#and NAPHTALI

[kaleidoru]

brought back this moody little asshole

[eruanna1875]

OC-Tober Day #4: Favourite Drink!

I tried looking up what might've been around back in Naphtali's day (see results in last night's post), but I eventually went with my gut. My gut was historically accurate, by the way. Apple cider was definitely a thing back then - ever since the settlers got apple trees! So I say he's always liked apple cider, ever since he was a kid, and still gets all happy when he gets to have it.

(It was kinda funny drawing him, though, with the little tiny mug of cider in his big hands XD)

@katiethedane12 *waves*

[jgthirlwell]

02.10.24 Dafna Naphtali, Jessica Pavone and James Ilgenfritz at David Watson's Striped Light series at the Flux Factory in Long Island City, Queens.

[marissasfacility]

The terrible trio

It was a peaceful day in unit 990. Well - as peaceful as it could get. Kestra was sitting down beside Avery, her head resting on her knees as she talked softly to the newer subject. 990 was resting on the bed beside them, but was trying to listen to their conversation closely. He stopped pretending to ignore them once he heard Avery's reply to Kestra.

"You're a lot nicer than 990 and 991..."

"Hey!" 990 shouted, turning over on his side. El jumped a little from her position next to 991 on the floor, where the older child was trying to get her to play Snakes and Ladders with her.

Kestra only rolled her eyes and ignored him. "They're okay. They just..." She paused, glaring at 990, then continued through gritted teeth. "Take a while getting used to."

Avery gave the red-head a faint smile, then opened her mouth to respond before she was interrupted by a shout.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO RIGHT NOW, OR I'LL DO YOUR FACE IN!"

It was coming from outside. All five children in the room turned to look at who was making the ruckus.

"Isn't that glass supposed to be sound proof..?" 991 murmured. El looked up at her anxiously, startled by the noise.

There wasn't really any point in replying, because evidently, the glass separating the dorms from the corridor was not sound proof. The angered screams of a blue-head child being tussled through the hallway by an annoyed assistant were quite clearly reaching the eardrums of unit 990 and even unit 980, who Kestra could see was also looking towards the commotion.

They could also hear the quieter attempts to calm the angry girl from a shorter, purple-head child.

"Calm down."

"Calm down? CALM DOWN!? Does this situation seem like one I can CALM DOWN IN!?"

"You're scaring Irem. Panicking won't do anything right now except get us hurt."

"So, uh, new subject?" 991 suggested, Avery visibly paled. Maybe the idea of such a loud roommate didn't suit her very well.

990 sighed in response. "Seems like it. Every newbie keeps getting worse. Can't we get somebody quiet?"

"And what do you mean by worse?" Avery raised an eyebrow.

"I mean worse." The male's voice was deadpan.

"I suppose our game is cancelled then." 991 began putting the pieces back in their box, then paused. "Unless you can still play with this... Disturbance, 994?" Her yellow eyes were trained on El.

The younger child was clutching her tail nervously, her head continuously glancing at the hallway, despite her lack of eyes and the party of people having already passed their dorm. "U-um, sure.. I can still play, I guess..." A shaky smile was given to the brunette waiting for her answer.

The screams of the angry blue-head were still audible, but now distant. Words weren't really in said screams anymore either, they were just screams of pure rage. 991 ignored them, happy to just play. "Right. Choose a piece."

990 put his pillow over his head. "They have to disturb us all, don't they? Even 995 wasn't that loud. And she was plenty annoying."

Avery coughed a few times, her eyes narrowed and trained on 990. Her coughs resulted in purple smoke being expelled from her lungs and into the air. Well that wasn't concerning at all. "IIIII'll take that as a compliment. Thank you, 990." She slyly replied, turning her head back to Kestra. "Are you feeling better now? A month is.. A plenty long time to be in bed."

The red-head's response was lacking in substance. All she said was; "A bit", before her eyes flicked back to the hallway.

"That's- that's great, at least!" An awkward thumbs up. "So, wanna check out the screaming?" She glanced at the hallway then back at Kestra.

"Not worth it. Probably just a new subject, as 991 said."

"Was- was I screaming too, when I came in the unit? I don't reaaally remember toooo much from the ride over here..." Avery rubbed her head, glancing at 990.

