1 Chronicles 2 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
These were the sons of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The sons of Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the Canaanite woman. But Er, Judah's firstborn, did what was in and Yahweh put him to death.
His daughter-in-law bore him and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Heman, Calcol, and Dara — five of them in all.
The son of Carmi: the man who brought disaster on Israel by taking what had been for
The son of Ethan: Azariah.
The sons born to Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered a leader of the people of Judah.
Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered
Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered
Jesse fathered his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Ozem the sixth, the seventh.
Their sisters were and Abigail. The sons of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel — three of them.
Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the
son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
When Azubah died, Caleb married who bore him Hur.
Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered
Afterward, Hezron slept with the daughter of the father of Gilead. He married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
Segub fathered Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in the land of
But and captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its surrounding settlements — sixty towns in all. All of these belonged to the descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
After Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him Ashhur, the father of
The sons of Hezron's firstborn: Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
Sheshan had no sons — only daughters. Now Sheshan had an named Jarha.
Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.
Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.
Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.
Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.
Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.
Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.
The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, the father of
The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem fathered Shammai.
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of
Ephah, Caleb's bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. And Haran fathered Gazez.
The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
Maacah, another of Caleb's concubines, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And Caleb's daughter was
These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of