1 Chronicles 1-3
1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.
8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabtecha. The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth.
11 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, and Arphaxad. 12 Shela, 13 Eber, Pheleg, Ragan, 14 Seruch, Nachor, Tharrha, 15 Abraham.
Descendants of Ishmael
16 And the sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 17 And these are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nabaeoth, and Kedar, Nabdeel, Massam, 18 Masma, Iduma, Masse, Chondan, Thaeman, 19 Jettur, Naphes, Kedma: these the sons of Ishmael. 20 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore him Zembram, Jexan, Madiam, Madam, Sobac, Soe; and the sons of Jexan: Daedan and Sabai; 21 and the sons of Madiam: Gephar, and Opher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldada; all these the sons of Keturah.
Descendants of Isaac
22 And Abraham begot Isaac: and the sons of Isaac were Jacob and Esau.
23 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, and Raguel, and Jeul, and Jeglom, and Core. 24 The sons of Eliphaz: Thaeman, and Omar, Sophar, and Gootham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalek. 25 And the sons of Raguel, Naches, Zare, Some, and Moze.
Descendants of Seir
26 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, Deson, Osar, and Disan. 27 And the sons of Lotan: Chorri and Aeman; and the sister of Lotan was Thamna. 28 The sons of Sobal: Alon, Machanath, Taebel, Sophi, and Onan; and the sons of Sebegon: Aeth and Sonan. 29 The sons of Sonan, Daeson; and the sons of Daeson: Emeron, and Asebon, and Jethram, and Charran. 30 And the sons of Hosar: Balaam, and Zucam, and Acan; the sons of Disan: Os and Aran.
The Kings of Edom
31 And these are their kings: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 32 When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 33 When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 34 And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. 35 When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 36 And when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place. 37 When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 38 And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadad the son of Barad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Phogor. 39 Hadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom were Chief Timnah, Chief Aliah, Chief Jetheth, 40 Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, 41 Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, 42 Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
Descendants of Israel
1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
From Judah to David
3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. 4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five of them in all. 7 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troublemaker of Israel, who was nullified with a curse. 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah. 9 Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. 10 Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah; 11 Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz; 12 Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; 13 Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. 16 Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Descendants of Hezron
18 Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur. 20 And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel. 21 Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns, sixty towns. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 After Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
Descendants of Jerahmeel
25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and Sheshan’s son was Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. 36 Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad; 37 Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed; 38 Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; 39 Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; 40 Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; 41 Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
Descendants of Caleb
42 The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50 These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim, 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: Haroeh and half of the families of Manuhoth. 53 The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-Beth-Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites. 55 And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Descendants of David
1 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah. 4 These six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel. 6 Also there were Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in all. 9 These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
Descendants of Solomon
10 The sons of Solomon were Rehoboam; Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, and Josiah his son. 15 The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
Descendants of Jeconiah
17 The sons of Jeconiah were Assir, Shealtiel his son, 18 and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, 20 and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed, five in all. 21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah. 22 The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six in all. 23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three in all. 24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven in all.
Psalm 113:1–11
In the exodus of Israel from Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a foreign people,
2 Judah became His sanctuary,
And Israel His authority.
3 The sea saw them and fled,
The Jordan turned back;
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills like flocks of lambs.
5 What is it to you, O sea, that you fled,
And to you, O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 What is it to you, O mountains, that you skipped like rams,
And you, O hills, like flocks of lambs?
7 The earth shook because of the Lord’s face,
Because of the face of Jacob’s God,
8 When He turned the rock into pools of waters
And flinty ground into fountains of waters.
9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory,
For Your mercy and Your truth,
10 Lest the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
11 Our God is in heaven above;
And both in heaven and on earth,
All things whatsoever He wills, He does.
Proverbs 24:24–27
24 Let no lie be spoken from your tongue to the king,
And let no lie come from his tongue.
25 The tongue of the king is a sword and not of flesh,
And whoever it delivers, it will annihilate;
26 For if his anger is sharpened,
It destroys men with its sinews.
27 And it devours the bones of men,
And it burns like a flame,
So as to be inedible for the nestlings of eagles.
John 6:1–21
1 After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”
13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea
(Matt. 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52)
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
16 Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,
17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
18 Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing.
19 So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.
20 But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”21 Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.