1 Chronicles, 7

1. Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1. Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

2. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, [to wit], of Tola: [they were] valiant men of might in their generations; whose number [was] in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

2. Tola had six sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were heads of families of the clan of Tola and famous warriors. In the time of David, the descendants numbered 22,600. Uzzi had one son, Izrahiah.

3. And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

3. Izrahiah had four sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of these were chiefs

4. And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, [were] bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand [men]: for they had many wives and sons.

4. and they were obliged to enlist their troops: 36,000 men, for they had many wives and children.

5. And their brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

5. The family records of all the clans of Issachar listed a total of 87,000 men able to give military service.

6. [The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

6. Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

7. And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of [their] fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

7. Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jeri-moth and Iri. They were heads of families in the clan and famous warriors. Their family records listed 22,034 men able to give military service.

8. And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] the sons of Becher.

8. Becher had nine sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

9. And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, [was] twenty thousand and two hundred.

9. Their family records listed 17,200 men able to give military service. Shuppin and Huppin also belonged to this tribe.

10. The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

10. Jediael had one son, Bilhan who had seven sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11. All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, [were] seventeen thousand and two hundred [soldiers], fit to go out for war [and] battle.

11. They were heads of families in the clan and famous warriors.

12. Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of Aher.

12. Shuppin and Huppin also belong to this tribe.

13. The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

13. Naphtali had four sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. They were descendants of Bilhan.

14. The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

14. Manasseh had Asriel by his Aramean concubine. She gave birth also to Machir, father of Gilead.

15. And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

15. Gilead was the father of Iefer and Eeleg. The son of Iefer was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters.

16. And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem.

16. Maacah, wife of Machir, gave birth to two sons, whom they named Peresh and Sheresh. Peresh had two sons: Ulam and Rakem.

17. And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These [were] the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

17. Ulam had a son named Bedan. These were the descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh.

18. And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

18. Gilead's sister Molecheth had three sons: Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19. And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

19. Shemida had four sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

20. And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

20. These are the descendants of Ephraim from one generation to the next: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath, Zabad, Shuthelah. Ephraim's two other sons, Ezer and Elead,

21. And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath [that were] born in [that] land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

21. were killed when they tried to steal the cattle belonging to the people of Gath.

22. And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

22. Ephraim, their father, mourned for them for a long time and his brothers came to comfort him.

23. And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

23. Then Ephraim went to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son whom she called Beriah, because of the trouble that had come to their family.

24. (And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

24. Beriah's daughter, Sheerah, built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. Ephraim also had a son named Rephah. The descendants of

25. And Rephah [was] his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

25. Rephah were as follows: Resheph, Telah, Tahan,

26. Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

26. Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,

27. Non his son, Jehoshua his son.

27. Nun, Joshua.

28. And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

28. They had lands and settlements in Bethel and its towns, in Naasan to the east in Gezep and its towns to the west, Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns.

29. And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

29. Bethshean, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, each with its towns, were controlled by the descendants of Manasseh. In all these places lived the descendants of Joseph, son of Jacob.

30. The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

30. Asher had four sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and one daughter, Serah.

31. And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who [is] the father of Birzavith.

31. Sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. Malchiel was the father of Birzaith.

32. And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

32. Heber had three sons: Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham; and one daughter Shura.

33. And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These [are] the children of Japhlet.

33. Japhlet had three sons: Pasah, Bimhal and Ashvath.

34. And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

34. Shomar, his brother, also had three sons: Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

35. And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

35. His brother Hotham had four sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

36. The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

36. The sons of Zophal were: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri and Imrah,

37. Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

37. Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beerah.

38. And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

38. The sons of Ulla were descendants of Asher. They were heads of families, and famous warriors; Asher's descendants included 26,000 men able to give military service.

39. And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

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40. All these [were] the children of Asher, heads of [their] father's house, choice [and] mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war [and] to battle [was] twenty and six thousand men.

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