³Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah’s first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked, so the Lord put him to death. ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father, so Judah had five sons.

⁵Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.

⁷Carmi’s son was Achan, who caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.

⁸Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰Ram was Amminadab’s father, and Amminadab was Nahshon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, ¹⁴his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, ¹⁵his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, and his father was Jether, an Ishmaelite.

Caleb’s Family

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They had a son named Hur, ²⁰who was the father of Uri, who was the father of Bezalel.

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