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- Chapter 2 -

(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)
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The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people group. When Judah’s oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
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Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
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The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda.
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One of the sons of Zimri was Karmi. Karmi’s son Achar caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that were to be destroyed because they were dedicated to God.
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Ethan’s son was Azariah.
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Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
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Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
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Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz.
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Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
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Jesse’s oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea,
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Nethanel, Raddai,
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Ozem. The youngest was David.
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Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
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Abigail’s husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa,
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Hezron’s younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to three sons, Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. (The other wife’s name was Jerioth.)
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When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur.
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Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
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When Hezron was sixty years old, he married a daughter of Makir, who was also the father of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub.
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Segub was the father of Jair. Jair’s army controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead.
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But the armies of Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured the city of Kenath and the nearby towns; altogether they captured sixty towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
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Shortly after Hezron died, Caleb slept with Ephrathah, his father’s widow. She bore a son for Caleb, whose name was Ashhur. Asshur became the father of Tekoa.
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Hezron’s oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel’s oldest son was Ram.
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Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam.
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The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.
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Abishur’s wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
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Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children.
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Appaim’s son was Ishi; Ishi’s son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan’s daughters was Ahlai.
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Shammai's younger brother was Jada. Jada's sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children.
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Jonathan's sons were Peleth and Zaza. Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
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Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai.
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Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad.
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Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed.
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Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah.
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Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah.
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Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum.
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Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. Caleb's descendants:
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Jerahmeel's younger brother was Caleb. Caleb's oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.
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Hebron's sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
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Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah's sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez.
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Ephah's father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah's sons were Sheber, Tirhanah,
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Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Aksah.
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These people were also descendants of Caleb: Caleb had another wife whose name was Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur's sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started the city of Kiriath Jearim.
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Salma started the city of Bethlehem. Hareph started the city of Beth Gader.
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Shobal's descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people group.
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His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The clans of Zorath and Eshtaol were descendants of the clan of Mishra.
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Salma's descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, the other half of the clan of Manahath, and the clan of Zor.
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Salma's descendants also included the families in the city of Jabez who wrote and copied important documents. These were the clan of Tirath, the clan of Shimeath, and the clan of Sucath. They were all from the Kenite people group who came from the city of Hammath, and who had married members of the family of Rekab.
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(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)
1
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s(a) sight; and he killed him.
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Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
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The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
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The son of Ethan: Azariah.
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The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
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and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,
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and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
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and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
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Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
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The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
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Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
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and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
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and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
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and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
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and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
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and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
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The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
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The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
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Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
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The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
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The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Footnotes

(a)2:3 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
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