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Rh Ethiopian woman, and their families, were Jemuel or Nemuel, of whom cometh the Nemuelites; Jemin, of whom cometh the Jeminites; Jachin, of whom cometh the Jachinites; Ohad, or Zerah, of whom cometh the Zerhites; and Shaul, of whom cometh the Shaulites. These are the families of the Simeonites, and the number of them was twenty-two thousand and two hundred souls.—(Gen. xlvi. Num. xxvi.)

, (Gen. xxix. 34.) third son of Jacob and Leah. He was concerned in a bloody affair with the Shechemites, which occasioned the denunciatory and prophetic language of his father respecting him, (Gen. xlix. 5—7,) and which was fully verified in the history of his posterity. The opposition of his descendants to the idol-worship, which was practised by the others, was the occasion of the mitigation of their curse.—(Ex. xxvi. 29.) His descendants are called Levites. The sons of Levi, by a Canaanitish woman, and their families, were Gershon, of whom cometh the Gershonites; Kohath, of whom cometh the Kohathites; and Merari, of whom cometh the Merarites.

The sons of Gershon, and their families, were Libni, of whom cometh the Libnites; and Shimei, of whom cometh the Shimeites.

The sons of Kohath, and their families, were Amram, [the father of Moses, Aaron and Miriam,] of whom cometh the Amramites; Izchar, of whom cometh the Izcharites; Hebron, of whom cometh the Hebronites; and Uzziel, of whom cometh the Uzzielites.

The sons of Mahari were Mahli, of whom cometh the Mahlites; and Mushi, of whom cometh the Mushites.

The sons of Judah, by the daughter of Shuah, a Canaanitish or Ethiopian woman, the grand-daughter of Abraham and Keturah, were Er, Onan and Shelah. Er, and Onan the husband of Tamar, and after their death, Shelah their brother, were promised by Judah to Tamar, his daughter in-law. Through Tamar's seed came the Messiah. [Gen. xxv 28; lChron. ii.2; 1749 years B.C.] The sons of Judah by Tamar were Zerah, [the Ethiopian,] of whom cometh the Zarhites; and Pharez, his brother, of whom cometh the Pharezites. These were the families of Judah, and the number of them was