"Not at... Oh, dear." Kestra reached forward to place her hand on Avery's shoulder in reassurance, but stopped when she watched the blue-head and the purplette being escorted into the dorm. Well, the purplette and a little brunette next to her were the only ones.. Escorted. The blue-head was dragged in by the arm and then pushed forward. In retaliation, she ran at the assistant who did the action, trying punches, kicks, whatever would land on him - but nothing did, as he just held her back by placing his hand on her forehead. He smirked, twitched his large, mouse ears once, and then pushed her back in a bored manner. As she fell onto the floor, the door closed.

991 wasn't impressed. She simply glanced at the display and then turned right back to her game with El. El, on the other hand, was very distracted, her arm hovering in place with the piece that she was supposed to move 4 squares as her eyes focused on the newcomers.

Also not impressed was 990. He huffed then turned on his bed so his back was facing his roommates. A muffled "annoying..." could be heard.

"Hello? A-Are you two okay? We heard screaming." Avery slowly stood up and tentatively approached the purplette and the brunette curiously, tilting her head and putting her hand to her mouth. El was attentively listening, her little hand still clutching the piece.

The purplette ignored Avery, going towards her older friend to try and calm her down. Meanwhile, the small brunette looked up at Avery, nervously fiddling with her braid. "Um.. Yes, I think.. Not so sure about Meri, though.." She flinched as the blue-head, presumably 'Meri', began yelling and bashing on the glass overlooking the hallway. The purplette was trying to calm Meri down, but it wasn't really getting anywhere.

Avery decided to take this into her own hands. She shook off the urge to cover her ears, glancing at a nervous El who was flattening her ears, and then walked up to Meri slowly. "Hey, um, it's okay. Try to calm down, please?" Nervous smile and another glance at El. Now, 991 was holding the younger child's hand, glaring at the newcomers.

Meri looked at Avery for a moment, falling silent, as if she just realised it wasn't just her and the other two in this room. She seemed to be trying to find something to say for a moment, before 990 spoke from his bed.

"Shut up. You're giving me a headache."

"CALM DOWN?! YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN!?" The shouting girl seemed to be getting even angrier with each word. Avery mentally facepalmed. Why did 990 have to ruin everything?

"Yeah, I tried that." The purplette muttered angrily. The brunette clung to her oversized sleeve, looking nervously at Meri. Avery decided to try a different approach. "You're going to make them upset and come for us. If you don't calm down, they're going to hear you!" She worriedly warned, making a point to glance around for any supervisors who might make her words come true.

"What the heck do you mean?" At least she wasn't shouting anymore. Her tone was still angry, but not loud. However, she was now glaring at Avery.

The purplette tried again. "Oh, please, Meri. Be quiet. Look at Irem, you're scaring her." She said, gesturing with her free hand to the nervous child clinging onto her sleeve.

"Well she should be scared!" Meri shot back.

As the blue-head had requested, Avery elaborated on her statement. "They do things to us.. Horrible things.. If they aren't happy. N-Now, if you don't want to be... Punished, you should be quiet. We can all talk! I'm Avery, and you?" She tried to smile despite the very concerning things that just came out of her mouth, outstretching a hand and then dissolving into a coughing fit, exhaling a worrying amount of purple smoke. Meri just stared.

Ignoring Avery's coughing fit, 991 interjected. "That's not how it works."

"Be quiet." She shot a glare at 991. The brunette, presumably 'Irem' from what the purplette said, worriedly glanced at the coughing girl. "Um, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good. They did this to me. They did stuff to.. All of us."

990 twisted around to glance at Avery. "Why are you being so dramatic?"

"I'm just telling the truth! Why are you being so casual?" Avery shot back, annoyed. Irem looked absoutely terrified, but she managed to keep her voice steady. "I'm Irem."

"Um, nice to meet you, Irem." As Avery said this, El dropped the piece onto the ground and went to her bed, curling up in her blanket. Maybe the commotion was a bit too much for her.

At this, Meri calmed down a little, taking a deep breath. She then inhaled to say somthing, catching the eye of 990 who glared at her. "Don't open your mouth. Nobody wants to hear your screaming." Avery cringed. 990 was just begging for a fight at this point...

The purplette stepped forward, trying to draw attention from Meri, who had stormed over to 990 and was now yelling at him. "Aaaanyway, I'm Remi. And, as you've probably gathered, that over there is Meri." She scratched the back of her head apologetically.

