1. These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
4. His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
7. The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;
8. and Ethan’s son was Azariah.
9. The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
10. Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
11. Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz,
12. Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse.