Er, Onan and Shelah. A woman from Canaan had those three sons by him. She was the daughter of Shua. Er was Judah’s oldest son. He was evil in the Lord’s eyes. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law. She had Perez and Zerah by him. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

⁵The sons of Perez were

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah were

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda. The total number of Zerah’s sons was five.

⁷The son of Carmi was Achar.

He brought trouble on Israel. He took some of the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. When he did that, he disobeyed the Lord’s command.

⁸The son of Ethan was

Azariah.

⁹Hezron was the father of

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

The Family Line of Ram

¹⁰Ram was the father of

Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon 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. The third was Shimea. ¹⁴The fourth was Nethanel. The fifth was Raddai. ¹⁵The sixth was Ozem. And the seventh was David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was Jether. Jether belonged to the family line of Ishmael.

The Family Line of Caleb

¹⁸Caleb was the son of Hezron. Caleb’s wife Azubah had children by him. Jerioth also had children by him. Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb got married to Ephrath. She had Hur by him. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri. And Uri was the father of Bezalel.

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