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Adam's descendants
1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.[a]
4 Noah's sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Japheth's descendants
5 Japheth's sons were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
6 Gomer's sons were: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
7 Javan's sons were: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.
Ham's descendants
8 Ham's sons were: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.[b]
9 Cush's sons were: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca.
Raamah's sons were: Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush was also the father of Nimrod. Nimrod became the first brave soldier in the world.
11 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Kasluhites and Caphtorites. The Philistines were descendants of the Kasluhites.
13 Canaan's firstborn son was Sidon. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites, 14 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Shem's descendants
17 Shem's sons were: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
Aram's sons were: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
18 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 19 Eber had two sons. The name of one son was Peleg. When he was alive, people began to live in different places on the earth. That is why his name was Peleg. Peleg's brother's name was Joktan.
20 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All those men were Joktan's sons.
Shem to Abraham
24 Shem's descendants included Arpachshad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah 27 and then Abram. Abram's name became Abraham.[c]
Abraham
28 Abraham's sons were: Isaac and Ishmael.
29 These were their descendants:
Ishmael's firstborn son was Nebaioth.
His other sons were: Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. Those men were Ishmael's sons.
32 Abraham's slave wife Keturah gave birth to these sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
Jokshan's sons were: Sheba and Dedan.
33 Midian's sons were: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
All those men were descendants of Keturah.
34 Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac's sons were: Esau and Israel.
Esau's descendants
35 Esau's sons were: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
36 Eliphaz's sons were: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and Amalek who was born to Timna.
37 Reuel's sons were: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38 Seir's sons were: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.
39 Lotan's sons were: Hori and Homam. Lotan's sister was Timna.
40 Shobal's sons were: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
Zibeon's sons were: Aiah and Anah.
41 Anah's son was Dishon.
Dishon's sons were: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.
42 Ezer's sons were: Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan.
Dishan's sons were: Uz and Aran.
Kings and leaders of Edom
43 These kings ruled in Edom before any kings ruled over Israel:
Bela son of Beor. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 When Bela died, Zerah's son Jobab ruled in Edom. He was from Bozrah.
45 When Jobab died, Husham then ruled. He was from the land of the Temanites.
46 When Husham died, Bedad's son Hadad then ruled. Bedad had won the war against the Midianites in the region of Moab. The name of his city was Avith.
47 When Hadad died, Samlah then ruled. He was from Masrekah.
48 When Samlah died, Shaul then ruled. He was from Rehoboth on the river.
49 When Shaul died, Akbor's son Baal-Hanan then ruled.
50 When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad then ruled. The name of his city was Pau. Hadad's wife was Mehetabel. She was Matred's daughter. Matred was the daughter of Me-Zahab.
51 King Hadad also died.
The leaders of the clans of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel and Iram. Those men were the leaders of Edom.
The descendants of Judah
2 The sons of Israel were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.[d]
3 Judah's sons were: Er, Onan and Shelah. Their mother was Bath-shua, who was a woman from Canaan. Judah's firstborn son Er did things that the Lord saw were evil.[e] So the Lord killed him.
4 Judah had sex with Er's widow, Tamar. She gave birth to two sons for Judah, Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father of five sons.
5 Perez's sons were: Hezron and Hamul.
6 Zerah's five sons were: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara.
7 Carmi's son was Achar. Achar caused a lot of trouble for Israel. He took for himself things that belonged to God.
8 Ethan's son was Azariah.
9 Hezron's sons were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.[f]
The descendants of Ram
10 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of Judah's tribe. 11 Nahshon became the father of Salma. Salma became the father of Boaz.[g] 12 Boaz became the father of Obed. Obed became the father of Jesse.
13 Jesse's firstborn son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab, and his third son was Shimea. 14 His fourth son was Nethanel and his fifth son was Raddai. 15 His sixth son was Ozem and his seventh son was David. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. 17 Abigail gave birth to Amasa. Amasa's father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael.[h]
11 The next night, the Lord Jesus came and he stood near Paul. He said to Paul, ‘Do not be afraid! You have told people here in Jerusalem about me. You must also do the same thing in Rome.’
