1The sons of Judah : Perez , Hezron , and Carmi , and Hur , and Shobal . 2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad . These are the families of the Zorathites . 3And these were the sons of the father of Etam : Jezreel , and Ishma , and Idbash ; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi ; 4and Penuel the father of Gedor , and Ezer the father of Hushah . These are the sons of Hur , the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem . 5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah . 6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher , and Temeni , and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah . 7And the sons of Helah were Zereth , Izhar , and Ethnan. 8And Hakkoz begat Anub , and Zobebah , and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum . 9And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez , saying, Because I bare him with sorrow . 10And Jabez called on the God of Israel , saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed , and enlarge my border , and that thy hand might be with me , and that thou wouldest keep me from evil , that it be not to my sorrow ! And God granted him that which he requested . 11And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir , who was the father of Eshton. 12And Eshton begat Beth-rapha , and Paseah , and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash . These are the men of Recah . 13And the sons of Kenaz : Othniel , and Seraiah . And the sons of Othniel : Hathath . 14And Meonothai begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim ; for they were craftsmen . 15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh : Iru , Elah, and Naam ; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz . 16And the sons of Jehallelel : Ziph , and Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel. 17And the sons of Ezrah : Jether , and Mered , and Epher , and Jalon ; and she bare Miriam , and Shammai , and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor , and Heber the father of Soco , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah . And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh , whom Mered took . 19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah , the sister of Naham , were the father of Keilah the Garmite , and Eshtemoa the Maacathite . 20And the sons of Shimon : Amnon, and Rinnah , Ben-hanan , and Tilon . And the sons of Ishi : Zoheth , and Ben-zoheth . 21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah : Er the father of Lecah , and Laadah the father of Mareshah , and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; 22and Jokim , and the men of Cozeba , and Joash , and Saraph , who had dominion in Moab , and Jashubi-lehem . And the records are ancient . 23These were the potters , and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah : there they dwelt with the king for his work .
The Prayer of Jabez
24The sons of Simeon : Nemuel , and Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , Shaul ; 25Shallum his son , Mibsam his son , Mishma his son . 26And the sons of Mishma : Hammuel his son , Zaccur his son , Shimei his son . 27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brethren had not many children , neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah . 28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah , and Hazar-shual , 29and at Bilhah , and at Ezem , and at Tolad , 30and at Bethuel , and at Hormah , and at Ziklag , 31and at Beth-marcaboth , and Hazar-susim , and at Beth-biri , and at Shaaraim . These were their cities unto the reign of David . 32And their villages were Etam , and Ain , Rimmon , and Tochen , and Ashan , five cities ; 33and all their villages that were round about the same cities , unto Baal . These were their habitations , and they have their genealogy . 34And Meshobab , and Jamlech , and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
The Clans of Simeon
35and Joel , and Jehu the son of Joshibiah , the son of Seraiah , the son of Asiel , 36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah , and Jeshohaiah , and Asaiah , and Adiel , and Jesimiel , and Benaiah , 37and Ziza the son of Shiphi , the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah , the son of Shimri , the son of Shemaiah — 38these mentioned by name were princes in their families : and their fathers’ houses increased greatly . 39And they went to the entrance of Gedor , even unto the east side of the valley , to seek pasture for their flocks . 40And they found fat pasture and good , and the land was wide , and quiet , and peaceable ; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham . 41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah , and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there , and destroyed them utterly unto this day , and dwelt in their stead ; because there was pasture there for their flocks . 42And some of them , even of the sons of Simeon , five hundred men , went to mount Seir , having for their captains Pelatiah , and Neariah , and Rephaiah , and Uzziel , the sons of Ishi . 43And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped , and have dwelt there unto this day .