1. Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.
2. Reaiah was Shobal’s son. Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the family groups of the Zorathite people.
3-4. Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur was the leader of Bethlehem. Hur’s three sons were Etam, Penuel and Ezer. Etam’s sons were Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. They had a sister named Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor. Ezer was the father of Hushah.
5. Tekoa’s father was Ashhur. Ashhur had two wives named Helah and Naarah.
6. The sons of Ashhur and Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
7. Helah’s sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan
8. and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah. He was also the father of the Aharhel family group. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
9. There was a man named Jabez. He was respected more than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because she said, “I was in much pain when I gave birth to him.”
10. Jabez prayed to the God of Israel. Jabez said, “Please do good things for me. Please give me more land. Stay with me, and don’t let anyone hurt me. Then I won’t have any pain.” And God did what Jabez had asked.
11. Kelub was Shuhah’s brother. Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
12. Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of the people from the town of Nahash. These people were from Recah.
13. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
14. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people from Craftsmen’s Valley. It is called Craftsmen’s Valley because the people living there were craftsmen.
15. Caleb was Jephunneh’s son. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz.
16. Jehallelel’s sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17-18. Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered also had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber and Jekuthiel. Jered became the father of Gedor. Heber became the father of Soco. And Jekuthiel became the father of Zanoah.