1The sons of Judah ; Pharez , 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 of the father of Etam ; Jezreel , and Ishma , and Idbash : and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi : 4And Penuel the father of Gedor , and Ezer the father of Hushah . These are the sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephratah , the father of Beth-lehem . 5And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives , Helah and Naarah . 6And Naarah bare him Ahuzam , and Hepher , and Temeni , and Haahashtari . These were the sons of Naarah . 7And the sons of Helah were , Zereth , and Jezoar , and Ethnan . 8And Coz begat Anub , and Zobebah , and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum . 9And Jabez was more honourable 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 coast , and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil , that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested . 11And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir , which was the father of Eshton . 12And Eshton begat Beth-rapha , and Paseah , and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash . These are the men of Rechah . 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 the valley of Charashim ; for they were craftsmen . 15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; Iru , Elah , and Naam : and the sons of Elah , even Kenaz . 16And the sons of Jehaleleel ; Ziph , and Ziphah , Tiria , and Asareel . 17And the sons of Ezra were , Jether , and Mered , and Epher , and Jalon : and she bare Miriam , and Shammai , and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa . 18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor , and Heber the father of Socho , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah . And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh , which Mered took . 19And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham , the father of Keilah the Garmite , and Eshtemoa the Maachathite . 20And the sons of Shimon were , Amnon , and Rinnah , Ben-hanan , and Tilon . And the sons of Ishi were , Zoheth , and Ben-zoheth . 21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were , 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 Chozeba , and Joash , and Saraph , who had the dominion in Moab , and Jashubi-lehem . And these are ancient things . 23These were the potters , and those that dwelt among plants and hedges : there they dwelt with the king for his work .
The Prayer of Jabez
24The sons of Simeon were , Nemuel , and Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , and Shaul : 25Shallum his son , Mibsam his son , Mishma his son . 26And the sons of Mishma ; Hamuel his son , Zacchur 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-birei , 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 their genealogy . 34And Meshobab , and Jamlech , and Joshah the son of Amaziah ,
The Clans of Simeon
35And Joel , and Jehu the son of Josibiah , 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 their names were princes in their families : and the house of their fathers 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 of Ham had dwelt there of old . 41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah , and smote their tents , and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day , and dwelt in their rooms: 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 rest of the Amalekites that were escaped , and dwelt there unto this day .