Adam fathered Seth, who fathered Enosh,

who fathered Kenan, who fathered Mahalalel, who fathered Jared,

who fathered Enoch, who fathered Methuselah, who fathered Lamech,

who fathered Noah, who fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.

In summary, Shem fathered Arpachshad, who fathered Shelah,

who fathered Eber, who fathered Peleg, who fathered Reu,

who fathered Serug, who fathered Nahor, who fathered Terah,

who fathered Abram that is, Abraham.

The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham's concubine, gave birth: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

These [are] the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the {Israelites}: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah.

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

After Baal-hanan died, Hadad succeeded him. His city was named Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-zahab.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; the three were born to him by Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s eldest, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and He put him to death.

The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing.

The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, who was leader of the descendants of Judah.

Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel [the skillful craftsman who made the furnishings of the tabernacle].

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.

And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;

But Geshur and Aram took 60 towns from Gilead, including Havvoth-jair and Kenath, along with their villages. All these were descendants of Machir, who fathered Gilead.

After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur, who fathered Tekoa.

Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

Abishur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha to whom he gave his daughter to wife, and she bare him Attai.

And 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.

Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.

Shammai's son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.

and Shaaph, who fathered Madmannah. Sheva fathered Machbenah and Gibe. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

The son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, was Shobal, who fathered Kiriath-jearim, Salma, who fathered Bethlehem, and Hareph, who fathered Beth-gader.

Shobal, who fathered Kiriath-jearim, had other sons, including Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

And the families of the scribes who lived [at] Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These [were] the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab.

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite;

The descendants of Jeconiah, who was taken captive to Babylon, included his son Shealtiel,

These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who fathered Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen.

And, the sons of Ezrah, Jether and Mered, and Epher and Jalon. And, these, are the sons of Bithia, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took, - and she conceived and bare Miriam and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

And his wife the Jewess bore 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 whom Mered took.

The 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 those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.

Joel, Joshibiah's son Jehu (who was the grandson of Seraiah and great-grandson of Asiel),

Shiphi's son Ziza (who was the grandson of Shiphi, who was fathered by Allon, who was fathered by Jedaiah, who was fathered by Shimri, who was fathered by Shemaiah)

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.

These, mentioned by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there. And they devoted them to destruction to this day, and they settled among them because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.

And they destroyed the remainder of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the east side of Gilead.

The sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

They included Joel their chief, Shapham their second in command, Janai, and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.

These were the descendants of Huri's son Abihail, who was fathered by Jaroah, who was fathered by Gilead, who was fathered by Michael, who was fathered by Jeshishai, who was fathered by Jahdo, and who was fathered by Buz:

Abdiel's son Ahi, who was the grandson of Guni, was chief in their clan.

The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, able to go forth to war.

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who [were] with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he responded to their prayer because they trusted in him.

And, these, were the heads of their ancestral house, - Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men who were heroes of valour, men of renown, chiefs to their ancestral house.

And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

So the God of Israel incited King Pul of Assyria (also known as King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), who took them prisoner and brought the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

and Johanan fathered Azariah. [It was] he who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.

Now these [are] those who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

who had been fathered by Elkanah, who had been fathered by Jeroham, who had been fathered by Eliel, who had been fathered by Toah,

who had been fathered by Zuph, who had been fathered by Elkanah, who had been fathered by Mahath, who had been fathered by Amasai,

who had been fathered by Elkanah, who had been fathered by Joel, who had been fathered by Azariah, who had been fathered by Zephaniah,

who had been fathered by Tahath, who had been fathered by Assir, who had been fathered by Ebiasaph, who had been fathered by Korah,

who had been fathered by Izhar, who had been fathered by Kohath, who had been fathered by Levi, who had been fathered by Israel.

and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right [namely], Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

who had been fathered by Michael, who had been fathered by Baaseiah, who had been fathered by Malchijah,

who had been fathered by Ethni, who had been fathered by Zerah, who had been fathered by Adaiah,

who had been fathered by Ethan, who had been fathered by Zimmah, who had been fathered by Shimei,

who had been fathered by Jahath, who had been fathered by Gershom, and who had been fathered by Levi.

To Heman's left were their relatives who were Merari's sons: Ethan, who had been fathered by Kishi, who had been fathered by Abdi, who had been fathered by Malluch,

who had been fathered by Hashabiah, who had been fathered by Amaziah, who had been fathered by Hilkiah,

who had been fathered by Amzi, who had been fathered by Bani, who had been fathered by Shemer,

who had been fathered by Mahli, who had been fathered by Mushi, who had been fathered by Merari, who had been fathered by Levi,

along with their relatives, descendants of Levi who had been appointed for all the service of the tent of the Temple of God.

To the Kohathites who remained from the family of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, [were given] by lot ten cities.

And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,

and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left.

To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, are Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs;

Tola's descendants included Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, leaders of their ancestral house of Tola, who were valiant warriors during their lifetimes. During the life of David, they numbered 22,600.

Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Bela's five descendants included Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, who were leaders of their ancestral households. Valiant warriors, their enrollment totaled 22,034 according to their genealogies.

All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.

Maacah, Makir's wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Ulam's son was Bedan. These were the children of Machir's son Gilead, who was also a descendant of Manasseh.

Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them because they came down to take their livestock.

After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.

The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who [was] the father of Birzayith.

All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.

These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath: