Caleb: This was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, and therefore called the brother of Jerahmeel. See the parallel texts. 1Ch 2:9, Chelubai, 1Ch 2:18, 1Ch 2:19, 1Ch 2:24 his firstborn: Gen 49:3, Exo 4:22, Exo 4:23, Rom 8:29, Heb 12:23 the father: i.e. the founder, Or, as the Targum renders, "the prince of the Ziphites;" for it was usual to call both the founder and the prince of a city its father. Ziph: Jos 15:24, 1Sa 23:19, 1Sa 26:1 the father of Hebron: 1Ch 2:23, 1Ch 2:24, 1Ch 2:45, 1Ch 2:49, 1Ch 2:52, 1Ch 8:29, Ezr 2:21-35, Neh 7:25-38 Reciprocal: 1Ch 4:18 - the father of