1 Judah had sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Shobal’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah’s son was Jahath. Jahath had sons Ahumai and Lahad. They were the Zorathite families. ➡️ 3 Etam had sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. 4 Penuel began Gedor. Ezer began Hushah. They were sons of Hur. Hur was the first son of Ephrathah. Bethlehem came from this family. 5 Ashhur began Tekoa. He had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah had Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 7 Helah had Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. 8 Koz had Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum. 9 Jabez was a very good man. His mom named him Jabez because birth hurt. 10 Jabez prayed to God, “Please bless me. Make my land big. Be with me. Keep me from bad and pain.” God said yes. ✨ 11 Chelub, brother of Shuhah, had Mehir. Mehir had Eshton. ➡️ 12 Eshton had Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah began Ir-nahash. These were men of Recah. ️ 13 Kenaz had Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel had Hathath. ➡️ 14 Meonothai had Ophrah. Seraiah had Joab. Joab began the Valley of Makers. They made things. ️️ 15 Caleb, son of Jephunneh, had Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. 16 Jehallelel had Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17 Ezrah had Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. They had Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who began Eshtemoa. ️ 18 Mered’s wife from Judah had Jered (who began Gedor), Heber (who began Soco), and Jekuthiel (who began Zanoah). Mered also married Bithiah, a daughter of Pharaoh. ️ 19 Hodiah’s wife (she was Naham’s sister) had Keilah and Eshtemoa. ️ 20 Shimon had Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi had Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. 21 Shelah, son of Judah, had Er (who began Lecah) and Laadah (who began Mareshah). Some made fine cloth at Beth-ashbea. 22 There were Jokim, men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph. They once ruled in Moab and came back to Lehem. These are old stories. ️⏳ 23 They made pots. They lived in Netaim and Gederah. They worked for the king. 24 Simeon had sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25 Shaul’s son was Shallum. Then Mibsam. Then Mishma. ➡️➡️ 26 Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Then Zaccur. Then Shimei. ➡️➡️ 27 Shimei had 16 sons and 6 girls. His brothers did not have many kids. Their family was not as big as Judah. 28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, and Hazar-shual. ️️ 29 They lived in Bilhah, Ezem, and Tolad. 30 They lived in Bethuel, Hormah, and Ziklag. ️ 31 They lived in Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns till David. ️⏰ 32 They also had Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five towns. 5️⃣️ 33 They had many small towns near them to Baal. They wrote the names of their families. ️ 34 Leaders were Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah. ⭐ 35 There were Joel and Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel. 36 There were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah. 37 There was Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah. 38 These men were leaders in their families. Their homes grew big. ⬆️ 39 They went to the gate of Gedor, to the east of the valley, to find grass for their sheep. ♂️ 40 They found rich, good grass. The land was wide, quiet, and safe. People from Ham had lived there before. ️ 41 In the days of King Hezekiah, these men came. They broke the tents of the people there, the Meunites. They took the land and live there now. ⛺⚔️ 42 Five hundred men from Simeon went to Mount Seir. Leaders were Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi. ⛰️⭐ 43 They beat the last of the Amalek people. They live there to this day. ⚔️✅