Aminadav was the father of Nahshon—a leader of the tribe of Yehudah (Judah). 11 Nahshon was the father of Salma. Salma was the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz was the father of Oved. Oved was the father of Yishay (Jesse). 13 Yishay had his son Eliav first, Avinadav second, Shimea third. 14 Netanel fourth, Raday fifth, 15 Otsem sixth, then David last. 16 Their sisters were Tseruyah and Avigayil. Tseruyah’s three sons were Avishay, Yoav (Joab), and Asahel. 17 Avigayil had Amasa. Amasa’s father was Yeter, a descendant of Yishmael (Ishmael).

18 Hetsron’s third son Kalev (Caleb) had sons with Azuvah, one of his wives. The sons were Yesher, Shovav, and Ardon. (The other wife’s name was Yerieot.) 19 When Azuvah died, Kalev married Efrat, and they had a son named Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Betsalel.

21 Later, when Hetsron was sixty years old, he had sexual intercourse with a daughter of Makir from the region of Gilead and married her. Hetsron’s new wife gave birth to their son Seguv. 22 Seguv was the father of Yair, and Yair controlled twenty-three cities in the Gilead region. 23 But Geshur and Aram captured Havot-Ya’ir and Kenat from them, plus their surrounding towns—sixty towns in all, populated by descendants of Makir (the father of Gilead). 24 After Hetsron’s death in Kalev-Efratah, his wife Aviyah gave birth to his son Ashur (Assyria), the father of Tekoa.

25 Hetsron’s oldest son was Yerahme’el and his sons were Ram (the oldest), Bunah, Oren, Otsem, and Ahiyah. 26 Yerahme’el had another wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Yerahme’el’s oldest son, Ram, were Ma’ats, Yamin, and Eker. 28 Onam’s sons were Shamay and Yada, and Shamay’s sons were Nadav and Avishur.

29 Avishur’s wife was Avihayil, and their sons were Ahban and Molid. 30 Nadav’s sons were Seled and Apayim. (Seled died childless.) 31 Apayim’s son was Yishei, Yishei’s son was Sheshan, and Sheshan’s son was Ahlay.

32 The sons of Shamay’s brother Yada were Yeter and Yonatan (Jonathan). (Yeter died childless.) 33 Yonatan’s sons were Pelet and Zaza.

Those were the descendants of Yerahme’el.

34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had a male servant from Mitsrayim (Egypt) whose name was Yarha, 35 and Sheshan gave his daughter to him for a wife, and they had a son Atay. 36 Atay was the father of Natan (Nathan), and Natan was the father of Zavad. 37 Zavad was the father of Eflal, and Eflal was the father of Oved. 38 Oved was the father of Yehu (Jehu), and Yehu was the father of Azaryah. 39 Azaryah was the father of Helets, and Helets was the father of Eleasah. 40 Eleasah was the father of Sismay, and Sismay was the father of Shalum. 41 Shalum was the father of Yekamyah, and Yekamyah was the father of Elishama.

42 The oldest son of Yerahme’el’s brother Kalev (Caleb) was Meysha. Meysha was the father of Zif, and Zif was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hevron. 43 Hevron’s sons were Korah, Tapuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Yarekeam. Rekem was the father of Shamay. 45 Shamay’s son was Maeon, and Maeon was the father of Beyt-Tsur. 46 Kalev had a slave-wife named Eyfah who gave birth to Haran, Motsa, and Gazez. Haran had a son who he also named Gazez. 47 Yehday’s sons were: Regem, Yotam (Jotham), Geyshan, Pelet, Eyfah, and Sha’af.

48 Kalev had another slave-wife named Ma’akah who gave birth to Shever and Tirhanah. 49 She also gave birth to Sha’af (the father of Madmanah), Sheva (father of Makbena and Givea), and Kalev’s daughter Aksah.

50 These people were also descendants of Kalev: His other wife Efratah had a son Hur. Hur’s sons were Shoval (founder of Kiryat-Yearim city), 51 Salma (founder of Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem)), and Haref (founder of Beyt-Gader). 52 The descendants of Shoval (founder of Kiryat-Yearim) were Haroeh, half of the Manahatim, 53 and the clans from Kiryat-Yearim: the Yitrim, the Putim, the Shumatim, and the Mishraim. From those came the Tsor’atim and Eshtaolim. 54 Salma’s descendants were the people of Beyt-Lehem, the Netofatim, the clan of Atrot-Beyt-Yo’av, and half of the Manahatim, who were also Tsor’im. 55 The clans of the scribes lived at Yaebets: the Tiratim, the Shimeatim, and the Sukatim. These are the Keynim who descended from Hamat, the ancestor of Rekav’s family.