2These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him from Bathshua the Canaanite. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he put him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah to him. The sons of Judah were five in all.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. ⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing. ⁸And the son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ¹⁰And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. ¹¹And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz. ¹²And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse. ¹³And Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

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