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7 Now the Bnei Yissakhar were Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv, Shimrom, 4.
2 And the Bnei Tola: Uzzi, Refayah, Yeriel, Yachmai, Yivsam, and Shmuel, heads of their bais avot, namely, of Tola; they were gibborei chayil (warriors of valor) in their toldot (generations), whose number was in the days of Dovid 22,600.
3 And the Bnei Uzzi: Yizrachyah; and the Bnei Yizrachyah: Micha’el, and Ovadyah, and Yoel, Yishiyah, 5, all of them rashim (leaders).
4 And with them, by their toldot, after their bais avot, were bands of soldiers for milchamah, 36,000, for they had many nashim and banim.
5 And their brethren among all the mishpekhot of Yissakhar were gibborei chayil, reckoned in all by their genealogies 87,000.
6 The Bnei Binyamin: Bela, and Becher, and Yedia’el, 3.
7 And the Bnei Bela: Etzbon, and Uzzi, and Uzzi’el, and Yerimot, and Iri, 5; heads of their bais avot, gibborei chayalim (warriors of valor); and were reckoned by their genealogies 22,034.
8 And the Bnei Becher: Zemira, and Yoash, and Eliezer, and Elyo’enai, and Omri, and Yerimot, and Aviyah, and Anatot, and Alemet. All these are the Bnei Becher.
9 And the number of them, listed by their toldot, heads of their bais avot, gibborei chayil, was twenty elef and two hundred.
10 The Bnei Yedia’el: Bilhan; and the Bnei Bilhan; Yeush, and Binyamin, and Ehud, and Kena’anah, and Zetan, and Tarshish, and Achishachar.
11 All these the Bnei Yedia’el, by the heads of families, gibborei chayalim, were seventeen elef and two hundred soldiers, fit to go forth for milchamah.
12 Shuppim also, and Chuppim, the Bnei Ir, and Chushim, the Bnei Acher.
13 The Bnei Naphtali: Yachtziel, and Guni, and Yetzer, and Shallum, the Bnei Bilhah.
14 The Bnei Menasheh: Ashriel, whom his Aramean pilegesh bore; she bore Machir avi Gil’ad;
15 And Machir took an isha from the Chuppim and Shuppim, whose achot’s shem was Ma’achah; and the shem of the second was Tzelophechad, and Tzelophechad had banot.
16 And Ma’achah eshet Machir bore ben, and she called shmo Peresh; and the shem of his brother was Sheresh; and his banim were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the Bnei Ulam: Bedan. These were the Bnei Gil’ad Ben Machir Ben Menasheh.
18 And his achot Hammolekhet bore Ishhod, and Aviezer, and Machlah.
19 And the Bnei Shemidah were Achyan, and Shechem, and Likchi, and Ani’am.
20 And the Bnei Ephrayim: Shutalach, and Bered bno, and Tachat bno, and Eladah bno, and Tachat bno,
21 And Zavad bno, and Shutalach bno, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the anashim of Gat that were born in that land slaughtered, because they came down to take away their mikneh (livestock).
22 And Ephrayim avihem mourned many days, and his achim came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his isha, she conceived, and bore ben, and he called shmo Beri’ah, because it went in ra’ah (evil, disaster, misfortune) with his bais.
24 (And his bat was She’erah, who built Lower Beit-Choron, and the Upper, and Uzzen She’erah.)
25 And Refach was bno, also Resheph, and Telach bno, and Tachan bno,
26 La’adan bno, Ammihud bno, Elishama bno,
27 Non (Nun) bno, Yehoshuah bno.
28 And their possessions and settlements were Beit-El and the villages thereof, and to the east Na’aran, and to the west Gezer, with the villages thereof; Shechem also and the villages thereof, unto Ayyah and the villages thereof;
29 And by the borders of the Bnei Menasheh, Beit-She’an and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In these dwelt the Bnei Yosef Ben Yisroel.
