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.

Now, these, are the kings, who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned a king of the sons of Israel, - Bela the son of Beor, and, the name of his city, was Dinhabah.

And Husham died, - and there reigned in his stead, Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, 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.

And, the sons of Carmi, Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in a thing devoted.

And, the sons of Hezron, who were born to him, Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Calubai.

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

When Azubah died, Caleb married 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].

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

And, Segub, begat Jair, - who came to have 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.

And, after the death of Hezron, Caleb entered Ephrathah, - and, the wife of Hezron, was Abiah, who bare him Ashur, father of 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 scribes who dwelt at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. The same, are the Kenites who came in from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.

Now, these, were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron, - the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son,

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 those who made delicate linen, of the family 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.

But these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and devoted them, until this day, and dwelt in their stead, - for there was pasture for their flocks, there.

They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day (the date of this writing).

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.

They were given help against them, and the Hagrites were handed over to them, and all who were allied with them; for they cried out to God [for help] in the battle; and He granted their entreaty because they relied on and 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.

And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

and, Johanan, begat Azariah, - he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which 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.

Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, 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 hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the 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,

Their relatives the Levites [who were not descended from Aaron] were appointed for all the other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And to the sons of Kohath who were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, 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.

And, the sons of Bela, Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five, chiefs of the ancestral house, heroes of great valour, - who, when they had registered themselves, were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four,

All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, ... whom she bore; his Syrian concubine bore Machir 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.

and Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, - but the men of Gath who had been born in the land slew them, because they had come down to take away their cattle.

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.

And, his daughter, was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, - and Uzzen-sheerah.

And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

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: