And, these, were the sons of Etam, Jezreel and Ishma, and Idbash, - and, the name of their sister, was Hazzelelponi;

and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These, are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

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

And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These, were the sons of Naarah.

And, the sons of Helah, were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

And, Koz, begat Anub, and Zobebah, - and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum.

So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, - and that thou wouldst work to deliver me from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.

And, Chelub the brother of Shuhah, begat Mehir, the same, was the father of Eshton.

And, Eshton, begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These, are the men of Recah.

And, the sons of Kenaz, were Othniel, and Seraiah, - and, the sons of Othniel, Hathath.

And, Meonothai, begat Ophrah, - and, Seraiah, begat Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, for they were, craftsmen.

And, the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam, - -and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.

And, the sons of Jehallelel, Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

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, bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

And, the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah, the Garmite, - and Eshtemoa, the Maacathite.

And, the sons of Shimon, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And, the sons of Ishi, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

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 them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph who ruled for Moab, and Jashubi-lehem, - but, the records, are ancient.

They, were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim, and Gederah, - with the king in his work, dwelt they there.

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

And, the sons of Mishma, Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

And, Shimei, had sixteen sons, and six daughters, but, his brethren, had not many children, - nor did, any of their family, multiply so much as the sons of Judah.

And they dwelt in Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;

and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad;

and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag;

and in Beth-marcaboth, and in Hazar-susim, and in Beth-biri, and in Shaaraim. These, were their cities unto the reign of David.

And, their villages, were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, - five cities;

and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These, were their habitations, and they had their own genealogical register.

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

and Joel, - and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel:

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

and Ziza, son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.

These, introduced by their names, were leading men in their families. And, their ancestral house, brake forth exceedingly;

so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;

and they found pasture, fat and good, and, the land, was broad on both hands, and quiet, and secure, - for, of Ham, were the dwellers there aforetime.

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.

And, some of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, five hundred men, - with Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head;

and they smote the remainder that had escaped, of the Amalekites, - and dwelt there - as they have unto this day.

And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, - and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,

the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

and his brethren, by his families, in the genealogical registering, by their generations, - the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah;

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

and, eastward, dwelt he as far as the entering in of the desert, from the river Euphrates, - because, their cattle, were multiplied in the land of Gilead;

and, in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, - so they dwelt in their tents, over all the face of the land east of Gilead.

And, the sons of Gad, over against them, dwelt, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

Joel the chief, and Shapham, the second, - and Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan;

and their brethren of their ancestral house, Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven.

and they dwelt in Gilead - in Bashan, and in her villages, - and in all the pasture-lands of Sharon, up to their outgoings.

All of them, were genealogically registered in the days of Jotham king of Judah, - and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

the sons of Reuben and Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword and bending the bow, and instructed in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, ready to go forth in the host.

So they made war with the Hagrites, - and Jetur and Naphish, and Nodab;

and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand, - for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;

and they captured their cattle - their camels, fifty thousand, and, flocks, two hundred and fifty thousand, and, asses, two thousand, - and, persons of men, a hundred thousand;

for, many slain, fell, for, of God, was the war, - and they dwelt in their stead, until the captivity.

And, the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh, dwelt in the land, - from Bashan, as far as to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon, they, were multiplied.

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.

But they dealt unfaithfully with the God of their fathers, - and went unchastely after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed from before them;

so the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he took them away captive, even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, - and brought them in unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And, the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

And, the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, - and, the sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

and, Abishua, begat Bukki, and, Bukki, begat Uzzi;

and, Uzzi, begat Zerahiah, and, Zerahiah, begat Meraioth;

Meraioth, begat Amariah, and, Amariah, begat Ahitub;

and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Ahimaaz;

and, Ahimaaz, begat Azariah, and, Azariah, begat Johanan,

and, Johanan, begat Azariah, - he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem;

and Azariah begat Amariah, - and, Amariah, begat Ahitub;

and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Shallum;

and, Shallum, begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah, begat Azariah;

and, Azariah, begat Seraiah, and, Seraiah, begat Jehozadak;

and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity, - by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.

And, the sons of Kohath, were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. And, these, are the families of Levi by their fathers:

Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son;

Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

And, the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son;

And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, Joel , and, the second, Abiah.

And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark;

so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, - and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work.

And, his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, -

And, the sons of Merari, their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch; -

But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies, - even for putting a propitiatory-covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded.

And, these, are the sons of Aaron, - Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -

And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary, - pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot:

so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it;

but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge - Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands, - and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands;

and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands;

and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands;

and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands, - and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; - all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families.

And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath - of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

And, unto seas of Merari, by their families - out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.

So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, - the cities and the pasture lands thereof;

yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.