I Chronicles Chapter 4
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The sons of Judah: Pherez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
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And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoreathites.
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And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;
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and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem.
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— And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.
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And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
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And Koz begot Anub, and Hazzobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
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And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.
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And Jabez called on theGod of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! AndGod brought about what he had requested.
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And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
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And Eshton begot Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash: these were the men of Rechah.
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— And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
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And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.
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— And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah, ...and Kenaz.
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— And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.
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— And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
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And his wife the Jewess bore 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 whom Mered took.
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— And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
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— And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. — And the sons of Jishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
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The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea,
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and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.
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These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Saul;
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Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
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And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son;
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and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.
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And they abode at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual,
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and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
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and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
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and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
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And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
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and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogical register.
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And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
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and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
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and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
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and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah:
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these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
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And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
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And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
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And 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 stead; for there was pasture there for their flocks.
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And five hundred men of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, having at their head Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Jishi,
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and they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped; and they dwelt there unto this day.
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Filii Iuda: Phares, Hesron, et Charmi, et Hur, et Sobal.
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Raia vero filius Sobal genuit Iahath, de quo nati sunt Ahumai, et Laad. hæ cognationes Sarathi.
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Ista quoque stirps Etam: Iezrahel, et Iesema, et Iedebos. Nomen quoque sororis eorum, Asalelphuni.
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Phanuel autem pater Gedor, et Ezer pater Hosa. isti sunt filii Hur primogeniti Ephratha patris Bethlehem.
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Assur vero patri Thecuæ erant duæ uxores, Halaa, et Naara.
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Peperit autem ei Naara, Oozam, et Hepher, et Themani, et Ahasthari. isti sunt filii Naara.
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Porro filii Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, et Ethnan.
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Cos autem genuit Anob, et Soboba, et cognationem Aharehel filii Arum.
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Fuit autem Iabes inclytus præ fratribus suis, et mater eius vocavit nomen illius Iabes, dicens: Quia peperi eum in dolore.
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Invocavit vero Iabes Deum Israel, dicens: Si benedicens benedixeris mihi, et dilataveris terminos meos, et fuerit manus tua mecum, et feceris me a malitia non opprimi. Et præstitit Deus quæ precatus est.
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Caleb autem frater Sua genuit Mahir, qui fuit pater Esthon.
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Porro Esthon genuit Bethrapha, et Phesse, et Tehinna patrem urbis Naas: hi sunt viri Recha.
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Filii autem Cenez, Othoniel, et Saraia. Porro filii Othoniel, Hathath, et Maonathi.
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Maonathi genuit Ophra, Saraia autem genuit Ioab patrem Vallis artificum: ibi quippe artifices erant.
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Filii vero Caleb filii Iephone, Hir, et Ela, et Naham. Filii quoque Ela: Cenez.
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Filii quoque Ialeleel: Ziph, et Zipha, Thiria, et Asrael.
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Et filii Ezra, Iether, et Mered, et Epher, et Ialon, genuitque Mariam, et Sammai, et Iesba patrem Esthamo.
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Uxor quoque eius Iudaia, peperit Iared patrem Gedor, et Heber patrem Socho, et Icuthiel patrem Zanoe. hi autem filii Bethiæ filiæ Pharaonis, quam accepit Mered.
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Et filii uxoris Odaiæ sororis Naham patris Ceila, Garmi, et Esthamo, qui fuit de Machathi.
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Filii quoque Simon, Amnon, et Rinna filius Hanan, et Thilon. Et filii Iesi, Zoheth, et Benzoheth.
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Filii Sela, filii Iuda: Her pater Lecha, et Laada pater Maresa, et cognationes domus operantium byssum in Domo iuramenti.
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Et qui stare fecit Solem, virique Mendacii, et Securus, et Incendens, qui principes fuerunt in Moab, et qui reversi sunt in Lahem. hæc autem verba vetera.
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Hi sunt figuli habitantes in Plantationibus, et in Sepibus, apud regem in operibus eius, commoratique sunt ibi.
