1 Chronicles 8

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1Son-of-the-Right-Hand was the father of Swallowed his firstborn, Flowing the second, After-His-Brother the third,

2Nohah the fourth, and Giant the fifth.

3The sons of Swallowed: Noble, Grain, My-Father-Is-Majesty,

4My-Father-Is-Salvation, Pleasantness, Brotherly,

5Grain, Shephuphan, and My-Brother-Is-Exalted.

6These were the descendants of United who were the heads of the families living in Hillock and were exiled to Resting-Place:

7Pleasantness, My-Brother-Is-He-Who-Is, and Grain, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Strength and My-Brother-Is-a-Riddle.

8Shaharaim had sons in the country of From-the-Father after he had divorced his wives Hasters and Brutish.

9His sons by his wife Hodesh: Howler, Zibia, Mesha, Their-King,

10Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

11He also had sons by Hasters: My-Father-Is-Good and God-Has-Acted.

12The sons of God-Has-Acted: Crosser, Misham, Keeper (who built Strong and Lod with its villages),

13and In-Misfortune and Hearing (who were the heads of families living in Place-of-Deer and who drove out the inhabitants of Wine-Press).

14His-Brother, Pedestrian, Heights,

15He-Who-Is-Has-Endowed, Fugitive, Eder,

16Who-Is-Like-God, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of In-Misfortune.

17He-Who-Is-Has-Endowed, Allied, Hizki, Company,

18Ishmerai, Izliah, and Howler were the sons of God-Has-Acted.

19He-Raises, My-Remembrance, My-Endowment,

20My-God-Is-My-Eyes, My-Shadow, My-God-Is-God,

21He-Who-Is-Has-Adorned, He-Who-Is-Has-Created, and Shimrath were the sons of My-Hearing.

22Ishpan, Crosser, My-God-Is-God,

23Servile, My-Remembrance, Gracious,

24He-Who-Is-Gracious, Elam, Anthothijah,

25He-Who-Is-Redeems, and Face-of-God were the sons of Pedestrian.

26Shamsherai, He-Who-Is-Has-Sought, He-Who-Is-Has-Constrained,

27Jaareshiah, My-God-Is-He-Who-Is, and My-Remembrance were the sons of May-He-Be-Shown-Compassion.

28All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Foundation-of-Peace.

29God-Sweeps-Away the father of Hill-Town lived in Hill-Town. His wife’s name was Pressed-Down,

30and Servile was his firstborn son, then Rock, Bow, Baal, Generous,

31Walled-Place, His-Brother, Memorial,

32and Staves, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Foundation-of-Peace.

33Lamp was the father of Bow, Bow was the father of Asked-For, and Asked-For was the father of He-Who-Is-Has-Given, My-King-Is-Salvation, My-Father-Is-Generous, and Man-of-Baal.

34The son of He-Who-Is-Has-Given: Contender-of-the-Lord, and Contender-of-the-Lord was the father of Who-Is-Like-He-Who-Is.

35The sons of Who-Is-Like-He-Who-Is: Expansive, King, Tarea, and He-Has-Grasped.

36He-Has-Grasped was the father of He-Who-Is-Has-Adorned, He-Who-Is-Has-Adorned was the father of Concealment, Death-Is-Strong, and My-Song, and My-Song was the father of Going-Forth.

37Going-Forth was the father of Binea. Giant was his son, God-Has-Made his son, and Set-Apart his son.

38Set-Apart had six sons, and these were their names: My-Help-Has-Risen, First-Born, God-Hears, He-Who-Is-Has-Esteemed, Servant-of-He-Who-Is, and Gracious. All these were the sons of Set-Apart.

39The sons of his brother Eshek: Forecourt was his firstborn, He-Hastens-to-Help second, and My-God-Is-Deliverance third.

40The sons of Forecourt were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Son-of-the-Right-Hand.