Descendants of Judah

1 Chronicles 4

¹ _y The sons of Judah: _z Perez, Hezron, _a Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² _b Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the _c Zorathites. ³ These were the sons ₁ of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi, ⁴ and _d Penuel fathered _e Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of _f Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. ⁵ _g Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah; ⁶ Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷ The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. ⁸ Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum. ⁹ Jabez was _h more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain." ₂ ¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm ₃ so that it might not bring me pain!" And God granted what he asked. ¹¹ Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. ¹² Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³ The sons of _i Kenaz: _j Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. ₄ ¹⁴ Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, ₅ so-called because they were craftsmen. ¹⁵ The sons of _k Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son ₆ of Elah: Kenaz. ¹⁶ The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷ The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; ₇ and she conceived and bore ₈ Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸ And his Judahite wife bore _l Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. ¹⁹ The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰ The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. ²¹ The sons of _m Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea; ²² and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem ₉ (now the records ₁₀ are ancient). ²³ These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king's service.

1. Cross References
   Genesis 46:12
   The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 38:29
   But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called Perez.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 2:7
   The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 2:52
   Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 2:53
   And the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 4:18
   And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 4:18
   And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
   1 Chronicles 4:39
   They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 35:19
   So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
   1 Chronicles 2:50 - 51
   These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 2:24
   After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
   
10. Cross References
    Genesis 34:19
    And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father's house.
    
11. Cross References
    Joshua 15:17
    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
    
12. Cross References
    Judges 1:13
    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
    Judges 3:11
    So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
    
13. Cross References
    Numbers 13:6
    From the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
    
14. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:4
    And Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
    
15. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 2:3
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
    Genesis 38:1
    It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
    Genesis 38:5
    Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. Judah was in Chezib when she bore him.
    Genesis 46:12
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
    Numbers 26:20
    And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.