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1Ch 4:1 is evidently intended to be a superscription to the genealogical fragments which follow. Five names are mentioned as sons of Judah, of whom only Pharez was his son (1Ch 2:4); the others are grandchildren or still more distant descendants. Nothing is said as to the genealogical relationship in which they stood to each other; that is supposed to be already known from the genealogies in 1 Chron 2. Hezron is the son of Pharez, and consequently grandson of Judah, 1Ch 2:8. Carmi, a descendant of Zerah, the brother of Pharez, see on 1Ch 2:6-7. Hur is a son of Caleb, the son of Hezron, by Ephratah (see on 1Ch 2:19 and 1Ch 2:50); and Shobal is the son of Hur, who has just been mentioned (1Ch 2:50). These five names do not denote here, any more than in 1 Chron 2, “families of the tribe of Judah” (Berth.), but signify persons who originated or were heads of families. The only conceivable ground for these five being called “sons of Judah,” is that the families registered in the following lists traced their origin to them, although in the enumeration which follows the genealogical connection of the various groups is not clearly brought out. The enumeration begins,