Bible Reading Plan – Day 75

₁Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, ₂Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared. ₃Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech, ₄who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

₅The sons of Japheth — Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ₆The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ₇The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

₈The sons of Ham — Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ₉The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. ₁₀(Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.) ₁₁The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ₁₂Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended). ₁₃Canaan's sons — Sidon, the eldest, and Heth — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ₁₄Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites, ₁₅Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ₁₆Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

₁₇Shem's sons — Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ₁₈Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. ₁₉Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan. ₂₀The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ₂₁Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ₂₂Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ₂₃Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

₂₄The family line from Shem to Abram is as follows: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ₂₅Eber, Peleg, Reu, ₂₆Serug, Nahor, Terah, ₂₇and Abram (also known as Abraham).

₂₈Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. ₂₉The sons of Ishmael became the heads of twelve tribes: Nebaioth (from the name of Ishmael's eldest son), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ₃₀Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ₃₁Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

₃₂Abraham had a concubine named Keturah, who bore him six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan had two sons: Sheba and Dedan. ₃₃Midian had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

₃₄Abraham's son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. ₃₅Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ₃₆Eliphaz became the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ₃₇And Reuel became the ancestor of the tribes of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

_38-42The original inhabitants of Edom were descended from the following sons of Seir:

_43-50The following kings ruled the land of Edom one after the other, in the time before there were any kings in Israel:

₅₁The people of Edom were divided into the following tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ₅₂Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ₅₃Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ₅₄Magdiel, and Iram.

₁Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ₂Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

₃Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His eldest son, Er, was so evil that the LORD killed him. ₄By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

₅Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul. ₆His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. ₇Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

₈Ethan had one son, Azariah.

₉Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

₁₀The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah), ₁₁Salmon, Boaz, ₁₂Obed, and Jesse.

₁₃Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah, ₁₄Nethanel, Raddai, ₁₅Ozem, and David. ₁₆He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.

Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ₁₇His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.

₁₈Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ₁₉After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur. ₂₀Hur's son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.

₂₁When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub, ₂₂and Segub had a son named Jair. Jair ruled 23 cities in the territory of Gilead. ₂₃But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns near by. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. ₂₄After Hezron died, his son Caleb married Ephrath, his father's widow. They had a son named Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa.

₂₅Jerahmeel, the eldest son of Hezron, had five sons: Ram, the eldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. _26-27Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. Jerahmeel had another wife, a woman named Atarah, and they had a son, Onam. ₂₈Onam had two sons, Shammai and Jada, and Shammai also had two sons, Nadab and Abishur.

₂₉Abishur married a woman named Abihail, and they had two sons, Ahban and Molid. ₃₀Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons. ₃₁Appaim was the father of Ishi, Ishi was the father of Sheshan, and Sheshan the father of Ahlai.

₃₂Jada, the brother of Shammai, had two sons, Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without having any sons. ₃₃Jonathan had two sons, Peleth and Zaza. All these were descendants of Jerahmeel.

₃₄Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha, ₃₅to whom he gave one of his daughters in marriage. They had a son named Attai. ₃₆The family line from Attai to Elishama is as follows: Attai, Nathan, Zabad, ₃₇Ephlal, Obed, ₃₈Jehu, Azariah, ₃₉Helez, Eleasah, ₄₀Sismai, Shallum, ₄₁Jekamiah, and Elishama.

₄₂The eldest son of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, was named Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, who was the father of Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron. ₄₃Hebron had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ₄₄Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem, Shema's brother, was the father of Shammai, ₄₅who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.

₄₆Caleb had a concubine named Ephah, and by her he had three more sons: Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.

₄₇(A man named Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.)

₄₈Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah. ₄₉Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah; and Shevah, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea.

In addition, Caleb had a daughter named Achsah.

₅₀The following are also descendants of Caleb.

Hur was the eldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal founded Kiriath Jearim, ₅₁his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.

₅₂Shobal, the founder of Kiriath Jearim, was the ancestor of the people of Haroeh, of half the inhabitants of Menuhoth, ₅₃and of the following clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol were members of these clans.)

₅₄Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath.

₅₅(The following clans of experts in writing and copying documents lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Kenites who had intermarried with the Rechabites.)

_1-3The following, in order of age, are David's sons who were born while he was in Hebron:

In Jerusalem he ruled as king for 33 years, ₅and many sons were born to him there.

His wife Bathsheba, daughter of Ammiel, bore him four sons: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.

₆He had nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, ₇Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ₈Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. ₉In addition to all these sons, David had sons by his concubines. He also had a daughter, Tamar.

₁₀This is the line of King Solomon's descendants from father to son: Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, ₁₁Jehoram, Ahaziah, Joash, ₁₂Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, ₁₃Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, ₁₄Amon, and Josiah. ₁₅Josiah had four sons: Johanan, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Joahaz. ₁₆Jehoiakim had two sons: Jehoiachin and Zedekiah.

₁₇These are the descendants of King Jehoiachin, who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians. Jehoiachin had seven sons: Shealtiel, ₁₈Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ₁₉Pedaiah had two sons, Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel was the father of two sons, Meshullam and Hananiah, and one daughter, Shelomith. ₂₀He had five other sons: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed.

₂₁Hananiah had two sons, Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah was the father of Rephaiah, who was the father of Arnan, the father of Obadiah, the father of Shecaniah. ₂₂Shecaniah had one son, Shemaiah, and five grandsons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat. ₂₃Neariah had three sons: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam. ₂₄Elioenai had seven sons: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.