I Chronicles Chapter 2
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darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.
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And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul.
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And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
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And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
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And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.
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And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
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And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
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and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,
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and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
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and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
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Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
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And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah [his] wife, and by Jerioth: her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
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And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezaleel.
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And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;
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and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
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And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah.
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And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
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And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons.
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And the sons of Appaim: Jishi; and the sons of Jishi: Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons.
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And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha;
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and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
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and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed,
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and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah,
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and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Elasah,
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and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum,
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and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
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And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
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And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai;
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and the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
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And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
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And the sons of Jehdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah;
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and she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
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And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth.
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And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites. Atroth-Beth-Joab, and the Hazi-Hammana-hethites, the Zorites;
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and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Filii autem Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Iuda, Issachar, et Zabulon,
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Dan, Ioseph, Beniamin, Nephthali, Gad et Aser.
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Filii Iuda: Her, Onan, et Sela. hi tres nati sunt ei de filia Sue Chananitide. Fuit autem Her primogenitus Iuda, malus coram Domino, et occidit eum.
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Thamar autem nurus eius peperit ei Phares et Zara. omnes ergo filii Iuda, quinque.
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Filii autem Phares: Hesron et Hamul.
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Filii quoque Zaræ: Zamri, et Ethan, et Eman, Chalchal quoque, et Dara, simul quinque.
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Filii Charmi: Achar, qui turbavit Israel, et peccavit in furto anathematis.
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Filii Ethan: Azarias.
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Filii autem Hesron qui nati sunt ei: Ierameel, et Ram, et Calubi.
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Porro Ram genuit Aminadab. Aminadab autem genuit Nahasson, principem filiorum Iuda.
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Nahasson quoque genuit Salma, de quo ortus est Booz.
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Booz vero genuit Obed, qui et ipse genuit Isai.
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Isai autem genuit primogenitum Eliab, secundum Abinadab, tertium Simmaa,
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quartum Nathanael, quintum Raddai,
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sextum Asom, septimum David.
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quorum sorores fuerunt Sarvia, et Abigail. Filii Sarviæ: Abisai, Ioab, et Asael, tres.
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Abigail autem genuit Amasa, cuius pater fuit Iether Ismahelites.
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Caleb vero filius Hesron accepit uxorem nomine Azuba, de qua genuit Ierioth: fueruntque filii eius Iaser, et Sobab, et Ardon.
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Cumque mortua fuisset Azuba, accepit uxorem Caleb, Ephratha: quæ peperit ei Hur.
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Porro Hur genuit Uri: et Uri genuit Bezeleel.
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Post hæc ingressus est Hesron ad filiam Machir patris Galaad, et accepit eam cum esset annorum sexaginta: quæ peperit ei Segub.
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Sed et Segub genuit Iair, et possedit viginti tres civitates in Terra Galaad.
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Cepitque Gessur, et Aram oppida Iair, et Canath, et viculos eius sexaginta civitatum. omnes isti, filii Machir patris Galaad.
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Cum autem mortuus esset Hesron, ingressus est Caleb ad Ephratha. Habuit quoque Hesron uxorem Abia, quæ peperit ei Assur patrem Thecuæ.
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Nati sunt autem filii Ierameel primogeniti Hesron, Ram primogenitus eius, et Buna, et Aram, et Asom, et Achia.
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Duxit quoque uxorem alteram Ierameel, nomine Atara, quæ fuit mater Onam.
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Sed et filii Ram primogeniti Ierameel, fuerunt Moos, Iamin, et Achar.
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Onam autem habuit filios Semei, et Iada. Filii autem Semei: Nadab, et Abisur.
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Nomen vero uxoris Abisur, Abihail, quæ peperit ei Ahobban, et Molid.
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Filii autem Nadab fuerunt Saled, et Apphaim. Mortuus est autem Saled absque liberis.
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Filius vero Apphaim, Iesi: qui Iesi genuit Sesan. Porro Sesan genuit Oholai.
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Filii autem Iada fratris Semei: Iether, et Ionathan. Sed et Iether mortuus est absque liberis.
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Porro Ionathan genuit Phaleth, et Ziza. Isti fuerunt filii Ierameel.
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Sesan autem non habuit filios, sed filias: et servum Ægyptium nomine Ieraa.
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Deditque ei filiam suam uxorem: quæ peperit ei Ethei.
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Ethei autem genuit Nathan, et Nathan genuit Zabad.
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Zabad quoque genuit Ophlal, et Ophlal genuit Obed,
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Obed genuit Iehu, Iehu genuit Azariam,
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Azarias genuit Helles, et Helles genuit Elasa.
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Elasa genuit Sisamoi, Sisamoi genuit Sellum,
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Sellum genuit Icamiam, Icamia autem genuit Elisama.
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Filii autem Caleb fratris Ierameel: Mesa primogenitus eius, ipse est pater Ziph: et filii Maresa patris Hebron.
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Porro filii Hebron, Core, et Taphua, et Recem, et Samma.
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Samma autem genuit Raham, patrem Iercaam, et Recem genuit Sammai.
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Filius Sammai, Maon: et Maon pater Bethsur.
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Epha autem concubina Caleb peperit Haran, et Mosa, et Gezez. Porro Haran genuit Gezez.
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Filii autem Iahaddai, Regom, et Ioathan, et Gesan, et Phalet, et Epha, et Saaph.
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Concubina Caleb Maacha, peperit Saber, et Tharana.
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Genuit autem Saaph pater Madmena, Sue patrem Machbena, et patrem Gabaa. Filia vero Caleb, fuit Achsa.
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Hi erant filii Caleb, filii Hur primogeniti Ephratha, Sobal pater Cariathiarim.
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Salma pater Bethlehem, Hariph pater Bethgader.
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Fuerunt autem filii Sobal patris Cariathiarim, Qui videbat dimidium requietionum.
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Et de cognatione Cariathiarim, Iethrei, et Aphuthei, et Semathei, et Maserei. Ex his egressi sunt Saraitæ, et Esthaolitæ.
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Filii Salma, Bethlehem, et Netophathi, Coronæ domus Ioab, et Dimidium requietionis Sarai.
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Cognationes quoque scribarum habitantium in Iabes, canentes atque Resonantes, et in tabernaculis commorantes. Hi sunt Cinæi, qui venerunt de Calore patris domus Rechab.
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These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.
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And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah <FI>are<Fi> five.
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Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul.
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And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.
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And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing.
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And sons of Ethan: Azariah.
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And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
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And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah;
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and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
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and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;
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and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
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Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh,
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and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El--three.
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And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa <FI>is<Fi> Jether the Ishmeelite.
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And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these <FI>are<Fi> her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
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And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur.
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And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
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And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he <FI>is<Fi> a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub.
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And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,
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and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities--all these <FI>belonged to<Fi> the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
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And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa.
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And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
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And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Atarah, she <FI>is<Fi> mother of Onam.
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And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
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And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur <FI>is<Fi> Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid.
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And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons.
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And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons.
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And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel.
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And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Jarha,
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and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai;
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and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
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and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
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and Obed begat Jehu,
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and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
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and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,
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and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
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And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he <FI>is<Fi> father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron.
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And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
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And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai.
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And a son of Shammai <FI>is<Fi> Maon, and Maon <FI>is<Fi> father of Beth-Zur.
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And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
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And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
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The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah;
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and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb <FI>is<Fi> Achsa.
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These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim,
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Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader.
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And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite;
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and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite.
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Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite;
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and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They <FI>are<Fi> the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
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Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
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Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).