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Issachar’s Children

7 Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

² Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, and they were leaders of their ·families [clans]. In the ·family [clan] ·history [genealogy] of Tola’s descendants, twenty-two thousand six hundred men were listed as ·fighting men [warriors; ^Lmighty men of valor] during the time ·David was king [^Lof David].

³ Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were ·leaders [chiefs]. ⁴ Their ·family [clan] ·history [genealogy] shows they had thirty-six thousand ·men [troops] ready to ·serve in [go to war with] the army, because they had many wives and children.

⁵ The ·records [genealogy] of the ·family groups [clans] of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand ·fighting men [warriors; ^Lmighty men of valor].

Benjamin’s Children

⁶ Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

⁷ Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, and they were leaders of their ·families [clans]. Their ·family [clan] ·history [genealogy] shows they had twenty-two thousand thirty-four ·fighting men [warriors; ^Lmighty men of valor].

⁸ Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s sons. ⁹ Their ·family [clan] ·history [genealogy] listed the ·family [clan] ·leaders [chiefs] and twenty thousand two hundred ·fighting men [warriors; ^Lmighty men of valor].

¹⁰ Jediael’s son was Bilhan.

Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these sons of Jediael were leaders of their ·families [clans]. They had seventeen thousand two hundred ·fighting men [warriors; ^Lmighty men of valor] ready to ·serve in [go to war with] the army.

¹² The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of ·Aher [Ahiram; Num. 26:38].

Naphtali’s Children

¹³ Naphtali’s sons were ·Jahziel [or Jahzeel; Gen. 46:24], Guni, Jezer, and ·Shillem [Shallum; Gen. 46:24, Num. 26:49]. They were Bilhah’s ·grandsons [descendants; ^CBilhah was Jacob’s concubine].

Manasseh’s Children

¹⁴ These are Manasseh’s descendants. Manasseh had an Aramean ·slave woman [concubine; ^Ca secondary wife], who ·was the mother of [^Lgave birth to] Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. ¹⁵ Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister was named Maacah. His second son was named Zelophehad, and he had only daughters. ¹⁶ Makir’s wife Maacah ·had [^Lgave birth to] a son whom she named Peresh. Peresh’s brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷ Ulam’s son was Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead, who was the son of Makir. Makir was Manasseh’s son. ¹⁸ Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

¹⁹ The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim’s Children

²⁰ These are the names of Ephraim’s descendants. Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. ²¹ Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.

Ezer and Elead went to Gath to steal ·cows and sheep [cattle; livestock; ^Cthe term “cattle” can refer to various domesticated animals] and were killed by some men who grew up in that city. ²² Their father Ephraim ·cried [mourned] for them many days, and his ·family [relatives; brothers] came to ·comfort [console] him. ²³ Then he ·had sexual relations with [slept with; ^Lwent in to] his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom Ephraim named Beriah [^Csounds like “trouble”] because of the ·trouble [disaster; tragedy] that had ·happened to his family [come upon his house]. ²⁴ Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower Beth Horon, Upper Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.

²⁵ Rephah was Ephraim’s son. Resheph was Rephah’s son. Telah was Resheph’s son. Tahan was Telah’s son. ²⁶ Ladan was Tahan’s son. Ammihud was Ladan’s son. Elishama was Ammihud’s son. ²⁷ Nun was Elishama’s son, and Joshua was the son of ·Nun [or Non; Ex. 33:11].

²⁸ Ephraim’s descendants lived in these lands and towns: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran on the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it all the way to Ayyah and its villages. ²⁹ Along the borders of Manasseh’s land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the villages near them. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel [^CJacob] lived in these towns.

Asher’s Children

³⁰ Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

³¹ Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.

³² Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.

³³ Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s children.

³⁴ Japhlet’s brother was ·Shemer [or Shomer; v. 32]. Shemer’s sons were Rohgah, ·Hubbah [or Jachbah; ^Cthe text says Jachbah; the marginal reading has Hubbah], and Aram.

³⁵ Shemer’s brother was ·Helem [or Hotham; v. 32]. Helem’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁶ Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran [^Cperhaps another name for Jether; v. 38], and Beera.

³⁸ Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

³⁹ Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

⁴⁰ All these men were descendants of Asher and leaders of their ·families [clans]. They were ·powerful warriors [^Lmighty men of valor] and ·outstanding leaders [chief of princes]. Their ·family history [genealogical record] lists that they had twenty-six thousand soldiers ready to ·serve in [go to war with] the army.

The Family History of King Saul

8 Benjamin was the father of Bela, his ·first son [firstborn]. Ashbel was his second son, Aharah was his third, ² Nohah was his fourth, and Rapha was his fifth son.

³ Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud and leaders of their ·families [clans] in Geba. They were ·forced to move [exiled; deported] to Manahath. ⁷ Ehud’s descendants were Naaman, Ahijah, and ·Gera [or Geba]. ·Gera [or Geba] ·forced them to leave [led them into exile]. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim and his wife Hushim had sons named Abitub and Elpaal. In Moab, Shaharaim ·divorced [^Lsent away] his wives Hushim and Baara. Shaharaim and his wife Hodesh had these sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. They were leaders of their ·families [clans].

Elpaal’s sons were Eber, Misham, Shemed, Beriah, and Shema. Shemed built the towns of Ono and Lod and the villages around them. Beriah and Shema were leaders of the ·families [clans] living in Aijalon, and they ·forced out [drove out; routed] the people who lived in Gath.

¹⁴ Beriah’s sons were Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha.

¹⁷ Elpaal’s sons were Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab.

¹⁹ Shimei’s sons were Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath.