30 The Bnei Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beri’ah, and Serach their achot.
31 And the Bnei Beriah: Chever, and Malki’el, who is avi Birzavit.
32 And Chever fathered Yaphlet, Shomer, Chotam, and Shu’a their achot.
33 And the Bnei Yaphlet: Pasach, Bimhal, Ashvat. These are the Bnei Yaphlet.
34 And the Bnei Shemer: Achi, Rohgah, Chubbah, and Aram.
35 And the Ben Helem his brother: Tzophach, Yimna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The Bnei Tzophach: Suach, Charnepher, Shu’al, Beri, and Yimrah,
37 Betzer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Yitran, and Be’era.
38 And the Bnei Yeter: Yephunneh, Pispah, Ara.
39 And the Bnei Ulla: Arach, Channiel, Ritzyah.
40 All these were the Bnei Asher, heads of their bais avot, choice gibborim chayalim, outstanding of the nasi’im. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were battle-ready was twenty and six elef anashim.
8 Now Binyamin fathered Bela his bechor, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third,
2 Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And the Bnei Bela were Addar, Gera, Avihud,
4 Avishua, Na’aman, and Achoach,
5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Churam.
6 And these are the Bnei Echud: these are the rashei avot of the inhabitants of Geva, and they drove them out to Manachat;
7 And Na’aman, and Achiyah, and Gera drove them out, and fathered Uzza, and Achichud.
8 And Shacharayim fathered banim in the country of Moav, after he had sent them away: Chushim and Ba’ara were his nashim.
9 And he fathered of Chodesh his isha, Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, and Malkam,
10 And Yeutz, Sochya, Mirmah. These were his banim, rashei avot.
11 And of Chushim he fathered Avituv, and Elpa’al.
12 The Bnei Elpaal: Ever, Misham, Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the villages thereof;
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were rashei avot of the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gat;
14 And Achyo, Shashak, and Yeremot,
15 Zevadyah, Arad, Eder,
16 Micha’el, Yishpah, and Yocha, the Bnei Beri’ah;
17 And Zevadyah, and Meshullam, and Chizki, and Chever,
18 Yishmerai also, and Yizli’ah, and Yovav, the Bnei Elpa’al;
19 Yakim, Zichri, Zavdi,
20 Elienai, Tziltai, Eli’el,
21 Adayah, Berayah, and Shimrat, the Bnei Shimei;
22 Yishpan, Ever, Eli’el,
23 Avdon, Zichri, Chanan,
24 Chananyah, Eilam, and Antotyah,
25 Yiphdeyah, and Penuel, the Bnei Shashak;
26 And Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and Atalyah,
27 And Ya’areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zichri, the Bnei Yerocham.
28 These were rashei avot, by their toldot, leaders. These dwelt in Yerushalayim.
29 And at Giveon dwelt avi Giveon, shem of his isha: Ma’achah;
30 And his bechor was Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, and Ba’al, and Nadav,
31 And Gedor, and Achyo, and Zecher.
32 And Miklot fathered Shime’ah. And these also dwelt near their achim in Yerushalayim with their achim.
33 And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Sha’ul, and Sha’ul fathered Yonatan, and Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba’al.
34 And the Ben Yonatan was Meriv Ba’al; and Meriv Ba’al fathered Michah.
35 And the Bnei Michah were Piton, and Melech, and Tarea, and Achaz.
36 And Achaz fathered Yehoadah; and Yehoadah fathered Alemet, Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered Motza,
37 And Motza fathered Binea; Rapha bno, Eleasah bno, Atzel bno.
38 And Atzel had six banim, whose shmot are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Yishma’el, and She’aryah, and Ovadyah, and Chanan. All these were the Bnei Atzel.
39 And the Bnei Eshek his brother were Ulam his bechor, Ye’ush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the Bnei Ulam were anashim gibbrei chayil, archers, and had many banim, and bnei banim, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the Bnei Binyamin.
