This edition follows the Hebrew versification; the traditional number is given in brackets.
The Sons of Reuben
1The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel — for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, so he is not listed in the genealogy as firstborn; 2for Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the ruler, though the birthright belonged to Joseph — 3the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, 6Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried into exile; he was chief of the Reubenites. 7His kinsmen, by their clans, as listed in the genealogy of their generations: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9To the east he settled as far as the edge of the wilderness this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10In the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hands, and they lived in their tents throughout the whole region east of Gilead.
The Sons of Gad
11The sons of Gad lived facing them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: 12Joel the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13Their kinsmen, by their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber — seven. 14These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz; 15Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief of their fathers’ house. 16They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon, to their furthest borders. 17All of them were recorded in the genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Victory over the Hagrites
18The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty men of valor — men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war, fit to go out to battle. 19They waged war against the Hagrites, and against Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he answered them, because they trusted in him. 21They captured their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and a hundred thousand people. 22Many fell slain, for the battle was God’s; and they settled in their place until the exile.
The Half-Tribe of Manasseh and Its Exile
23The sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land, from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon — they were numerous. 24These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel — mighty warriors, men of renown, heads of their fathers’ houses. 25But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
The Line of the High Priests
27[6:1]The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 28[6:2]The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 29[6:3]The sons of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 30[6:4]Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, 31[6:5]Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 32[6:6]Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, 33[6:7]Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 34[6:8]Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 35[6:9]Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, 36[6:10]Johanan fathered Azariah — it was he who served as priest in the house Solomon built in Jerusalem. 37[6:11]Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 38[6:12]Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, 39[6:13]Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 40[6:14]Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak, 41[6:15]and Jehozadak went into exile when Yahweh exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
