³Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. The Lord considered Er, Judah’s firstborn, evil, so the Lord killed Er. ⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Judah’s sons Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶Zerah’s sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^a—five in all. ⁷Carmi’s son was Achar, who caused trouble for Israel by taking goods that were claimed by God. ⁸Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, leader of Judah’s people. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. ¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab (his firstborn), Abinadab (his second son), Shimea (his third son), ¹⁴Nethanel (his fourth son), Raddai (his fifth son), ¹⁵Ozem (his sixth son), and David (his seventh son).

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Footnotes

a 2:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts, 1 Kings 5:11, Greek, Syriac, Targum, Egyptian “Darda.”