Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jachath, and Jachath was the father of Achumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
4:3 These were the sons of Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was Hazelelponi.
4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendents of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
4:5 Ashchur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 4:6 Naarah bore to him Achuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haachashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 4:7 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan 4:8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah and the clans of Acharchel the son of Harum.
4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave him birth.”1 4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only2 you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!”3 God answered his prayer.4
4:11 Kelub, the brother of Shuchah, was the father of Mechir, who was the father of Eshton. 4:12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseach and Techinnah, the father of Ir Nachash. These were the men of Rechah.
Othniel and Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hathath and Meonothai.5 4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen.6
4:15 The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh:
Iru, Elah and Naam.
The son of Elah:
Kenaz.7
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon.
Mered’s wife Bithiah8 gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbach, the father of Eshtemoa. 4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoach.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.9
4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Nacham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.
The descendents of Ishi:
Zocheth and the son of Zocheth.
4:21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah:
Er the father of Lechah, Laedah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea, 4:22 Jokim, the men of Kozeba, Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled Moab and Jashubi Lechem. (This information is from ancient records.)10 4:23 They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.11
Simeon’s Descendents4:24 The descendents of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerach, Shaul, 4:25 his son Shallum, his son Mibsam and his son Mishma.
4:26 The descendents of Mishma:
His son Hammuel, his son Zakkur and his son Shimei.
4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah. 4:28 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 4:29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 4:30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 4:31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. 4:32 Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan—five towns. 4:33 They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records.
4:34 Their clan leaders were:12
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 4:35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibah ( son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), 4:36 Eleoenai, Jaakobah, Jeshochaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 4:37 Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah). 4:38 These who are named above were the leaders of their clans.
Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. 4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. 4:40 They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. 4:41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of Hezekiah king of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements,13 as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them,14 for they found pasture for their sheep there. 4:42 500 men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir 4:43 and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees;15 they live there to this very day.