²² Shashak’s sons were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zicri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel.

²⁶ Jeroham’s sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri.

²⁸ The ·family histories [genealogical records] show that all these men were leaders of their ·families [clans] and lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ Jeiel lived in the town of Gibeon, where he was the leader. His wife was named Maacah. ³⁰ Jeiel’s ·first son [firstborn] was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, ³² and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. These sons also lived ·near [with; across from] their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³ Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal [^CIshbosheth; 2 Sam. 2:8].

³⁴ Jonathan’s son was Merib-Baal [^CMephibosheth; 2 Sam. 4:4], who was the father of Micah.

³⁵ Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷ Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son, and Azel was Eleasah’s son.

³⁸ Azel had six sons: Azrikam, ·Bokeru [or the firstborn], Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel’s sons.

³⁹ Azel’s brother was Eshek. Eshek’s ·first son [firstborn] was Ulam, his second was Jeush, and Eliphelet was his third. ⁴⁰ Ulam’s sons were mighty ·warriors [^Lmen of valor] and good archers. They had many sons and grandsons—one hundred fifty of them in all.

All these men were Benjamin’s descendants.

Paul Sails for Rome

27 It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An ·officer [centurion] named Julius, who served in the ·emperor’s army [Imperial/Augustan regiment; ^Ca military unit directly under Caesar], ·guarded [took charge of] Paul and some other prisoners. ² We got on a ship that was from the city of Adramyttium [^Ca seaport on the northwest coast of Asia Minor] and was about to sail to different ports in Asia [^Ca Roman province, in present-day Turkey]. Aristarchus [19:29; 20:4; Col. 4:10; Philem. 24], a man from the city of Thessalonica [17:1] in Macedonia [16:9], went with us. ³ The next day we ·came to [landed at] Sidon [12:20]. Julius was very ·good [kind; considerate] to Paul and gave him freedom to go visit his friends, who took care of his needs. ⁴ We left Sidon and sailed ·close to [to the north of; ^Lunder the lee/shelter of] the island of Cyprus [11:19], because the wind was blowing against us. ⁵ We ·went [^Lsailed] across the sea by Cilicia [6:9; 9:11] and Pamphylia [13:13] and landed at the city of Myra [^Ca significant city on the Andracus River] in Lycia [^Ca province in southeastern Asia Minor]. ⁶ There the ·officer [centurion] found a ship from Alexandria [^Ca major city in Egypt] that was going to Italy, so he put us on it.

⁷ We sailed slowly for many days. We had a hard time reaching Cnidus [^Ca port on the southwest side of Asia Minor] because the wind was blowing against us, and we could not go any farther. So we sailed ·by the south side [^Lunder the shelter/lee] of the island of Crete [^Ca large island off the southern coast of Asia Minor] near Salmone [^Ca promontory on the eastern coast of Crete, present-day Cape Sidero]. ⁸ Sailing past it was hard. Then we came to a place called Fair Havens [^Ca bay on the southern coast of Crete], near the ·city [town] of Lasea [^Ca nearby Cretan city].

⁹ We had lost much time, and it was now dangerous to sail, because it was already after ·the Day of Cleansing [^Lthe Fast; ^Cthe Day of Atonement; Yom Kippur in Hebrew; Lev. 16; either late September or early October]. So Paul ·warned [advised] them, ¹⁰ “Men, I can see there will be ·a lot of trouble [^Ldisaster and heavy loss] on this trip. The ship, the cargo, and even our lives may be lost.” ¹¹ But the centurion was more persuaded by the ·captain [pilot] and the owner of the ship than by what Paul said. ¹² Since that harbor was not a ·good [suitable; safe] place for the ship to stay for the winter, ·most of the men [the majority] decided that the ship ·should leave [put to sea]. They hoped we could go to Phoenix and stay there for the winter. Phoenix, a ·city [or port; or harbor] on the island of Crete, had a harbor which faced southwest and northwest.

The Storm

¹³ When a ·good [moderate; gentle] wind began to blow from the south, the men on the ship thought they ·could reach their goal [or had achieved their objective; or had the opportunity they were waiting for]. So they pulled up the anchor, and we sailed very close to the island of Crete. ¹⁴ But ·then [^Lnot long after this] a ·very strong [violent; hurricane-like] wind named the “northeaster” came from ·the island [^Lit]. ¹⁵ The ship was caught in it and could not sail against it. So we stopped trying and ·let the wind carry us [^Lwere driven along]. ¹⁶ When we went ·below [under the lee/shelter of] a small island named Cauda [^C23 miles off the south coast of Crete], we were barely able to bring in the lifeboat. ¹⁷ After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ·ropes [or cables] ·around [or under] the ship to hold it together. The men were afraid that the ship would ·hit [run aground on] the sandbanks of Syrtis [^Coff the coast of North Africa], so they lowered the ·sail [or sea anchor; ^Lgear] and let the wind carry the ship. ¹⁸ The next day the storm was blowing us so hard that the men threw out some of the cargo. ¹⁹ ·A day later [^LOn the third day] with their own hands they threw out the ship’s ·equipment [rigging; tackle; gear]. ²⁰ When we could not see the sun or the stars for many days, and ·the storm was very bad [^Lno small storm raged], we lost all hope of being saved.

A Prayer for Fairness

A shiggaion [^Ca musical or literary term of uncertain meaning] of David which he sang to the Lord about Cush, from the tribe of Benjamin [^Can unknown person, but the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, resisted David’s kingship at first; 2 Sam. 3–4].