1. These were the sons of Yisra’ĕl: Re’uḇĕn, Shim‛on, Lĕwi and Yehuḏah, Yissasḵar and Zeḇulun,
2. Dan, Yosĕph and Binyamin, Naphtali, Gaḏ and Ashĕr.
3. The sons of Yehuḏah: Ěr, and Onan, and Shĕlah, the three born to him by the daughter of Shuwa, the Kena‛anitess. And Ěr, the first-born of Yehuḏah, was evil in the eyes of יהוה, and He slew him.
4. And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perets and Zeraḥ. All the sons of Yehuḏah were five.
5. The sons of Perets: Ḥetsron and Ḥamul.
6. And the sons of Zeraḥ: Zimri, and Ěythan, and Hĕman, and Kalkol, and Dara, five of them in all.
7. And the son of Karmi was Aḵar, the troubler of Yisra’ĕl, who trespassed in that which was under the ban.
8. And the son of Ěythan was Azaryah.
9. And the sons of Ḥetsron who were born to him: Yeraḥme’ĕl, and Ram, and Keluḇai.
10. Ram brought forth Amminaḏaḇ, and Amminaḏaḇ brought forth Naḥshon, leader of the children of Yehuḏah;
11. Naḥshon brought forth Salma, and Salma brought forth Bo‛az;
12. Bo‛az brought forth Oḇĕḏ, and Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai;