1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;

2 Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.

7 And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.

8 And the son of Ethan: Azariah.

9 And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.

10 And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah;

11 And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,

12 And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,

13 And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,

14 Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth,

15 Ozem, the sixth, David, the seventh;

16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

17 And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18 And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.

19 And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.

20 And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21 And after that, Hezron had connection with the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he took as his wife when he was sixty years old; and she had Segub by him.

22 And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

23 And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

24 And after the death of Hezron, Caleb had connection with Ephrath, his father Hezron's wife, and she gave birth to his son Asshur, the father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram, the oldest, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.

26 And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.

28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29 And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.

30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled came to his end without sons.

31 And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.

33 And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him.

36 And Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,

37 And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,

38 And Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah,

39 And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,

40 And Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum,

41 And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

42 And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.

44 And Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

46 And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.

47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.

48 Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,

49 And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.

50 The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,

51 Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.

52 And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.

53 And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

54 The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

55 And the families of scribes who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.

1 Questi sono i figliuoli d’Israele: Ruben, Simeone, Levi, Giuda, Issacar e Zabulon;

2 Dan, Giuseppe, Beniamino, Neftali, Gad e Ascer.

3 Figliuoli di Giuda: Er, Onan e Scela; questi tre gli nacquero dalla figliuola di Shua, la Cananea. Er, primogenito di Giuda, era perverso agli occhi dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno lo fece morire.

4 Tamar, nuora di Giuda, gli partorì Perets e Zerach. Totale dei figliuoli di Giuda: cinque.

5 Figliuoli di Perets: Hetsron e Hamul.

6 Figliuoli di Zerach: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol e Dara: in tutto, cinque.

7 Figliuoli di Carmi: Acan che conturbò Israele quando commise una infedeltà riguardo all’interdetto.

8 Figliuoli di Ethan: Azaria.

9 Figliuoli che nacquero a Hetsron: Jerahmeel, Ram e Kelubai.

10 Ram generò Amminadab; Amminadab generò Nahshon, principe dei figliuoli di Giuda;

11 e Nahshon generò Salma; e Salma generò Boaz. Boaz generò Obed.

12 Obed generò Isai.

13 Isai generò Eliab, suo primogenito, Abinadab il secondo, Scimea il terzo,

14 Nethaneel il quarto, Raddai il quinto,

15 Otsem il sesto, Davide il settimo.

16 Le loro sorelle erano Tseruia ed Abigail. Figliuoli di Tseruia: Abishai, Joab ed Asael: tre.

17 Abigail partorì Amasa, il cui padre fu Jether, l’Ismaelita.

18 Caleb figliuolo di Hetsron, ebbe dei figliuoli da Azuba sua moglie, e da Jerioth. Questi sono i figliuoli che ebbe da Azuba: Jescer, Shobab e Ardon.

19 Azuba morì e Caleb sposò Efrath, che gli partorì Hur.

20 Hur generò Uri, e Uri generò Betsaleel.

21 Poi Hetsron prese la figliuola di Makir, padre di Galaad; egli avea sessant’anni quando la sposò; ed essa gli partorì Segub.

22 Segub generò Jair, che ebbe ventitre città nel paese di Galaad.

23 I Gheshuriti e i Siri presero loro le borgate di Jair, Kenath e i villaggi che ne dipendevano, sessanta città. Tutti cotesti erano figliuoli di Makir, padre di Galaad.

24 Dopo la morte di Hetsron, avvenuta a Caleb-Efratha, Abiah, moglie di Hetsron, gli partorì Ashhur padre di Tekoa.

25 I figliuoli di Jerahmeel, primogenito di Hetsron, furono: Ram, il primogenito, Buna, Oren ed Otsem, nati da Ahija.

26 Jerahmeel ebbe un’altra moglie, di nome Atara, che fu madre di Onam.

27 I figliuoli di Ram, primogenito di Jerahmeel, furono: Maats, Jamin ed Eker.

28 I figliuoli di Onam furono: Shammai e Jada. Figliuoli di Shammai: Nadab e Abishur.

29 La moglie di Abishur si chiamava Abihail, che gli partorì Ahban e Molid.

30 Figliuoli di Nadab: Seled e Appaim. Seled morì senza figliuoli.

31 Figliuoli di Appaim: Jscei. Figliuoli di Jscei: Sceshan. Figliuoli di Sceshan: Ahlai.

32 Figliuoli di Jada, fratello di Shammai: Jether e Jonathan. Jether morì senza figliuoli.

33 Figliuoli di Jonathan: Peleth e Zaza. Questi sono i figliuoli di Jerahmeel.

34 Sceshan non ebbe figliuoli, ma sì delle figlie. Sceshan aveva uno schiavo egiziano per nome Jarha.

35 E Sceshan diede la sua figliuola per moglie a Jarha, suo schiavo; ed essa gli partorì Attai.

36 Attai generò Nathan; Nathan generò Zabad;

37 Zabad generò Efial; Efial generò Obed;

38 Obed generò Jehu; Jehu generò Azaria;

39 Azaria generò Helets; Helets generò Elasa;

40 Elasa generò Sismai; Sismai generò Shallum;

41 Shallum generò Jekamia e Jekamia generò Elishama.

42 Figliuoli di Caleb, fratello di Jerahmeel: Mesha, suo primogenito che fu padre di Zif, e i figliuoli di aresha, che fu padre di Hebron.

43 Figliuoli di Hebron: Kora, Tappuah, Rekem e Scema.

44 Scema generò Raham, padre di Jorkeam, Rekem generò Shammai.

45 Il figliuolo di Shammai fu Maon; e Maon fu il padre di Beth-Tsur.

46 Efa, concubina di Caleb, partorì Haran, Motsa e Gazez. Haran generò Gazez.

47 Figliuoli di Jahdai: Reghem, Jotham, Gheshan, Pelet, Efa e Shaaf.

48 Maaca, concubina di Caleb, partorì Sceber e Tirhana.

49 Partorì anche Shaaf, padre di Madmanna, Sceva, padre di Macbena e padre di Ghibea. La figliuola di aleb era Acsa.

50 Questi furono i figliuoli di Caleb: Ben-Hur, primogenito di Efrata, Shobal, padre di Kiriath-Jearim;

51 Salma, padre di Bethlehem; Haref, padre di Beth-Gader.

52 Shobal, padre di Kiriath-Jearim, ebbe per discendenti: Haroe, e la metà di Menuhoth.

53 Le famiglie di Kiriath-Jearim furono: gli Ithrei, i Puthei, gli Shumatei e i Mishraei; dalle quali famiglie derivarono gli Tsorathiti e gli Eshtaoliti.

54 Figliuoli di Salma: Bethlehem e i Netofatei, Atroth-Beth-Joab, la metà dei Manahatei, gli Tsoriti.

55 E le famiglie di scribi che abitavano a Jabets: i Tirathei, gli Scimeathei, i Sucathei. Questi sono i Kenei discesi da Hammath, padre della casa di Recab.