THE sons of Yahudah; Perets, Chetsron, and Karmiy, and Choriy, and Shoval.
And Re'ayah the son of Shoval begat Yachath, and Yachath begat Achumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Tsor'iym.
And these were of the father of Eytam; Yizre'el, and Yishma, and Yidbash: and the name of their sister was Tselelponiy:
And Penu'el the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Choriy, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beyt Lechem.
And Ashchur the father of Teqoa had two women, Chel'ah and Na`arah.
And Na`arah bore him Achuzzam, and Chepher, and Teymeniy, and Achashtariy. These were the sons of Na`arah.
And the sons of Chel'ah were, Tsereth, and Yitschar, and Ethnan.
And Qots begat Anuv, and Tsovevah, and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum.
And Ya'bets was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ya'bets, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
And Ya'bets called on the Elohiym of Yashar'el, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And Elohiym granted him את that which he requested.
And Keluv the brother of Shuchah begat Mechiyr, which was the father of Eshton.
And Eshton begat Beyt Rapha, and Paceach, and Techinnah the father of Iyr Nachash. These are the men of Rekah.
And the sons of Qenaz; Othniy'el, and Serayahu: and the sons of Othniy'el; Chathath.
And Me'onothai begat Ophrah: and Serayahu begat Yo'av, the father of the valley of Charashiym; for they were craftsmen.
And the sons of Kalev the son of Yephunneh; Iyru, Elah, and Na`am: and the sons of Elah, even Qenaz.
And the sons of Yahallel'el; Ziyph, and Ziyphah, Tiyreya, and Asar'el.
And the sons of Ezra were, Yether, and Mered, and Epher, and Yalon: and she bore Miryam, and Shammai, and Yishbach the father of Eshtemoa.
And his woman Yahudiyah bore Yered the father of Gedor, and Chever the father of Sokoh, and Yechuthiy'el the father of Zanoach. And these are the sons of Bithyah the daughter of Phar'oh, which Mered took.
And the sons of his woman Hodiyah the sister of Nacham, the father of Qe`iylah the Garmiy, and Eshtemoa the Ma`akathiy.
And the sons of Shiymon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Chanan, and Tulon. And the sons of Yish'iy were, Zocheth, and Ben-Zocheth.
The sons of Shelah the son of Yahudah were, Er the father of Lekah, and La'dah the father of Mar'eshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
And Yoqiym, and the men of Kozeva, and Yo'ash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Mo'av, and Yashuviy Lechem. And these are ancient things.
These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
The sons of Shim`on were, Nemu'el, and Yamiyn, Yariyv, Zerach, and Sha'ul:
Shallum his son, Mivsam his son, Mishma his son.
And the sons of Mishma; Chammu'el his son, Zakkur his son, Shim'iy his son.
And Shim'iy had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Yahudah.
And they dwelt at Be'er Sheva, and Moladah, and Chatsar Shu'al,
And at Bilhah, and at Etsem, and at Tolad,
And at Bethu'el, and at Chormah, and at Tsiqlag,
And at Beyt Ham-Markavoth, and Chatsar Cuciym, and at Beyt Bir'iy, and at Sha`arayim. These were their cities unto the reign of Daviyd.
And their villages were, Eytam, and Ayin, Rimmon, and Token, and Ashan, five cities:
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Ba`al. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
And Meshovav, and Yamlek, and Yoshah the son of Amatsyahu,
And Yo'el, and Yahu the son of Yoshivyah, the son of Serayahu, the son of Asiy'el,
And Elyahu`aynai, and Ya`aqovah, and Yeshuchayah, and Asayah, and Adiy'el, and Yesiyma'el, and Benayahu,
And Ziyza the son of Shiph'iy, the son of Allon, the son of Yeda'yah, the son of Shimriy, the son of Shema'yahu;
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Cham had dwelt there of old.
And these written by name came in the days of Yechizqiyahu king of Yahudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
And some of them, even of the sons of Shim`on, five hundred men, went to Mount Se`iyr, having for their captains Pelatyahu, and Ne`aryah, and Rephayah, and Uzziy'el, the sons of Yish`iy.
And they smote the rest of the Amaleqiym that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.