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Filii Simeon: Namuel et Iamin, Iarib, Zara, Saul.
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Sellum filius eius, Mapsam filius eius, Masma filius eius.
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Filii Masma: Hamuel filius eius, Zachur filius eius, Semei filius eius.
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Filii Semei sedecim, et filiæ sex: fratres autem eius non habuerunt filios multos, et universa cognatio non potuit adæquare summam filiorum Iuda.
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Habitaverunt autem in Bersabee, et Molada, et Hasarsuhal,
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et in Bala, et in Asom, et in Tholad,
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et in Bathuel, et in Horma, et in Siceleg,
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et in Bethmarchaboth, et in Hasarsusim, et in Bethberai, et in Saarim. hæ civitates eorum usque ad regem David.
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Villæ quoque eorum: Etam, et Aen, Remmon, et Thochen, et Asan, civitates quinque.
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Et universi viculi eorum per circuitum civitatum istarum usque ad Baal. hæc est habitatio eorum, et sedium distributio.
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Mosobab quoque et Iemlech, et Iosa filius Amasiæ,
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et Ioel, et Iehu filius Iosabiæ filii Saraiæ filii Asiel,
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et Elioenai, et Iacoba, et Isuhaia, et Asaia, et Adiel, et Ismiel, et Banaia,
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Ziza quoque filius Sephei filii Allon filii Idaia filii Semri filii Samaia.
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Isti sunt nominati principes in cognationibus suis, et in domo affinitatum suarum multiplicati sunt vehementer.
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Et profecti sunt ut ingrederentur in Gador usque ad Orientem vallis, et ut quærerent pascua gregibus suis.
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Inveneruntque pascuas uberes, et valde bonas, et terram latissimam et quietam et fertilem, in qua ante habitaverant de stirpe Cham.
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Hi ergo venerunt, quos supra descripsimus nominatim, in diebus Ezechiæ regis Iuda: et percusserunt tabernacula eorum, et habitatores qui inventi fuerant ibi, et deleverunt eos usque in præsentem diem: habitaveruntque pro eis, quoniam uberrimas pascuas ibidem repererunt.
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De filiis quoque Simeon abierunt in montem Seir viri quingenti, habentes principes Phalthiam et Naariam et Raphaiam et Oziel filios Iesi:
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et percusserunt reliquias, quæ evadere potuerant, Amalecitarum, et habitaverunt ibi pro eis usque ad diem hanc.
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Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
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And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these <FI>are<Fi> families of the Zorathite.
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And these <FI>are<Fi> of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister <FI>is<Fi> Hazzelelponi,
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and Penuel <FI>is<Fi> father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Hur, first-born of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem.
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And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;
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and Naarah beareth to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Naarah.
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And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
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And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
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And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have brought forth with grief.'
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And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, `If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept <FI>me<Fi> from evil--not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.
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And Chelub brother of Shuah begat Mehir; he <FI>is<Fi> father of Eshton.
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And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these <FI>are<Fi> men of Rechah.
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And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.
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And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were artificers.
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And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
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And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
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And sons of Ezra <FI>are<Fi> Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
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And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took,
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and sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
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And sons of Shimon <FI>are<Fi> Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.
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Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
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and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things <FI>are<Fi> ancient.
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They <FI>are<Fi> the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
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Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
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Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
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And sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
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And to Shimei <FI>are<Fi> sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.
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And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul,
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and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad,
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and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,
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and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these <FI>are<Fi> their cities till the reigning of David.
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And their villages <FI>are<Fi> Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
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and all their villages that <FI>are<Fi> round about these cities unto Baal; these <FI>are<Fi> their dwellings, and they have their genealogy:
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even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah,
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and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
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and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
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and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
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These who are coming in by name <FI>are<Fi> princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude;
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and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock,
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and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.
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And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock <FI>is<Fi> there.
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And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,
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and they smite the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there unto this day.
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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).