27 And when it was decided that we set sail to Italy, they were handing over both Rav Sha’ul and some other prisoners to a centurion, Julius by name, of the Imperial Cohort.
2 And having embarked in an oniyah of Adramyttium about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.
3 The next day, we put in at a harbor in Tzidon; and Julius treated Rav Sha’ul with kindness, permitting him to be cared for by his chaverim.
4 And from there, having put out to sea, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5 Then having sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra of Lycia.
6 And there the centurion found an Alexandrian oniyah sailing to Italy and put us on board.
7 But for many yamim we sailed slowly and with difficulty along the coast of Cnidus, and as the wind was not permitting us to go vaiter (farther), we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
8 And with difficulty sailing past it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
9 And since considerable time had been lost and it was already unsafe for a voyage, because Yom Kippur had already come and gone; therefore, Rav Sha’ul gave them this eitza (suggestion),
10 Saying to them, "Anashim, I see that the voyage will be hardship and much peril, not only of the cargo and the oniyah, but also of our lives."
11 But the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and the owner rather than by the dvarim of Rav Sha’ul.
12 But the port being unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority decided to set sail from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.
13 And a gentle south wind began to blow, and they thought they could attain their matarah (objective), so they weighed anchor and they were sailing past Crete, close by the shore.
14 After not much time a violent, typhoon force wind rushed down from Crete, the so called Euraquilo, the Northeaster.
15 And the oniyah, having been caught in it, and not being able to directly face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
16 By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able only with difficulty to get the lifeboat secured.
17 After hoisting it up, they were using frapping cables, passing them underneath the oniyah; then, fearing lest on the shallows of Syrtis they might run aground, they lowered the sea anchor, and so they were being driven along.
18 And we were being violently tossed by the storm, so much so that the next day they were throwing the cargo overboard.
19 And on the Yom Shlishi, with their own hands, they threw out the tackle of the oniyah.
20 And neither shemesh (sun) nor kochavim appeared for many yamim and no small tempest assailed us. Lemaskana (finally) all tikvateinu for yeshu’ah was being abandoned.
7 (Shiggayon of Dovid, which he sang unto Hashem, regarding Kush of Binyamin) Hashem Elohai, in Thee do I seek refuge; hoshieini (save me) from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2 (3) Lest he tear my nefesh like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to rescue.
3 (4) Hashem Elohai, if I have done this; if there be guilt in my hands;
4 (5) If I have recompensed with evil him that held out shalom unto me; or, without cause plundered my opposers,
5 (6) Then let the enemy persecute my nefesh, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay mine kavod to sleep in the dust. Selah.
6 (7) Arise, Hashem, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself because of the rage of mine enemies; awake, o my El, to the mishpat Thou hast decreed.
7 (8) So let the Adat l’Umim surround Thee; and over it return Thou on high [to judge].
8 (9) Hashem shall judge the people; judge me, Hashem, according to my tzedek, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 (10) Oh let the wickedness of the resha’im come to an end; but make the tzaddik secure; for the Elohim Tzaddik trieth the minds and hearts.
10 (11) My mogen (shield) is Elohim, Moshi’a of the upright in heart.
11 (12) Elohim is a Shofet Tzaddik, and El expresses wrath kol yom.
12 (13) If He relent not, He will sharpen His cherev; He hath bent His keshet (bow) and made it ready.
13 (14) He hath also prepared for Him the instruments of mavet; He ordaineth His flaming khitzim (arrows).
14 (15) Hinei, he [an evil person] travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived trouble, and brought forth falsehood.
15 (16) He makes a pit, and digs it, and is fallen into the shachat (pit) which he made.
16 (17) His trouble shall return upon his own rosh, and his chamas shall come down upon his own kodkod (crown of the head).
17 (18) I will give thanks to Hashem according to His tzedek; and will sing praise to the Shem of Hashem Elyon.
22 He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem.
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