"Did YOU just tell me to SHUT UP!? HOW DARE YOU!" Screamed Meri.

The boy groaned, putting his head under his pillow again. "I am trying to get some peace. Can you please not scream at the top of your lungs?" His voice was pained.

Avery also decided to ignore the two. She shook Remi's hand and smiled at her. "Nice to meet you all. The boy over there who's been antagonising Meri is 990, he doesn't have a name. And that's Kestra over there, 991 putting the box away - she also doesn't have a name - and El in the blanket." She paused, then added; "Thank you for being civil."

Remi looked confused. "It's a normal thing to do?" She then realised what Avery meant. "Oh. I guess not to them, huh?"

Meanwhile, Irem played with the tag on her white dress. "What is this?" She questioned, furrowing her eyebrows. Avery bent down to Irem's height. "That's a number, 996." She explained, guessing the child couldn't read. She then replied to Remi. "Yeah, they're aggressive. Don't mind them - they can be nice when you get to know them."

"But why? I know what a number is. Why is it there? I'm.. Confused." Irem really looked devestated at her confusion. She was sort of cute, causing Avery to smile a little as she tried to explain. "We all have numbers, sometimes people don't remember names, so they just look at our shirts! So, if you forget my name, you can just call me 995. Just to remind you, though - my name is Avery." She finished.

Irem gave Avery a small smile, then turned to Remi, clutching her shirt. "So.. do you.. Think we'll see mother again?" Remi simply looked away, frowning.

Meanwhile, since Irem and Remi seemed to have calmed down, Avery went to mediate between Meri and 990. "Excuse me." She took a deep breath. "Will you please stop fighting!?" She then broke out into another coughing fit, covering her mouth with her able and yelping as her sleeve got burnt. Well... Well.. That certainly wasn't concerning at all!

The fight seemed to have gotten physical at this point. 991 was inbetween the two, annoyed and trying to seperate them. At Avery's words, they both turned and glared at her, as if trying to tell her not to get involved.

Avery sighed. This would be hard. She decided to listen to them, turning around and going to El, who was still wrapped in her blanket.

This may be a little all-over the place, and that's because it's a rewritten section of a roleplay. Incase you've never tried to rewrite roleplay replies, they tend to be really hard to make it so the writing runs smoothly.

Avery and El DO NOT belong to me. They are my friends' OCs and i hold no ownership over them.

[scripture-pictures]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Rachel's Distress

1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”

2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

3 Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Have relations with her so that she may bear a child on my knees, so that I may also have children through her.”

4 So she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her. 5 Bilhah conceived and gave Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, “God has vindicated me, and He has also heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

7 Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and gave Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With great wrestling have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she called his name Gad.

12 Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “Happy am I, for women will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.

14 At the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15 Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?”

So Rachel said, “All right, he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me, because I have paid for you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he slept with her that night.

17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and gave Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.

19 Leah conceived again and gave Jacob a sixth son. 20 Leah said, “God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have given him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.

21 Afterwards she gave birth to a daughter and called her name Dinah.

22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, “The Lord will add to me another son.”

Jacob’s Agreement With Laban

25 When Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, so that I may go to my own place, to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go. For you know the service that I have given you.”

27 Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. For I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.” 28 He said, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude. The Lord has blessed you since I came, and now when may I also provide for my own house?”

31 Laban said, “What may I give you?”

And Jacob said, “You may not give me anything, but if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to feed and keep your flock. 32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from it all the speckled and spotted sheep, and every brown sheep from among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. These shall be my wages. 33 So my integrity will answer for me in time to come. When you come to examine my wages, every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep that are with me will be considered stolen.”

