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1 Chronicles 2:43-55 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

43. Hebron had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44. Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem, Shema's brother, was the father of Shammai,

45. who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.

46. Caleb had a concubine named Ephah, and by her he had three more sons: Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.

47. (A man named Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.)

48. Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah.

49. Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah; and Shevah, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea.In addition, Caleb had a daughter named Achsah.

50. The following are also descendants of Caleb.Hur was the eldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal founded Kiriath Jearim,

51. his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.

52. Shobal, the founder of Kiriath Jearim, was the ancestor of the people of Haroeh, of half the inhabitants of Menuhoth,

53. and of the following clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol were members of these clans.)

54. Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath.

55. (The following clans of experts in writing and copying documents lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Kenites who had intermarried with the Rechabites.)

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