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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 2:1-39 (NET)

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Israel’s Descendants
2:1 These were the sons of Israel : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah ; Issachar and Zebulun ; 2:2 Dan , Joseph , and Benjamin ; Naphtali , Gad , and Asher .
Judah’s Descendants
2:3 The sons of Judah : Er , Onan , and Shelah . These three were born to him by Bathshua , a Canaanite woman . Er , Judah’s firstborn , displeased the Lord , so the Lord killed him. 2:4 Tamar , Judah’s daughter-in-law , bore to him Perez and Zerah . Judah had five sons in all . 2:5 The sons of Perez : Hezron and Hamul . 2:6 The sons of Zerah : Zimri , Ethan , Heman , Kalkol , Dara – five in all . 2:7 The son of Carmi : Achan , who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. 2:8 The son of Ethan : Azariah . 2:9 The sons born to Hezron : Jerahmeel , Ram , and Caleb .
Ram’s Descendants
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab , and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon , the tribal chief of Judah . 2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salma , and Salma was the father of Boaz . 2:12 Boaz was the father of Obed , and Obed was the father of Jesse . 2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab , his firstborn ; Abinadab was born second , Shimea third , 2:14 Nethanel fourth , Raddai fifth , 2:15 Ozem sixth , David seventh . 2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail . Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai , Joab , and Asahel . 2:17 Abigail bore Amasa , whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite .
Caleb’s Descendants
2:18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth ). Her sons were Jesher , Shobab , and Ardon . 2:19 When Azubah died , Caleb married Ephrath , who bore him Hur . 2:20 Hur was the father of Uri , and Uri was the father of Bezalel . 2:21 Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir , the father of Gilead . (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub . 2:22 Segub was the father of Jair , who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead . 2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair , along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns .) All these were descendants of Makir , the father of Gilead . 2:24 After Hezron’s death , Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath , his father Hezron’s widow , and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa .
Jerahmeel’s Descendants
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel , Hezron’s firstborn , were Ram , the firstborn , Bunah , Oren , Ozem , and Ahijah . 2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah ; she was Onam’s mother . 2:27 The sons of Ram , Jerahmeel’s firstborn , were Maaz , Jamin , and Eker . 2:28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada . The sons of Shammai : Nadab and Abishur . 2:29 Abishur’s wife was Abihail , who bore him Ahban and Molid . 2:30 The sons of Nadab : Seled and Appaim . (Seled died without having sons .) 2:31 The son of Appaim : Ishi . The son of Ishi : Sheshan . The son of Sheshan : Ahlai . 2:32 The sons of Jada , Shammai’s brother : Jether and Jonathan . (Jether died without having sons .) 2:33 The sons of Jonathan : Peleth and Zaza . These were the descendants of Jerahmeel . 2:34 Sheshan had no sons , only daughters . Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha . 2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife ; she bore him Attai . 2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan , and Nathan was the father of Zabad . 2:37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal , and Ephlal was the father of Obed . 2:38 Obed was the father of Jehu , and Jehu was the father of Azariah . 2:39 Azariah was the father of Helez , and Helez was the father of Eleasah .

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  • Far from being an unimportant postscript this genealogy helps us see one of the main purposes for which God gave us this book.Why does the genealogy start with Perez? Perez was the illegitimate son of Judah (1 Chron. 2:5) who...
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