1 Chronicles · Chapter 7

[ edit] Forſoþe þe ſonys of Yſachar; Thola, and Fua, Jazub, and Zameron, foure. Þe ſonis of Thola; Ozi, and Raphaya, and Jerehel, and Jemay, and Jepſen, and Samuel, princes by þe houſes of þeir cognaciouns. Of þe lynage of Thola, moſt ſtronge men ben noumbred in þe days of Dauid, two and twenty þouſand and ſixe hundreþ. Þe ſonis of Ozi, Jeſraya; of whome ben born Michael, and Obadia, and Johel, and Jeſay, fyue, alle princes. And wiþ hem by meynees, and þer puplis, gird to batail moſt ſtronge men ſixe and þritty þouſand; forſoþe þei hadden many wijues and ſonys. And þe breþeren of hem by alle þe kynredis of Yſachar moſt ſtronge to fiȝten ſeuen and eyȝty þouſand ben noumbred.

Þe ſonys of Benjamyn; Bale, and Bochor, and Adiel, þre. Þe ſonis of Bale; Eſbon, and Ozi, and Oſiel, and Jerimoþ, and Uray, fyue, princis of þe meynees, to fiȝten moſt ſtronge; þe noumbre forſoþe of hem two and twenty þouſand and foure and þritty. Bot þe ſonys of Bochor; Samyra, and Joas, and Eliazer, and Elioenay, and Zamry, and Jerimoþ, and Abia, and Anaþot, and Anaþan; alle þes þe ſonys of Bochor. Þere ben noumbred forſoþe by þeir meynes princis of kynredis to batayls moſt ſtronge twenty þouſand and two hundreþ. Forſoþe þe ſonys of Ledyel, Baalan; þe ſonys forſoþe of Baalan, Jheus, and Beniamyn, and Aoþ, and Canana, and Joþam, and Thaſſis, and Thaſaar.

Alle þes þe ſonys of Ledyel, princes of þer kynredis moſt ſtronge men, ſeuentene þouſand and two hundreþ, to batayl goynge forþe. Saphan forſoþe and Akham, þes þe ſonis of Hyr; and Aſyn, þe ſone of Aſir. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Neptalym; Jaſiel, and Gumy, and Azer, and Sellum; þe ſonys of Bale. Forſoþe þe ſone of Manaſſe, Ezriel; and þe ſecoundary wijf of hym Cira gat Machir, þe fadir of Galaad. Machir forſoþe toke wijues to his ſonys Huphyn and Suphyn; and he hadde a ſyſter Maacha by name; and name of þe ſecounde ſone Salphaaþ, and þere ben born to Salphaaþ douȝtirs.

And Maacha, þe wijf of Machir, bare a ſone, and clepide þe name of hym Phares; forſoþe þe name of his broþer Sares; and þe ſonis of hym, Vlam and Recem. Þe ſone forſoþe of Vlam, Baldan. Þes þe ſonys of Galaad, ſone of Machir, ſone of Manaſſe; þe ſyſter forſoþe of hym Regma, a fayr man ſche bare, Abiezer, and Moola. Forſoþe þer weren þe ſonys of Semeida; Abym, and Cychym, and Liey, and Anynam. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Effraym; Suchaba; Bareþ, þe ſone of hym; Caaþ, þe ſone of hym; Elida, þe ſone of hym; and Caaþ, þe ſone of hym; and of þis þe ſone, Zedaba; and of þis þe ſone, Suþala; and of þis þe ſone, Ezer, and Elad.

Forſoþe þer ſlewen hem þe men of Geþ þenns goten, for þei camen doun þat þei aſſailen þe poſſeſſiouns of hem. Þanne weylid Effraym, þe fadir of hem, many days; and þere camen his briþeren, þat þei comforten hym. And he wente in to his wijf, þe whiche conceyued, and bare a ſone; and clepyde his name Berya, for þi þat in þe euyls of his hous he was born. Þe douȝtir forſoþe of hym was Sara; þe whiche bildide up Beþeron, þe neþer and þe ouer, and Ozen, and Sara. Forſoþe þe ſone of hir, Rapha, and Receph, and Thale; of þe whiche is born Thaan, þe whiche gat Laadon; of þis forſoþe þe ſone, Amyud, gat Elizama; of þe whiche is born Nun; þe whiche hadde a ſone Joſue.

Þe poſſeſſioun forſoþe of hem and dwellynge, Beþel wiþ his douȝtirs, and aȝeyns þe eſte of Noram; at þe weſt plage of Gazer, and þe douȝtirs of it, Sychem wiþ his douȝtirs, and Aza wiþ his douȝtirs. Beſydis forſoþe þe ſonys of Manaſſe, Beþſan, and þe douȝtirs of it, Thanach, and þe douȝtirs of it, Magedo, and þe douȝtirs of it, Dor, and þe douȝtirs of it; in þes dwelliden þe ſonys of Joſeph, ſone of Yrael. Þe ſonys of Aſer; Jerona, and Jeſua, and Yſui, and Baria; and Sara, þe ſyſter of hem. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Baria; Heber, and Melchiel; he is þe fadir of Barſaþ. Heber forſoþe gat Jeflaþ, and Somer, and Oþam, and Sua, þe ſyſter of hem.

Þe ſonys forſoþe of Jeflaþ; Phoſech, and Camaal, and Jaſoph; þes þe ſonys of Jeflaþ. Bot þe ſonys of Somer; Aachi, and Roaga, and Jaba, and Aram. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Helem, his broþer; Supha, and Jemma, and Selles, and Amal. Þe ſonys of Supha; Sue, Arnapheþ, and Sual, and Bery, and Jamra, and Bozor, and Odor, and Sama, and Saluſa, and Jeþram, and Beram. Þe ſonis of Eþer; Jephone, and Phaſpha, and Ara. Þe ſonys forſoþe of Ollaa; Areþ, and Anyel, and Reſya. Alle þes þe ſonys of Azer, princes of þe kynredis, choſen and moſt ſtronge duykis of duykis; þe noumber forſoþe, of þe age of hem þat was able to batayl, ſixe and twenty þouſand.