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Bible in Basic English · 1949

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Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.

1The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi and Hur, and Sobal.

2And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

2And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

3And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

3And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

4And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

4And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

5And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

5And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:

6And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

6And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.

7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

7And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

8And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

8And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

9And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

9And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.

10And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

10And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

11And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

11And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

12And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

12And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.

13And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

13And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

14And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.

14Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.

15And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

16The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria and Asrael.

17And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

17And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

18And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

18And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.

19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

19And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.

20And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...

20The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;

21The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of oath.

22And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

22And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who returned into Lahem. Now these are things of old.

23These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.

23These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.

24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

24The sons of Simeon: Namuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

25Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.

26And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

26The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.

27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

27The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

28And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

28And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

29And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

30And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,

31And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.

31And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

32And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;

32Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

33And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.

33And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

34And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

34And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josaphat, the son of Amasias,

35And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

36And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah,

36And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,

37And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

37Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.

38These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.

38These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.

39And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.

39And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

40And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

40And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

41And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.

41And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat pastures.

42And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.

42Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

43And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.

43And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.