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. ¹⁶And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And when Azubah died, Caleb married^a Ephrathah, and she bore Hur to him. ²⁰And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

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aOr “took”