34 Laban said, “Agreed. Let it be according to your word.” 35 He removed that day the male goats that were striped and spotted and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons. 36 He put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

37 Then Jacob took rods of fresh-cut poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white which was in the rods. 38 He set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink, so that they would mate when they came to drink. 39 The flocks mated before the rods and gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, and spotted. 40 Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the brown in the flock of Laban. He put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s sheep. 41 Whenever the stronger sheep mated, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the troughs, so that they might mate among the rods. 42 But when the livestock were feeble, he did not put them in. So the weaker were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s. 43 The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys. — Genesis 30 | Modern English Version (MEV) The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. Cross References: Genesis 12:16; Genesis 16:2-3; Genesis 20:18; Genesis 24:54; Genesis 24:56; Genesis 26:24; Genesis 29:15; Genesis 29:18; Genesis 29:20; Genesis 29:31; Genesis 31:6-7; Genesis 31:8; Genesis 31:10; Genesis 31:12; Genesis 34:1; Genesis 34:12; Genesis 35:17; Genesis 35:23-24; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 39:3; Genesis 46:25; Genesis 49:16; Genesis 49:20; Exodus 22:17; Numbers 1:24; Numbers 2:29; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Song of Solomon 7:13; Jeremiah 1:11; Luke 1:25; Luke 1:48; Luke 12:45; Acts 7:8

Laban cheats Jacob

[tpc-tangled-au]

And here's my Valentine's Day post! I've sketched A Kiss for Them!

This was actually requested by one of my sisters (maybe two), who wanted me to draw Prometheus and Melisande kissing, and decided it should be the AU version. So here it is! Happy Valentine's Day!

*also grins unstoppably because I jUsT tHiNk iT'S rEaLLy sWeEt, gUyS*

[saved-for-me-own-stories]

OC Birthday Facts: Naphtali

I'm finally back on this thing! I'm very excited to start posting these again, and especially for my man Naphtali. He's a blast.

Birthday: January 20, 1839

How he usually spends it: Running. Like, constantly. He is always brimming with energy on his birthday (possibly built up from a month of being cooped up), so he runs everywhere. He probably doesn’t even have the patience for breakfast. He just grabs the closest human (usually Baron) and goes outside for a roam about the grounds. Yes, it’s cold. No, he doesn’t care. Baron isn’t a fan of this, but he usually has a decent time by the end. (Melisande knows they’ll be hungry, so she makes a picnic lunch for them and has Travers set it up near where they are. Naphtali always has fun trying to find it.) When they eventually come inside, Naphtali just gets dressed up in his finest clothes and waits to see what happens. Sometimes, there’s a ghostly ball. Sometimes, there’s a feast. Sometimes, something else entirely. Melisande (with ghostly assistance) makes a grand dinner and some sort of dessert. He doesn’t make the plans for his birthday, but he always enjoys it.

How he would choose to spend it: He very much wishes he could see more of Melisande on his birthday. She’s almost always off making preparations, and he hardly gets to spend any time with her. Some years, it’s a little better (I think a few times, he even managed to pull her along on his exploration of the grounds). But he misses seeing her. He also misses spending birthdays with his family and some of their friends who aren’t there anymore.

Favorite birthday dessert: Oh, he has a huge sweet tooth, I think, so he’s very happy with whatever delicious dessert he gets (especially if it’s a surprise). However, he’s secretly a little biased toward the pies Melisande makes.

Best birthday in his past: His first birthday after the War (I think he was turning 27). Oh, he’d had fine birthdays even during the War—the Flint-and-Steeles were grand fellows, and he loved to be in their company—but to be home? With his family, with Melisande, with Baron? Not out in the middle of the woods, just waiting for combat to resume? It was wonderful.

Worst birthday in his past: Any birthdays where he’s cooped up in his room. He’s had a number of these, whether sick or injured or just still feeling horrible from before (tell you later). The worst was probably his sixteenth. He was miserably sick, he couldn’t go out and do anything, he hardly saw anybody most of the day except for servants and Doctor Galvan and whenever his parents or Melisande came in to visit. He never saw Baron at all.

Best gift: Okay, this one won’t make sense to anybody, because it would be slightly spoilers if I explained it properly, but the days that Melisande tells him are the absolute best birthday surprise he ever gets.

Worst gift: In the past, it was any sort of long trips on his birthday. Not that he didn’t enjoy whatever place he went to, but being cooped up in a carriage most of the day was unbearable. His parents eventually figured out either to tell him about the trip on his birthday (but actually go a different day), or to leave the night before his birthday and arrive that morning.

What he says he wants: Honestly, he doesn’t care terrifically what he gets. He’s happy with most things. But when he’s asked, as a kid or now, he usually would just reply that he wants a surprise. Whatever they do, whatever they give him, he’s most excited when he doesn’t have a clue what it is. (The phantoms, and especially the Band, have taken this as a challenge to try and startle him on his birthday. Nothing too bad, but just little pranks. They have an ongoing bet year to year as to who will succeed. Naphtali, of course, thinks it’s hilarious.)

