1 Chronicles 4

¹The sonnes of Iudah were Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

²And Reaiah the sonne of Shobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zoreathites.

³And these were of the father of Etam, Izreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.

⁴And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sonnes of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.

⁵But Asher the father of Tekoa had two wiues, Heleah, and Naarah.

⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haashtari: these were the sonnes of Naarah.

⁷And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.

⁸Also Coz begate Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the sonne of Harum.

⁹But Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorowe.

¹⁰And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be deliuered from euill, that I be not hurt. And God graunted the thing that he asked.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuah begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

¹²And Eshton begate Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the citie of Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.