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2:1  These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2:2  Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
2:3  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death.
2:4  Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
2:5  The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
2:6  The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda --five in all.
2:7  The son of Karmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.
2:8  The son of Ethan: Azariah.
2:9  The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.
2:10  Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.
2:11  Nahshon was the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz,
2:12  Boaz the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.
2:13  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,
2:14  the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,
2:15  the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.
2:16  Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
2:17  Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18  Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
2:19  When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
2:20  Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
2:21  Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
2:22  Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
2:23  (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements--sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
2:24  After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
2:25  The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.
2:26  Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
2:27  The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
2:28  The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
2:29  Abishur's wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
2:30  The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
2:31  The son of Appaim: Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
2:32  The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
2:33  The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
2:34  Sheshan had no sons--only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
2:35  Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
2:36  Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan the father of Zabad,
2:37  Zabad the father of Ephlal, Ephlal the father of Obed,
2:38  Obed the father of Jehu, Jehu the father of Azariah,
2:39  Azariah the father of Helez, Helez the father of Eleasah,
2:40  Eleasah the father of Sismai, Sismai the father of Shallum,
2:41  Shallum the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.
2:42  The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.
2:43  The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
2:44  Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
2:45  The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
2:46  Caleb's concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
2:47  The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
2:48  Caleb's concubine Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
2:49  She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Aksah.
2:50  These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
2:51  Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
2:52  The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
2:53  and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
2:54  The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
2:55  and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.