What he actually wants: To be with all the people he loves best. Maybe it’s just an idea stuck in his head, but he genuinely feels more alive the day he was born. That’s why he never plans his birthday—it’s not about the things he does, but the fact that he’s alive to do them. His birthdays always remind him of that. And that’s why he wants to be with the people that he’s alive to see and talk with and be with at all. If he could have his way, they wouldn’t be apart all his birthday through.

Also, I'm going to tell you now, I think he will be very interested to find out how the Halwendes spend their birthdays, so that's fun.

As always, credit goes to @isfjmel-phleg for the template! :)

[tpc-tangled-au]

Oof. Pretty screwed. Although if we go further, my hair would also be golden (and possibly magical), which is cool.

international cut your hair like your icon day how screwed are you 

[granonine]

Inheritance of Dan

Joshua 19:40-47. And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border…

[perihel1on]

ok so like i said before over the past couple years i've deleted a lot of the alter sideblogs but i always go thru the whole thing first and reblog some stuff bc recordkeeping is important. whether as actual reblogs or keeping some stuff in this blog's drafts as reference. whatever anyway

the funniest thing that came out of this was recently i discovered which one was responsible for deleting the original town on our ac:nl cartridge

it was like

YOU

[northemoonduringthenight]

“Naphtali is a doe let loose;     he brings forth beautiful words.

Genesis 49:21

Artwork: Francisco de Zurbarán, Naphtali

[kdmiller55]

Sons and Daughters of God

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And…

[tpc-tangled-au]

I'm not sure about this, but I'm thinking about having Naphtali's birthday in the AU being like, a few days before Christmas. Which they do in fact celebrate, because I said so.

In Othrys, the tradition of the lanterns would be sort of the first herald of the coming day, so to speak. It ends up being almost a tradition for the other kingdoms as well, because the lanterns appear in their skies even closer to Christmas! It's probably a little different by the time of the story, because of the lost prince still being lost, but it's still a cool tradition for most of them.

Naphtali has no idea, though. Salome already hides Naphtali's birthday from him (so he doesn't get any ideas about his past), but I bet she hides Christmas too. Just one of those things.

(Also, a note for later in the story: this makes the "Goodwill Festival" stuff a part of their Christmas celebrations, like their Twelfth Night event or something. In S2, they even end up introducing it in... well, whatever ends up being Vardaros.)

The only thing is the date. Canonically, Naphtali was born in January, so I don't know if I would change his birthday to December, or their Christmas to January, or just make completely different months.

I'm probably overthinking it. Either way, his birthday is the 20th, and Christmas is the 25th, whatever the months.

[saved-for-me-own-stories]

Hmmmmmm...

Maybe.

I mean, when the Halwendes were actually with him, they seemed to be okay. And since we're currently in Book 1, and everything's still kinda normal... yeah. Actually, yeah, I think I would trust him to watch my potential kids. He'd totally keep them enthralled with his stories (and, even more so, with his silliness). It still could be a little iffy, like with random practical things they might need, but I think it might still be okay?

It'd be better if him and Melisande teamed up. He'd keep them entertained, and she'd keep track of the practical side. Then when they fall asleep, Naphtali would just look at them like he's never seen a kid before, and wouldn't even notice how Melisande would be looking at him.

...now I really want them to have kids someday, dangit.

would you trust your icon to babysit your children be honest

[lordgodjehovahsway]

1 Chronicles 7: Historical Records Of The Sons Of Issachar

1 The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

3 The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. 

4 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5 The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

Benjamin

6 Three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

8 The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 

9 Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

10 The son of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.

Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

14 The descendants of Manasseh:

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 

15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16 Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 

18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

19 The sons of Shemida were:

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son, 

21 Zabad his son

and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 

23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family. 

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,

Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,

Elishama his son, 

27 Nun his son

and Joshua his son.

28 Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 

29 Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher

30 The sons of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

31 The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua.

33 The sons of Japhlet:

Pasak, Bimhal and Ashvath.

These were Japhlet’s sons.

34 The sons of Shomer:

Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

35 The sons of his brother Helem:

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah:

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 

37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

38 The sons of Jether:

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

39 The sons of Ulla:

Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

40 All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.