1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

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

4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

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

12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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

2And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begate Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, & Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

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

4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sonnes of Hur, the first borne of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa, had two wiues: Helah, & Naarah.

6And Naarah bare him Ahusam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari. These were the sonnes of Naarah.

7And the sonnes of Helah were: Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.

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

9 And Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

10And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest blesse mee indeede, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might bee with me, and that thou wouldest keepe mee from euill, that it may not grieue me. And God granted him that which he requested.

11 And 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 Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.

13And the sonnes of Kenaz: Othniel, and Saraia: and the sonnes of Othniel, Hathath.

14And Meonothai begate Ophrah: and Seraiah begate Ioab, the father of the valley of Charasim, for they were craftesmen.

15And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam, and the sonnes of Elah, euen Kenaz.

16And the sonnes of Iehaleleel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

17And the sonnes of Ezra were: Iether, and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, & Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18And his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sonnes of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered tooke.

19And the sonnes of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah, the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

20And the sonnes of Simeon were: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sonnes of Ishi were: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

21 The sonnes of Shelah the sonne of Iudah were: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linnen, of the house of Ashbea.

22And Iokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Ioash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, & Iashubi Lehem. And these are ancient things.

23These were the Potters, and those that dwelt amongst plants and hedges. There they dwelt with the king for his worke.

24 The sonnes of Simeon were: Nemuel, and Iamin, Iarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

25Shallum his sonne: Mibsam his sonne: Mishma his sonne.

26And the sonnes of Mishma: Hamuel his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, Shimei his sonne.

27And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Iudah.

28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

29And at Bilha, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

31And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-Susim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities, vnto the reigne of Dauid.

32And their villages were: Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.

33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, vnto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogie:

34And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

35And Ioel, and Iehu the sonne of Iosibia, the sonne of Seraia, the sonne of Asiel,

36And Elioenai, and Iaakobah, and Iesohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, and Benaiah,

37And Ziza the sonne of Shiphi, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaia, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of Shemaiah.

38These mentioned by their names, were Princes in their families, and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their flocks.

40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable: for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41And these written by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roomes: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

42And some of them, euen of the sonnes of Simeon, fiue hundred men, went to mount Seir, hauing for their captaines Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sonnes of Ishi.

43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there vnto this day.

I == Gen 38:29 ; 46:12 ; 1st Chr 2:9 , 18

II == 1st Chr 2:52

 

 

 

 

IV == 1st Chr 2:50

 

 

V == 1st Chr 2:24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IX == Gen 34:19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIII == Josh 15:17

 

XIV == Neh 11:35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXI == Gen 38:1 , 5 ; 46:12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXIV == Gen 46:10 ; Ex 6:15 ; Num 26:12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXVIII == Josh 19:2

 

XXIX == Josh 19:3-4

 

XXXI == Josh 19:5

 

 

XXXII == Josh 19:7

 

XXXIII == Josh 19:8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLI == 2nd Kings 18:8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLIII == 1st Sam 15:8 ; 30:17 ; 2nd Sam 8:12

1 The descendants of Judah were: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 Reaiah, the son of Shobal, became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

3 These were the descendants of Hareph, the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, the Temenites and the Ahashtarites. These were the descendants of Naarah.

7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan, and Koz.

8 Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, as well as of the clans of Aharhel, son of Harum.

9 Jabez was the most distinguished of the brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I bore him with pain."

10 Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: "Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! Help me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!" And God granted his prayer.

11 Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

12 Eshton became the father of Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of the city of Nahash. These were the men of Recah.

13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai;

14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah. Seraiah became the father of Joab, the father of Geharashim, so called because they were craftsmen.

15 The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh, were Ir, Elah, and Naam. The sons of Elah were. . . and Kenaz.

16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Jether became the father of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. (. . . . . .)

18 His (Mered's) Egyptian wife bore Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. These were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

19 The sons of his Jewish wife, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah, were Shimon the Garmite and Ishi the Maacathite.

20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. The son of Ishi was Zoheth and the son of Zoheth. . . .

21 The descendants of Shelah, son of Judah, were: Er, the father of Lecah; Laadah, the father of Mareshah; the clans of the linen weavers' guild in Bethashbea;

22 Jokim; the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who held property in Moab, but returned to Bethlehem. (These are events of old.)

23 They were potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah, where they lived in the king's service.

24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin, Zerah, and Shaul,

25 whose son was Shallum, whose son was Mibsam, whose son was Mishma.

26 The descendants of Mishma were his son Hammuel, whose son was Zaccur, whose son was Shimei.

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. His brothers, however, did not have many sons, and as a result all their clans did not equal the number of the Judahites.

28 They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. Until David came to reign, these were their cities

32 and their villages. Etam, also, and Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan - five cities,

33 together with all their outlying villages as far as Baal. Here is where they dwelt, and so it was inscribed of them in their family records.

34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, son of Amaziah,

35 Joel, Jehu, son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,

36 Elioenai, Jaakobath, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

37 Ziza, son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah - 

38 these just named were princes in their clans, and their ancestral houses spread out to such an extent

39 that they went to the approaches of Gedor, east of the valley, seeking pasture for their flocks.

40 They found abundant and good pastures, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful.

41 They who have just been listed by name set out during the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and attacked the tents of Ham (for Hamites dwelt there formerly) and also the Meunites who were there. They pronounced against them the ban that is still in force and dwelt in their place because they found pasture there for their flocks.

42 Five hundred of them (the Simeonites) went to Mount Seir under the leadership of Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi.

43 They attacked the surviving Amalekites who had escaped, and have resided there to the present day.

v 1-4. Further line of Hur, See 1 Chr. 2:50
Hur was grandfather of Bethlehem, 2:50,51v 5-8. Family of Asshur, Hezron’s posthumous son, 1 Chron. 2:24. JABES: Sorrowful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 9,10. Jabez’s prayer to God and His answer
It is interesting that though Jabez’s  roots are not delineated, he had a city named after him, and families of scribes dwelled there as well as descendants of Rechab, 2:55. These were the Godly, dedicated people in Jer. 35. We may speculate that his mother may have died after child birth and named Jabez “Grieving” just as before her death, Rachel called Benjamin Benoni, “Son of my sorrow”.  Jabez’s brothers may have been honorable because of their background, he was more so. 1. Being from the city of scribes, he may have excelled in learning. 2. We see he was a man of prayer, and that to the God of Israel. His prayer was fourfold: 1 That God would bless him indeed, and this probably especially spiritual blessing; 2 That God would enlarge his border, this being a material blessing; 3 That God’s hand might be with him, God’s  presence being more important than the first two; 4 That God would keep him from evil, whether of sin or troubles, that it  would not grieve him. God granted his requests. v 11-20. Other men of Judah, including Caleb, the son of Jephunnah, Josh. 14:6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 21-23. Judah’s posterity through Shelah, 1 Chr. 2:3 HE THAT MADE: In Hebrew it means, he that made the sun to stand. The following names, Lying (Chozeba), Secure (Joas), and Burning (Saraph) of the same signification are sustituted in place of the Hebrew names. POLANTATIONS AND HEDGES: In Hebrew is Atharimn and Gadira, and are the proper names of the places where they dwelt.
This group was skilled in linen goods and ceramics and ruled over Moab a while.

v 24-43. Simeon’s posterity, their cities and conquests.
Simeon’s inheritance was within Judah and they were eventually absorbed into Judah. Their population increased slowly for a while, v 27, but as they increased, they prospered not far from Gaza, v 38-40. Eventually they spread eastward into Edom.