(A)The sons of Judah: (B)Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. His daughter-in-law (C)Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

The (D)sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. The son[a] of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who (E)broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; and Ethan's son was Azariah.

The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, (F)Ram, and (G)Chelubai. 10 (H)Ram fathered Amminadab, and (I)Amminadab fathered (J)Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered (K)Salmon,[b] Salmon fathered (L)Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, (M)Obed fathered Jesse. 13 (N)Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, (O)Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, (P)David the seventh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Hebrew sons
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (compare Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma

Judah(A)

To Hezron’s Sons

The sons of Judah:(B)

Er, Onan and Shelah.(C) These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.(D) Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.(E) Judah’s daughter-in-law(F) Tamar(G) bore Perez(H) and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

The sons of Perez:(I)

Hezron(J) and Hamul.

The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda[a]—five in all.

The son of Karmi:

Achar,[b](K) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.[c](L)

The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

The sons born to Hezron(M) were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.[d]

From Ram Son of Hezron

10 Ram(N) was the father of

Amminadab(O), and Amminadab the father of Nahshon,(P) the leader of the people of Judah. 11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon,[e] Salmon the father of Boaz, 12 Boaz(Q) the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.(R)

13 Jesse(S) was the father of

Eliab(T) his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14 the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15 the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma

20 (A)Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

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20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,(A)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,[a]

21 Salmon the father of Boaz,(B)

Boaz the father of Obed,

22 Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

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  1. Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma

and Salmon the father of Boaz by (A)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,

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Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,(A)

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,

Obed the father of Jesse,

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