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 wereEr, Onan, and Shelah: These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. Now Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and He put him to death.
4. Then Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah for him. In all, Judah had five sons.
5. The sons of Perez wereHezron and Hamul.
6. The sons of Zerah wereZimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Dara, five of them in all.
7. The sons of Karmi wereAchar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in regard to the ban.
8. The son of Ethan wasAzariah.
9. Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him, wereJerahmeel, Ram, and Kelubai.