The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFZ9170.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2025.

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CAP. II.

[verse 1] The sones forsothe of Yrael; Ruben, Leuy, Semeon, Juda, Isachar, and Zabu|lon, [verse 2] Dan, and [Om. E.] Joseph, Beniamyn, Nep|talym, Gad, Aser. [verse 3] The sones of Juda; Her, Onam, Sela; thes thre ben born to hym of Sue, the douȝtir of [of Onan A. Om. B.] Chananytidis. Forsothe Her was the first goten of Juda, euyl before the Lord, and he slewȝ hym. [verse 4] Thamar forsothe his douȝtir in lawe bare to hym Phares and Saram; alle thann the sonys of Juda, fyue. [verse 5] The sonys for|sothe of Phares; Esrom and Thamul. [verse 6] The sonys forsothe of Zare; Zamry, and Ethan, and Eman, and Calchol, and Dar|dam; togydre fyue. [verse 7] The sones of Zamri; Achar, that distourblide Yrael, and syn|nede in the theft of cursedhode. [verse 8] The sones of Ethan; Azarias. [verse 9] The sonys for|sothe of Esrom, that ben born to hym; Jeramahel, and Aram, and Chaluby. Forsothe Aram gat Amynadab. [verse 10] Amyna|dab forsothe gat Naason, prince of the sones of Juda. [verse 11] Naason forsothe gat Sal|mon; of whom is born Booz. [verse 12] Booz for|sothe gat Obeth; the whiche and he gat Ysay. [verse 13] Ysay forsothe gat the first goten, Heliab; the secound, Amynadab; the thrid, [verse 14] Samaa; the ferthe, Nathaneel; the fyft, Sa|day; [verse 15] the sixt, Asom; the seuenth, Dauid;

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whos systers weren Saruya and Abigail. [verse 16] The sones of Saruye; Abisay, Joab, and Asael; thre. [verse 17] Abigail forsothe gat Amasa, whos fadir was Jether Ysmaelyte. [verse 18] Ca|leph forsothe, the sone of Esrom, toke a wijf, Azuba by name, of whom he gat Jereoth; there weren forsothe sonys of hym, Jesar, and Sobab, and Ardon. [verse 19] And whanne Azuba was deed, he toke a wijf of Caleph, Effrata, the whiche bare to hym Hur. [verse 20] Forsothe Hur gat Hury; Hury gat Beselael. [verse 21] Aftir thes thingis Esrom wente in to the douȝtir of Machir, the fadir of Galaad, and he toke hire, whann sche was of sexty ȝeer; the whiche bare to hym Segub. [verse 22] Bot and Segub gat Jair, and weeldide foure and twenty [verse 23] cytees in the lond of Galaad; and he toke Jessur, and Arym, the bourȝ tounnes of Jair, and Canath, and the lytyl townes of it, of seuenty cytees. Alle thes the sonys of Machir, fadir of Galaad. [verse 24] Whann forsothe Esrom was deed, Caleph wente in to Effrata. Esrom forsothe hade a wijf Abia, the whiche bare to hym As|sur, fadir of Thecue. [verse 25] Ther ben born forsothe sonys of Jezrameel, the first goten of Esrom; Ram his [the H.] first goten, and Hyma, and Aran, and Ason, and Achia. [verse 26] Forsothe Jezramel weddide an|other wijf, Athara by name, the whiche was the modir of Onam. [verse 27] Bot and of Onam, the sone of Ram, the first goten of Jezramael, weren Mohos, and Lamyn, and Achas. [verse 28] Onam forsothe gat sones, Semei, and Juda. The sones forsothe of [verse 29] Semei; Nadal, and Abiser; name forsothe of the wijf of Abiser, Abigail, that bare to hym Haaobban, and Molid. [verse 30] The sonys forsothe of Nadab weren Saled, and Apfaym. Forsothe Saled dyȝed with oute fre childre. [verse 31] The sone [sonys FH.] forsothe of Ap|phaym, Jesi; the whiche Jesi [Om. C pr. m.] gat Sesan.

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bot Sesan gat Oholi. [verse 32] The sones forsothe of Jada, brother of Semei; Jether and Jonathan; bot Jether died without fre [verse 33] childre; bot Jonatha gat Phales, and Cya. Thes ben the sones of Jezramael. [verse 34] Cesan forsothe hadde no sones, bot douȝ|ters, and Egipcian seruaunt, Gera by [verse 35] name; and he ȝaue to hym his douȝter wijf, the whiche bare to hym Ethei. [verse 36] Ethei forsothe gat Nathan, and Nathan gat Zadab. [verse 37] Zadab forsothe gat Ophial, and Ophial gat Obed. [verse 38] Obed gat Hieu, [verse 39] Hieu gat Azariam, Azarias gat Helles, [verse 40] Helles gat Elasa, Elasa gat Sesamoi, [verse 41] Sesamoi gat Sellum, Sellum gat Jecho|mya, Jechomya gat Elisama. [verse 42] The sones forsothe of Caleph, brother of Jeramael; Mosa his first goten; he is the fadir of Ȝiph; and the sonys of Meresa, fadir of Ebron. [verse 43] Forsothe the sonys of Ebron; Chore, and Raphu, Recem, and Samma. [verse 44] Samma forsothe gat Raam, fadir of Jere|haham; and Recem gat Semei. [verse 45] The sone of Semei, Maon; and Maon, the fadir of Bethsur. [verse 46] Epha forsothe, the secoundarie wijf of Caleb, bare Arram, and Musa, and Theser; bot Arram gat Jezen. [verse 47] The sonis of Jadai; Regon, and Jethan, and Zesun, and Phales, and Epha, and Saaph. [verse 48] The secoundarie wijf of Caleb, Maacha, bare Zaber, and Therana. [verse 49] For|sothe Saaph, the fadir of Madmenas, gat Sue, the fadir of Magbena, and the fadir of Gabaa; the douȝter forsothe of Ca|leph was Axa. [verse 50] Thes weren the sones of Caleb. The sones of Hur, first goten of Effrata; Sobal, the fadir of Cariathiarym; [verse 51] Salma, the fadir of Bethleem; Ariph, the fadir of Bethgader. [verse 52] Forsothe ther weren sonys of Sobal, fadir of Cariathiarym, the whiche deuydiden the half of the rest|yngis; [verse 53] and of the kynrede of Cariathia|rym, Jethrei, and Afutei, and Samathei, and Macerathei. Of thes wenten out Saraitis and Eschaolitis. [verse 54] The sones of

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Salma, `fadir of [Om. E pr. m.] Bethlem, and Netho|phatite, crownys of the hous of Joab, and half of the restyng of Saray. [verse 55] The kynredis forsothe of scribis, dwellynge in Jabes, syngynge, and aȝein sounnynge, and in tabernaclis dwellynge togider. Thes ben Cynei, the whiche camen of the feruour of the hous of the fadir of Rechab.

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