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1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel,
Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola; mighty men
of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two
thousand six hundred. 3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah:
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. 4 With
them, by their generations, after their fathers’ houses, were bands of the army
for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their
brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed in all
by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael,
three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were listed by
genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four. 8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah,
Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All
these were the sons of Becher. 9 They were listed by genealogy, after
their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty
thousand two hundred. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All
these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’
households, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand two hundred, who were able
to go out in the army for war. 12 So were Shuppim, Huppim, the sons of Ir,
Hushim, and the sons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer,
Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his
concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 Machir
took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of
the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 Maacah the
wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was
Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His
sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of
Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son,
Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son,
Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the
land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock. 22 Ephraim
their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 He
went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him
Beriah, because there was trouble with his house. 24 His daughter was
Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. 25 Rephah
was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his
son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, and Joshua his
son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and
eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its
towns, to Azzah and its towns; 29 and by the borders of the children of
Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns,
and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these.
30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and
Beriah. Serah was their sister. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel,
who was the father of Birzaith. 32 Heber became the father of Japhlet,
Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach,
Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 The sons of
Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother:
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher,
Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The
sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah,
Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the
fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The
number of them listed by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand
men.
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