⁴ Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah.
These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn and the father of Bethlehem:

^2 [a]Bethlehem Ephrathah,^(A)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you^(B)
to be ruler over Israel for Me.^(C)
His origin^[b] is from antiquity,^(D)
from eternity.^[c]