1 Chronicles · Chapter 4

[ edit] Sones of Juda; Phares, and Eſrom, and Carmy, and Hur, and Sobal. Reya forſoþe, þe ſone of Sobal, gat Jeþ; of whom ben born Achymay, and Laed. Þes þe kynredis of Saraþy. Þis forſoþe þe lynage of Eþan; Jeſrael, Jezema, and Jedeboz; name forſoþe of þe ſyſter of hem Azalelfuny. Funyel forſoþe þe fadir of Jedor, and Ezer, þe fadir of Oſa; þes ben þe ſones of Hur, firſt goten of Effrata, þe fadir of Beþleem. Of Aſur forſoþe, fader of Techue, weren two wijues, Hala, and Naara; forſoþe Naara bare to hym Choſam, and Epher, and Theman, and Aſchari; þes ben þe ſonys of Naara. Forſoþe þe ſones of Hala; Cereþ, Yſaar, and Eþan.

Chus forſoþe gat Anob, and Sobaba, and þe cognaciouns of Arab, ſone of Arym. Jabes forſoþe was noble beforn alle his breþeren; and his modir clepide þe name of hym Jabes, ſeyinge, For I bare hym in ſorow. Forſoþe Jabes inwardly clepyde þe God of Yrael, ſeyinge, Ȝif bleſſynge þou ſchalt bleſſen to me, and largen my termys, and þin hond were wiþ me, and makiſt me not to ben oppreſſed of malice. And þe Lord ȝaue to hym þat he preyed. Caleph forſoþe, broþer of Sua, gat Machir, þat was þe fadir of Eſton; forſoþe Eſton gat Bechus, Rapha, aud Pheſe, and Thena, þe fadir of þe cyte of Naas. Þes ben þe men of Recha. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Cenes; Oþonyel, and Saraia.

Forſoþe þe ſonys of Oþonyel; Oþiaþ, and Maonaþi, þe whiche gat Ofra. Saraias forſoþe gat Joab, fadir of þe valey of craftis men; þer forſoþe weren craftiſe men. Sonys forſoþe of Caleph, ſone of Jephone; Hyn, and Hela, and Nahem. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Hela; Jalael, and Cenes. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Jalael; Ceph, and Cipha, and Thiria, and Aſrahech. And þe ſonys of Eſra; Jeþer, and Merid, and Epher, and Jaſon; and he gat Mariam, and Semoi, and Jeſba, þe fadir of Eſchamo. Þe wijf forſoþe of hym, Judaia, gat Jared, fadir of Jedor; and Eber, fadir of Socho; and Hieutiel, fader of Zanon. Þeſe forſoþe þe ſonys of Beþie, douȝtir of Pharao, þe whiche Mered toke.

And þe ſonys of þe wijf of Odoye, ſyſter of Naþan, fadir of Seila; Garmy, and Eſcamo, þat was of Machaþi. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Symeon, Amon, and Rena; þe ſone of Aman, Chilon; and þe ſonys of Jeci, Zoeþ, and Benzoeþ. Þe ſonys of Cela, ſone of Juda; Her, fadir of Lecha, and Laada, fadir of Maraſa; and þe kynredis of þe hous of men wirchynge bijs in þe hous of oþ; and þe whiche maad þe ſonne to ſtonden, and men of leſynge, and ſyker, and goynge, þe whiche weren princis in Moab, and þe whiche ben turned aȝeyn in Leem; þes forſoþe ben þe olde wordis. Þes ben potters dwellynge in plauntyngis, and in cratchis, anentis kyngis in þeir werkis; and þei dwelliden þere.

Þe ſonys of Symeon; Namyel, and Jamyn, Jarib, Zara, Saul. Sellum, þe ſone of hym; Mapſan, þe ſone of hym; and Maſma, þe ſone of hym. Þe ſonys of Maſma; Accuel, þe ſone of hym; and Zaccur, þe ſone of hym; and Semei, þe ſone of hym. Þe ſonys of Semei ſixtene, and douȝtris ſixe; þe breþeren forſoþe of hym hadden not many ſonys, and al þe kynrede myȝte not maken euen to þe ſoumme of þe ſonys of Juda. Forſoþe þei dwelliden in Beþſabe, and Molada, and Aſerſual, and in Balaa, and in Aſomeþ, and in Tholoþ, and in Baþuel, and Orma, and in Sichelech, and in Beþ, and Maþaboþ, and in Archaſuſyn, and in Beþberai, and in Saarym; þes þe cytees of hem, vnto kyng Dauid.

Þe touns forſoþe of hem; Eþan, and Aen, and Remmon, and Techen, and Azan; fyue cytees. And alle þe lityll touns of hem by enuyroun of þes cytees, vnto Baal; þis is þe dwellynge of hem, and þe delynge of ſetis. Moſobali forſoþe, and Jenyleþ, and Joſa, þe ſone of Amaſie, and Joel, and Jeu, þe ſone of Joſabie, and þe ſonys of Saraie, þe ſone of Aziel, and Elioneay, and Jamcoba, aud Sycua, and Azaia, and Adiel, and Iſemeel, and Banaya; Siſa forſoþe, þe ſone of Cephei, þe ſone of Allon, ſone of Adaia, ſone of Semri, ſone of Samaia. Þes ben þe princis nempnyd in þeir kynredis, and in þe hous of þer affynyteſe þei ben multiplied hugely.

And þei wenten, þat þei camen in to Gador, vnto þe eſte of þe valey, and for to ſechen leſewes to þeir ſcheep. And þei founden moſt plenteuows leſwes, and ful good, and moſt large lond, and quyete, and bryngynge fruyt, in þe whiche beforn hadden dwellid of þe lynage of Cam. Þes þan camen, þe whiche beforn we han diſcryued name by name, in þe dais of Ezechie, kyng of Juda; and þei ſmyten þe tabernaclis of hem, and þe dwellers þat ben founden þere; and þei dyden hem aweye vnto þe preſent day; and þei dwelliden for hem, for moſt plenteuows leſwes weren founden þere.

Of þe ſonys forſoþe of Symeon wenten in to þe hil of Seir fyue hundreþ men, hauynge princis Phalſie, and Nariam, and Raphayam, and Oſiel, þe ſonys of Jeſy; and þei ſmyten þe relikis, þat miȝten not aſcapyn of Amalachytes; and þei dwelliden for hem þere vnto þis day.