1 Chronicles 1 - Legacy Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 1

Generations from Adam to Abraham

Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2

Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca;

and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

Pathrus, Casluh (from which came the Philistines), and Caphtor.

Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,

and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Arpachshad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah was the father of Eber.

Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

Eber, Peleg, Reu,

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

Abram, that is Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These are their generations:

the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael.

The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

Abraham became the father of Isaac.

The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

The sons of Shobal were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.

And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.

The son of Anah was Dishon.

And the sons of Dishon were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.

The sons of Dishon were Uz and Aran.

Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.

Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.

Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

Then Baal-hanan died, and Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

Then Hadad died.

Now the chiefs of Edom were:

chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

chief Magdiel, chief Iram.

These were the chiefs of Edom.

1 Chronicles 4

Sons of Judah

The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2

Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath,

and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”

Then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And God brought about what he asked.

Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

Eshton became the father of Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash.

These are the men of Recah.

Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.

And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah,

and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam;

and the son of Elah was Kenaz.

The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. (And these are the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took) and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

The sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and Tilon.

And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the fine linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.

These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

Sons of Simeon

The sons of Simeon were Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27 Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah. 28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32 Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 33 and all their villages that were all around these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy. 34

Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

and Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

these, who came into the record by name, were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites. 41 And these, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck down their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and devoted them to destruction to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their chiefs. 43 They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.

Titus 3

Be Ready for Every Good Work

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, demonstrating all gentleness to all men. 3 For we ourselves also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and affection of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not by works which we did in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy saying. And concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be intent to lead in good works. These things are good and profitable for men. 9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and conflicts about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, 11 knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

Personal Instructions and Greetings

12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Diligently help send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them. 14 And our people must also learn to lead in good works to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful. 15 All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

Proverbs 7

The Adulteress’ Trap

My son, keep my words

And treasure my commandments within you.

Keep my commandments and live,

And my law as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your intimate friend;

In order to keep you from the strange woman,

From the foreign woman who flatters with her words.

For at the window of my house

I looked out through my lattice,

And I saw among the simple,

And discerned among the sons

A young man lacking a heart of wisdom,

Passing through the street near her corner;

And he strides along the way to her house,

In the twilight, in the evening of that day,

In the middle of the night, and in the thick darkness.

And behold, a woman comes to meet him,

Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

She is boisterous and rebellious,

Her feet do not dwell at home;

Stepping in the streets, stepping in the squares,

And near every corner she lies in wait.

So she seizes him and kisses him

And with a brazen face she says to him:

“The sacrifices of peace offerings are with me;

Today I paid my vows.

Therefore I have come out to meet you,

To seek your face earnestly, and I have found you.

I have spread my couch with coverings,

With colored linens of Egypt.

I have sprinkled my bed

With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, then, let us drink our fill as lovers until morning;

Let us delight ourselves with the pleasures of love.

For my husband is not at home,

He has gone on a journey far away;

He took a bag of silver in his hand,

On the day of the full moon he will come home.”

With her abundant persuasions she entices him;

With her flattering lips she drives him to herself.

He suddenly follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,

Until an arrow pierces through his liver;

As a bird hastens to the snare,

And he does not know that it will cost him his soul.

So now, my sons, listen to me,

And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

Do not let your heart go astray into her ways,

Do not wander into her pathways.

For many are the slain whom she has cast down,

And numerous are all those killed by her.

The ways to Sheol are in her house,

Descending to the chambers of death.