1. Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3. Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His eldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him.
4. By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5. Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.
6. His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda.
7. Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
8. Ethan had one son, Azariah.
9. Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.