4 Yehudah’s (Judah’s) sons were Perets, Hetsron, Karmi, Hur, and Shoval. 2 Shoval had a son Reayah, Reayah had a son Yahat, and Yahat had Ahumay and Lahad. Those were the ancestors of the Tsor’atim. 3 Yizre’el (Jezreel), Yishma, and Yidbas started the clans that lived in Eytam city, and they had a sister named Hatslelponi. 4 Hur was the first son born to his mother Efratah, and he founded Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) 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 Ashur (Assyria), the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Na’arah, 6 and Na’arah bore him Ahuzam, Hefer, Teymeni, and Ha’ahashtari. 7 Ashur and his wife Helah’s sons were Tseret, Yitshar, Etnan, 8 and Kots. Kots was the father of Anuv and Tsovevah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Harum’s son Aharhel.

9 Yaebets was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Yaebets (which sounds like the word meaning ‘pain’), saying, “It’s because I bore him in pain.” 10 Yaebets called out to Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god, saying, “Oh, please give me a real blessing, and help me and enlarge my territory, and don’t do anything to harm me, so that I won’t be in pain.” And God did what Yaebets requested.

11 Another of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) descendants was Shuhah. His brother Keluv was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beyt-Rafa, Paseah, and Tehinah. Tehinah founded Nahash city, but lived in Rekah.

13 Kenaz’s sons were Otniel and Serayah. And Otniel’s sons were Hatat and Me’onotay.[fn] 14 Me’onotay had a son Ofrah, and Serayah fathered Yoav (Joab), the founder of Craftsmen’s Valley, because they were craftsmen.

15 The sons of Kalev (Caleb) (Yefuneh’s son) were Iru, Elah, and Na’am, and Elah’s son was Kenaz.

16 Yehalel’el’s sons were Zif, Zifah, Tirya, and Asarel.

17 Ezra’s sons were Yeter, Mered, Efer, and Yalon. And Mered’s wife Bityah conceived Miryam (Miriam), Shamay, and Yishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 ⇔She was one of Par’oh’s (Pharaoh’s) daughters. Mered’s wife, who was a descendant of Yehudah (Judah), gave birth to Yered (Jared) the father of Gedor, Hever the father of Sokoh, and Yekutiel the father of Zanoah. 19 The sons of Hodiyah’s wife (Naham’s sister) were the father of Ke’ilah the Garmi and the father of Eshtemoa the Ma’akati.

20 Shim’on’s sons were Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan, and Tulon.

Yishei’s sons were Zohet and Ben-Zohet.