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* The sons of Judah were Perez , Hezron , Carmi , Hur , and Shobal . * And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath , and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad . These were the families of the Zorathites . * These were the sons of the father of Etam : Jezreel , Ishma , and Idbash ; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi ; * and Penuel was the father of Gedor , and Ezer was the father of Hushah . These were the sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem . * And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives , Helah and Naarah . * Naarah bore him Ahuzzam , Hepher , Temeni , and Haahashtari . These were the sons of Naarah . * The sons of Helah were Zereth , Zohar , and Ethnan ; * and Koz begot Anub , Zobebah , and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum . * Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers , and his mother called his name Jabez , saying , "Because I bore him in pain ." * And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying , "Oh , that You would bless me indeed , and enlarge my territory , that Your hand would be with me , and that You would keep me from evil , that I may not cause pain !" So God granted him what he requested . * Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir , who was the father of Eshton . * And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha , Paseah , and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash . These were the men of Rechah . * The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah . The sons of Othniel were Hathath , * and Meonothai who begot Ophrah . Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim , for they were craftsmen . * The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru , Elah , and Naam . The son of Elah was Kenaz . * The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph , Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel . * The sons of Ezrah were Jether , Mered , Epher , and Jalon . And Mered 's wife bore Miriam , Shammai , and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa . * (His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor , Heber the father of Sochoh , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah .) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh , whom Mered took . * The sons of Hodiah 's wife , the sister of Naham , were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite . * And the sons of Shimon were Amnon , Rinnah , Ben-Hanan , and Tilon . And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth . * The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah , Laadah the father of Mareshah , and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea ; * also Jokim , the men of Chozeba , and Joash ; Saraph , who ruled in Moab , and Jashubi-Lehem . Now the records are ancient . * These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah ; there they dwelt with the king for his work . * The sons of Simeon were Nemuel , Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , and Shaul , * Shallum his son , Mibsam his son , and Mishma his son . * And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son , Zacchur his son , and Shimei his son . * Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brothers did not have many children , nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah . * They dwelt at Beersheba , Moladah , Hazar Shual , * Bilhah , Ezem , Tolad , * Bethuel , Hormah , Ziklag , * Beth Marcaboth , Hazar Susim , Beth Biri , and at Shaaraim . These were their cities until the reign of David . * And their villages were Etam , Ain , Rimmon , Tochen , and Ashan--five cities -- * and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal . These were their dwelling places , and they maintained their genealogy : * Meshobab , Jamlech , and Joshah the son of Amaziah ; * Joel , and Jehu the son of Joshibiah , the son of Seraiah , the son of Asiel ; * Elioenai , Jaakobah , Jeshohaiah , Asaiah , Adiel , Jesimiel , and Benaiah ; * Ziza the son of Shiphi , the son of Allon , the son of Jedaiah , the son of Shimri , the son of Shemaiah -- * these mentioned by name were leaders in their families , and their father 's house increased greatly . * So they went to the entrance of Gedor , as far as the east side of the valley , to seek pasture for their flocks . * And they found rich , good pasture , and the land was broad , quiet , and peaceful ; for some Hamites formerly lived there . * These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there , and utterly destroyed them , as it is to this day . So they dwelt in their place , because there was pasture for their flocks there . * Now some of them , five hundred men of the sons of Simeon , went to Mount Seir , having as their captains Pelatiah , Neariah , Rephaiah , and Uzziel , the sons of Ishi . * And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped . They have dwelt there to this day .

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