The Jews in Jerusalem decide to kill Paul
12 The next morning, a group of Jews talked together about how they might kill Paul. They agreed to make a promise to God. They would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 More than 40 men were in the group that decided this. 14 They went to the leaders of the priests and the important Jews. They said to them, ‘We have agreed together to make a serious promise to God. We will not eat anything until we have killed Paul. 15 So now we want you and the group of Jewish leaders to send a message to the leader of the Roman soldiers. Ask him, “Please bring Paul to the meeting of the Jewish leaders. We want to know more about the wrong things that he has done.” That will be the message. But, we will wait for Paul and we will be ready to kill him. We will do this before he arrives here at the meeting.’
16 But the son of Paul's sister heard what the Jews had decided to do. He went into the soldiers' building and he told Paul about it.
17 So Paul asked one of the soldiers' officers to come to him. He said, ‘Please take this young man to your leader. He has something important to tell him.’ 18 Then the officer led the young man to the soldiers' leader. He said to him, ‘Paul, who is here in the prison, spoke to me. He asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.’
19 The leader of the soldiers held the young man's hand and he led him to another place. When they were alone, he asked the young man, ‘What do you want to tell me?’
20 The young man said, ‘Some Jewish men have agreed together to send a message to you. They will ask you to take Paul down to the meeting of the Jewish leaders tomorrow. They will say that they want to ask him more questions. But that is not true. 21 Do not agree to do what they want. There are more than 40 men who will be hiding somewhere. They are waiting for Paul. They have made a serious promise to God. They will not eat or drink anything until they have killed Paul. They are now ready to do this. They will be waiting to hear your answer.’
22 The leader of the soldiers said to him, ‘Do not tell anyone that you told me about this.’ Then he sent the young man away.
The soldiers' leader sends Paul to Felix
23 Then the soldiers' leader told two of his officers to come to him. He said to them, ‘Tell 200 of our soldiers to prepare themselves. They must go to Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight. 70 soldiers who ride on horses must also go. There must also be another 200 soldiers with their weapons. 24 Take some horses for Paul to ride on. Take him to Felix the Roman ruler, and keep him safe on the journey.’
25 Then the soldiers' leader wrote a letter to Felix. He sent this message:
26 ‘I, Claudius Lysias, write this letter. I say “hello” to you, Felix, our great ruler.
27 I am sending this man to you. The Jews took hold of him and they wanted to kill him. I found out that he is a citizen of Rome. Because of that, I took my soldiers and I saved him from them. 28 The Jews said that he had done some wrong things. I wanted to know what was really true, so I took him to a meeting of their leaders. 29 The Jewish leaders said that he had not obeyed their own laws. But that was all. We could not put him in prison or kill him because of these things. That would not be right. 30 But a group of Jews decided to kill him. Someone told me about this, so I decided to send him to you immediately. I have told the Jewish leaders also to come to you in Caesarea. They can then tell you why they say that this man has done bad things.’
31 The soldiers did what their leader had told them to do. They took Paul out from the prison in their building. That night, they took him as far as Antipatris. 32 The next day, the soldiers who had walked returned to their building in Jerusalem. But the soldiers who rode horses continued to travel with Paul.[a]
33 When they arrived in Caesarea, they gave the letter to Felix, the ruler. They also brought Paul to him. 34 Felix read the letter and he asked Paul, ‘Which Roman region are you from?’ Paul answered, ‘I am from Cilicia.’ 35 Felix said, ‘When the Jews arrive, they will tell me about you. I will also listen to you. I will decide what is right.’
Felix then said to his soldiers, ‘Put this man in the prison in Herod's house. Guard him carefully!’
This is a song that David wrote when he ran away from his son, Absalom.[a]
A morning song
3 Lord, every day I have more enemies.
Many people fight against me.
2 They say about me,
‘God will not save him.’
Selah.
3 But Lord, you are like a shield for me.[b]
You are the one who gives me honour.
You lift my head up high.
4 I called aloud to the Lord.
He answered me from his holy mountain.
Selah.
5 I lie down and I sleep.
Then I wake up, because the Lord takes care of me.
6 Even if 10,000 enemies are all around me to attack me,
I will not be afraid of them.
7 Lord, stand up! My God, save me from my enemies!
Hit all my enemies in the face.
Break the teeth of those bad people.
8 Lord, it is you that saves us.
You bless your people.
Selah.
14 When someone is ill, his spirit will keep him strong.
But if his spirit has lost hope, he cannot stay strong.
15 Wise people are always learning something new.
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