Chapter 4

The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat⁵² Jahath; and Jahath begat⁵² Ahumai, and Lahad. These [are] the families of the Zorathites.

And these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi:

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

And Naarah bare⁴ him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These [were] the sons of Naarah.

And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, ⁶⁷¹⁴ and Ethnan.

And Coz begat⁵² Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And Jabez was more honourable¹² than his brethren: and his mother called¹ his name Jabez, saying,² Because I bare¹ him with sorrow.

And Jabez called⁴ on the God of Israel, saying,² Oh that thou wouldest bless¹⁷ me indeed,¹⁵ and enlarge⁵² my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep¹ [me] from evil, that it may not grieve² me! And God granted⁵⁵ him that which he requested.¹

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat⁵² Mehir, which [was] the father of Eshton.

And Eshton begat⁵² Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These [are] the men of Rechah.

And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

And Meonothai begat⁵² Ophrah: and Seraiah begat⁵² Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; ²⁷⁹¹ for they were craftsmen. ²⁷⁹¹

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare⁴ Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

And his wife Jehudijah bare¹ Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.¹

And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

And the sons of Shimon [were], Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi [were], Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were], 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,

And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion¹ in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And [these are] ancient things.

These [were] the potters,⁶ and those that dwelt⁶ among plants and hedges: there they dwelt¹ with the king for his work.

The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Shaul:

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

And Shimei had sixteen ⁶²⁴⁰ sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply,⁵² like to the children of Judah.

And they dwelt⁴ at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign² of David.

And their villages [were], Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

And all their villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Baal. These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy.⁹⁹

And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

These mentioned⁶ by [their] names [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased¹ greatly.

And they went⁴ to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek¹⁵ pasture for their flocks.

And they found⁴ fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, ³⁰²⁷ and quiet,⁶ and peaceable; for [they] of Ham had dwelt⁶ there of old.

And these written⁷ by name came⁴ in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote⁵⁵ their tents, and the habitations that were found⁸ there, and destroyed⁵⁵ them utterly unto this day, and dwelt⁴ in their rooms: because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.

And [some] of them, [even] of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went¹ to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

And they smote⁵⁵ the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt⁴ there unto this day.