4 Yehudah’s sons were Perets, Hetsron, Karmi, Hur, and Shoval. 2 Shoval had a son Reayah, Reayah had a son Yahat, and Yahat had Ahumai and Lahad. Those were the ancestors of the Tsoratites. 3 Yezreel, Ishma, and Idbash started the clans that lived in Eytam city, and they had a sister named Hatselelponi. 4 Hur was the firstborn son of his mother Efratah and he founded Beyt-Lehem city. Hur had these descendants: Penuel and Ezer. Penuel started the clans that lived in Gedor city, and Ezer started the clans that lived in Hushah city. 5 Hetsron’s son Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives Helah and Naarah, 6 and Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hefer, Teymeni, and Haahashtari. 7 The sons of Ashhur and his wife Helah were Tseret, Tsohar, Etnan, 8 and Kots. Kots was the father of Anub, Hatstsovevah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Harum’s son Aharhel.

9 Yabets was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Yabets (which sounds like the word meaning ‘pain’), saying, “It’s because I bore him in pain.” 10 Yabets called out to Yisrael’s God, saying, “Oh that you would surely bless me, and would help me and enlarge my territory, and you wouldn’t do anything to harm me, so that I wouldn’t be in pain.” And God did what Yabets requested.

11 Another descendant of Yehudah was Shuhah. His brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beyt-Rafa, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah founded Nahash city, but lived in Rekah.

13 The sons of Kenaz were Otniel and Serayah. And the sons of Otniel were Hathath and Meonotai.[fn] 14 Meonotai has a son Ofrah, and Serayah fathered Yoav, the founder of Craftsmen’s Valley, because they were craftsmen.

15 The sons of Kalev (Yefunneh’s son) were Iru, Elah, Naam, and Elah’s son was Kenaz.

16 The sons of Yehallelel were Zif, Zifah, Tiriya, and Asarel.

17 The sons of Ezrah were Yeter, Mered, Efer, and Yalon. And Mered’s wife Bityah conceived Miryam, and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 She was one of Far-oh’s (Pharaoh’s) daughters. Mered’s wife who was a descendant of Yehudah (Judah) gave birth to Yered the father of Gedor, Hever the father of SoKo, and Yekutiel the father of Zanoah. 19 The sons of the Hodiyyah’s wife (sister of Naham) were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and the father of Eshtemoa the Maakatite.

20 Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.

Ishi’s sons were Zohet and Ben-Zohet.