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. / *Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara
2:7 The son of Karmi: Achar,* who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.** / *Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua. / **The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
2:8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.
2:9 The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.* / *Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of 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, / *Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
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. / *Or captured the settlements of Jair
2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father* of Tekoa. / *Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere.
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and* Ahijah. / *Or Oren and Ozem, by
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. / *The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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.** / *Or of the Sopherites / **Or father of Beth Rekab