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Caleb (Hebrew: כלב, Kālēḇ) or Chelubai (Hebrew: כלובי, Kelūḇay; "forcible") (b. ca. 2357 AM1646 BC
2114 He
2357 AM) was the third named son of Hezron by his first marriage and a clan leader in the tribe of Judah. But he is best remembered for a son he had in his old age by a later marriage.

Genealogy

Judah

Tamar

Pharez

Zerah

Hezron

Hamul

Jerahmeel

Ram

Caleb

Amminadab

Hur

Nahshon

Elisheba

The most famous descendants of Caleb are his son Hur and his great-grandson Bezaleel, the master craftsman of the Tabernacle.

Date of birth

Caleb was probably the last son that Hezron had by his first marriage. Hezron married for the second time when he was sixty years old. Caleb was probably born one year earlier.

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