The descendants of Judah

• 3 Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people-group. When Judah’s oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die. 4 Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
• 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
• 6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda (OR, Dara).
  • 7 One of the sons of Zimri was Carmi. Carmi’s son Achan (OR, Achar) caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that had been devoted to Yahweh to be destroyed.
  • 8 Ethan’s son was Azariah.
• 9 Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb (OR, Chelubai).
  • 10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
  • 11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
  • 13 Jesse’s oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea, 14 Nethanel, Raddai, 15 Ozem, and the youngest was David. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail’s husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.