4:1The sons of
Judah:
Perez,
Hezron, and
Carmi, and
Hur, and
Shobal.
4:2And
Reaiah the son of
Shobal begat
Jahath; and
Jahath begat
Ahumai and
Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites.
4:3And these were
the sons of the
father of
Etam:
Jezreel, and
Ishma, and
Idbash; and the
name of their sister was
Hazzelelponi;
4:4and
Penuel the
father of
Gedor, and
Ezer the
father of
Hushah. These are the sons of
Hur, the
first-born of
Ephrathah, the
father of Beth-lehem.
4:5And
Ashhur the
father of
Tekoa had two wives,
Helah and
Naarah.
4:6And
Naarah bare him
Ahuzzam, and
Hepher, and
Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of
Naarah.
4:7And the sons of
Helah were
Zereth,
Izhar, and
Ethnan.
4:8And
Hakkoz begat
Anub, and
Zobebah, and the families of
Aharhel the son of
Harum.
4:9And
Jabez was more honorable than his
brethren: and his mother called his
name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
4:10And
Jabez called on the
God of
Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest
bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy
hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from
evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And
God granted him that which he requested.
4:11And
Chelub the brother of
Shuhah begat
Mehir, who was the
father of
Eshton.
4:12And
Eshton begat
Beth-rapha, and
Paseah, and
Tehinnah the
father of
Ir-nahash. These are the
men of
Recah.
4:13And the sons of
Kenaz:
Othniel, and
Seraiah. And the sons of
Othniel:
Hathath.
4:14And
Meonothai begat
Ophrah: and
Seraiah begat
Joab the
father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
4:15And the sons of
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh:
Iru,
Elah, and
Naam; and the sons of
Elah; and
Kenaz.
4:16And the sons of
Jehallelel:
Ziph, and
Ziphah,
Tiria, and
Asarel.
4:17And the sons of Ezrah:
Jether, and
Mered, and
Epher, and
Jalon; and she bare
Miriam, and
Shammai, and
Ishbah the
father of
Eshtemoa.
4:18And his
wife the
Jewess bare
Jered the
father of
Gedor, and
Heber the
father of
Soco, and
Jekuthiel the
father of
Zanoah. And these are the sons of
Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh, whom
Mered took.
4:19And the sons of the
wife of
Hodiah, the sister of
Naham, were the
father of
Keilah the
Garmite, and
Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
4:20And the sons of
Shimon:
Amnon, and
Rinnah,
Ben-hanan, and
Tilon. And the sons of
Ishi:
Zoheth, and
Ben-zoheth.
4:21The sons of
Shelah the son of
Judah:
Er the
father of
Lecah, and
Laadah the
father of
Mareshah, and the families of the
house of them that wrought fine linen, of the
house of
Ashbea;
4:22and
Jokim, and the
men of
Cozeba, and
Joash, and
Saraph, who had
dominion in
Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.
4:23These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and
Gederah: there they dwelt with the
king for his
work.
4:24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 4:25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 4:26And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 4:27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah. 4:28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 4:32And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 4:33and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. 4:34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 4:35and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 4:36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-4:38these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly. 4:39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. 4:41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks. 4:42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 4:43And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.