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9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his
brothers, and his mother called his name
Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
3:1 David. The chief reason for such detailed 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,
genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and
from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be
David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the king- with me, and that You would keep me from
dom intentions of God in Christ. evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God grant-
ed him what he requested.
11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot
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sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. And
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Solomon’s son was Rehoboam; Abijah was Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and
his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These were
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Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his the men of Rechah.
son, Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, 13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and
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Jotham his son, Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath,
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son, Manasseh his son, Amon his son, and 14 and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah
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Josiah his son. The sons of Josiah were begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for
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Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, they were craftsmen. The sons of Caleb the
the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam.
The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son The son of Elah was Kenaz. The sons of
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and Zedekiah his son. Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
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And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir, The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered,
Shealtiel his son, and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife bore Mir-
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Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. iam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Esh-
The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and temoa. (His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the
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Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshul- father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh,
lam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister, and and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these
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Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of
Jushab-Hesed—five in all. Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of
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Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite
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Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite. And the
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Shechaniah. The son of Shechaniah was Shem- sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-
aiah. The sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were
Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. The Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
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sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were
Azrikam—three in all. The sons of Elioenai Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of
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were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Mareshah, and the families of the house of the
Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all. linen workers of the house of Ashbea; also
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The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash;
4 Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. And Reaiah the Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-
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son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Lehem. Now the records are ancient. These
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Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of were the potters and those who dwell at
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the Zorathites. These were the sons of the Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with
father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; the king for his work.
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; 24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin,
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and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul, Shallum his son,
was the father of Hushah. Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. And
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These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son,
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Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. Shimei
And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his
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wives, Helah and Naarah. Naarah bore him brothers did not have many children, nor did
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Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. any of their families multiply as much as the
These were the sons of Naarah. The sons of children of Judah.
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Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; and 28 They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar
Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel,
Aharhel the son of Harum. Hormah, Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar
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