Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Chronicles
chapters 1 and 2. Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and
Tiras. The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Defat,
and Tugarma. The sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshisha,
Ketim, and Rodanim. The sons of Ham were Kush,
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Kush were
Seba, Havila, Sabta, Rama, and Sabtika. The sons
of Rama were Sheba and Dedan. Cush begot Nimrod.
He began to be a mighty one on the earth. Mizraim
begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Patrusim,
Kasluhim, from whom came the Philistines and
Nekapturim. Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn,
and Heth, the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the
Girgashite, the Hivite, the Archite, and the
Sinite, the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamatite.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad,
Lod, Aram, Uz, Hul, Geter, and Meshach. Arphaxad
begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. To Eber
were born two sons. The name of one was Peleg,
for in his days the earth was divided, and his
brother's name was Joktan. All these were the
sons of Joktan. Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber,
Peleg, Ru, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram, who
is Abraham. The sons of Abraham were Isaac and
Ishmael. These are their genealogies. The firstborn
of Ishmael was Nebajot, then Kedar, Abdeel, Mipsam,
Mishma, Duma, Masa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Nafish,
and Kedema. These were the sons of Ishmael. Now
the sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine,
were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Median, Ishbak and
Shua. The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Efer, Hanok, Abida,
and Eldah. All these were the children of Keturah.
And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac were
Esau and Israel. The sons of Esau were Eliphaz,
Rehwal, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. And the sons
of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, The sons
of Rawal were Nahat, Zerah, Shama, and Meza.
The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibyan,
Ana, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. And the sons of
Lotan were Hori and Homam. Lotan's sister was
Timna. The sons of Shobal were Alyan, Manahat,
Ebal, Shefi, and Onam. The sons of Zibion were
Aja and Ana. The son of Ana was Dishon. The sons
of Dishon were Hamron, Ishban, Etron, and Sharon.
The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zafan, and Jakaan.
The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aron. Now these
were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom
before a king reigned over the children of Israel.
Bela, the son of Beor. and the name of his city
was Dinaba. And when Bela died, Jobab the son
of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. When
Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temnites
reigned in his place. 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 Avit. When Hadad died, Samla
of Masraqa reigned in his place. And when Samlah
died, Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his place. When Saul died, Baal Hanan, the son
of Akbar, reigned in his place. And when Baal
Hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. And the
name of his city was Pi. His wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matrid, the daughter
of Mizahab. Hadad died also, and the chiefs of
Edom were Chief Timnah, Chief Aliyah, Chief Jetheth,
Chief Aholibamah, These were the chiefs of Edom.
Chapter 2 These were the sons of Israel. Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan,
Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 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. And Tamar, his daughter -in -law, bore him
Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. The
sons of Zerah were Zimri, Etan, Heman, Kalkul,
and Dara. five of them in all. The son of Carmi
was Akar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed
in that cursed thing. The son of Etan was Azariah.
Also the sons of Hezron, who were born to him,
were Jeremiel, Ram, and Kelubai. Ram begot Aminadab,
and Aminadab begot Nashon, leader of the children
of Judah. Nashon begot Salma, and Salma begot
Boaz. Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse.
Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Aminadab the
second, and Shimei the third, Nethanel the fourth,
Radai the fifth, Uzim the sixth, and David the
seventh. Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail,
and the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and
Asahel, three. Abigail bore Amasa, and the father
of Amasa was Jesser the Ishmaelite. Caleb the
son of Hezron, had children by Azuba his wife,
and by Geriot. Now these were her sons, Jesher,
Shobab, and Ardon. When Azuba died, Caleb took
Ephrat as his wife, who bore him Hur, and Hur
begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel. Now afterward,
Hezron went into the daughter of Makir, the father
of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty
years old, and she bore him Segub. Segub begot
Jer, who had 23 cities in the land of Gilead.
Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of
Jer, with Keneth and its towns, 60 towns. All
these belonged to the sons of Mekir, the father
of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrata,
Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashur, the father
of Tikwa. The sons of Jeremiel, the firstborn
of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Buna,
Orain, Ozaim, and Ahijah. Jeremiel had another
wife whose name was Atara. She was the mother
of Onam. The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jeremiel,
were Maaz, Jameen, and Eker. The sons of Onam
were Shemai and Jada. The sons of Shemai were
Nadab and Abishur. And the name of the wife of
Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Aban and
Muleed. The sons of Nadab were Salad and Abim.
Salad died without children. The son of Abaim
was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Shishan. And Shishan's
son was Ahlai. The sons of Jada, the brother
of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether
died without children. The sons of Jonathan were
Pelet and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerameel.
Now Shishan had no sons, only daughters. And
Shishan had an Egyptian servant whose name was
Jara. Shishan gave his daughter to Jarrah his
servant as wife, and she bore him Atai. Atai
begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad. Zabad begot
Iflal, and Iflal begot Obed. Obed begot Jehu,
and Jehu begot Azariah. Azariah begot Helez,
and Helez begot Eliasah. Eliasah begot Sismai,
and Sismai begot Shalom. Shalom begot Jechamiah,
and Jechamiah begot Elishamah. The descendants
of Caleb, the brother of Jeremiel, were Mesha,
his firstborn, who was the father of Zeph, and
the sons of Marisha, the father of Hebron. The
sons of Hebron were Korah, Tapuah, Rekem, and
Shema. Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkuam,
and Rekem begot Shammai. And the son of Shammai
was Mahon, and Mahon was the father of Beit Zur.
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Musa, and
Gazes. And Haran begot Gazes, and the sons of
Jadai were Regem, Jotham, Geshen, Pelet, Ephah,
and Shaaf. Maka, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber
and Terhana. She also bore Shaaf, the father
of Madmana, Sheva, the father of Magbena, and
the father of Gibeah. And the daughter of Caleb
was Aksa. These were the descendants of Caleb,
the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrata. were
Shubal the father of Kirjas -Jerim, Salma the
father of Bethlehem, and Harif the father of
Beit -Gadr. And Shubal the father of Kirjas -Jerim
had descendants, Haraway, and half of the families
of Manuhot. The families of Kirjas -Jerim were
the Itrites, the Putites, the Shumatites, and
the Mishrites. From these came the Zuratites
and the Ishtarites. The sons of Salma were Bethlehem,
the Netophatites, Atroth -be -Joab, half of the
Manahatites, and the Zorites. And the families
of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Teretites,
the Shemitites, and the Suketites. These were
the Kenites who came from Hamath, the father
of the house of Rechab. I hope you enjoyed today's
reading as much as I did and I look forward to
seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our
journey. God bless you and have a great day.