The sons of (a) Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. (a) Though Judah was not Jacob's eldest son, yet he first begins with him, because he would... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and (b) Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. (b) Of these read (1 Kings 4:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and (c) Ram, and Chelubai. (c) Whom Matthew calls Aram, (Matthew 1:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, (d) prince of the children of Judah; (d) That is, chief of the family.... [ Continue Reading ]
And (e) Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. (e) Who was called Chelubai the son of Hezron, (1 Chronicles 2:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of (f) Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. (f) Who was prince of mount Gilead, (Numbers 32:40).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, (g) from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. (g) That is, the Geshurites and Syrians took the towns from Jair's children.... [ Continue Reading ]
And after that Hezron was dead in (h) Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the (i) father of Tekoa. (h) Which was a town named for the husband and wife, also called Bethlehem Ephratah. (i) Meaning, the chief and prince.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; (k) Ahlai. (k) Who died while his father was alive, and therefore it is said in (1 Chronicles 2:34) that Sheshan had no sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the (l) father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. (l) That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince should have a fatherly care and affection for his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ephah, Caleb's (m) concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. (m) The difference between the wife and the concubine was that the wife was taken with a ceremony of marriage and her children inherited, while the concubine had no marriage ceremony, neither did her children... [ Continue Reading ]
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the (n) house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. (n) The chief and principle of the house of Joab.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the families of the (o) scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the (p) Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. (o) Who were men learned and expert in the law. (p) Read (Numbers 10:29; Judges 1:16).... [ Continue Reading ]