And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel {is} my son, {even} my firstborn:

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, {even} threescore cities. All these {belonged to} the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, {written: or, enrolled}

The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begat {children} of Azubah {his} wife, and of Jerioth: her sons {are} these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, {and} half of the Manahethites. {Haroeh: or, Reaiah} {half...: or, half of the Menuchites, or, Hatsihammenuchoth}

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate {to be} conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Reuben, thou {art} my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb {was} Achsah.

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which {is} on the south of Jeshimon? {on...: Heb. on the right hand} {Jeshimon: or, the wilderness}

The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. {Gibeon: also called, Gibbar}

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name {was} Maachah: {father...: also called Jehiel}

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, {which is} before Jeshimon?

And the son of Shammai {was} Maon: and Maon {was} the father of Bethzur.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. {Ram: Gr. Aram} {Chelubai: or, Caleb}

And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these {are} the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. {Jehudijah: or, the Jewess}

She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb {was} Achsah.