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The sons of Judah:
Er and Onan [pronounced "Ohnan"] and Shelah and Perez and Zerah,
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
And the sons of Perez were:
Of Chetsron, the family of the Chetsronites,
of Chamol, the family of the Chamolites.
[Now follows a genealogy of ten names, ending with David who is central to the Messianic genealogy.]
This is the continuing story of Peret [whose mother was Tamar, who was denied a levirate marriage, see comment in ] (his genealogy – Hebr. toledot):
Pereth became the father of Chetsron [],
Chetsron [became the father] of Ram,
Ram [became the father] of Amminadav,
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
[Here the chronicler breaks the pattern of the genealogy and reverses it in a chiasm.]
The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Kelubai [also called Caleb, see ].
Caleb, the son of Jethron, had children with his wife Asuba and with Jeriot. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. [Caleb (Hebr. kalev) is also called Kelovaj, see . This is not the same person as Caleb who spied out the land; he lived later, see .]
After that, Chetsron went in to the daughter of Machir, Gilead's father. He took her as his wife when he was 60 years old. She bore Segub to him.
After Chetsron died inCaleb-Ephrathah, Hesron's wife Avijah bore him Ashur, the father of Tekoa.
The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Buna, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
The sons of Judah were Perets, Chetsron, Karmi, Hur (Hebr.), and Shobal.
Judah begot Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar [Judah's daughter-in-law involved in a complicated relationship history, see ],
Perez begot Hezron,
Hezron begot Ram,
son to Amminadav,
son of Admin,
son of Arni,
son of Hezron,
son of Perez,
son of Judah,
