Through the Bible – Day 140

_1-4Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

₅Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ₆Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ₇Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

₈Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ₉Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. ₁₀Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. ₁₁Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ₁₂Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. ₁₃Canaan's eldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth. _14-16Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

₁₇Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech; they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ₁₈Arpachshad was Shelah's father and Eber's grandfather. ₁₉Eber named his first son Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided into tribal regions. Eber's second son was Joktan, _20-23the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

_24-27Shem's descendants included Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram, later renamed Abraham.

₂₈Abraham was the father of Isaac and Ishmael.

_29-31Ishmael had twelve sons, who were born in the following order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

₃₂Abraham and his slave woman Keturah had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. ₃₃Midian was the father of Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

₃₄Abraham's son Isaac was the father of Esau and Jacob. ₃₅Esau was the father of Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ₃₆Eliphaz was the father of Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ₃₇Reuel was the father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

₃₈Seir was the father of Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ₃₉Lotan was the father of Hori and Homam; Lotan's sister was Timna. ₄₀Shobal was the father of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon was the father of Aiah and Anah.

₄₁Anah was the father of Dishon and the grandfather of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ₄₂Ezer was the father of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan was the father of Uz and Aran.

₄₃Before kings ruled in Israel, Bela son of Beor ruled the country of Edom from its capital of Dinhabah. ₄₄After Bela's death, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king. ₄₅After Jobab's death, Husham from the land of Teman became king. ₄₆After Husham's death, Hadad son of Bedad became king and ruled from Avith. Earlier, Bedad had defeated the Midianites in the territory of Moab. ₄₇After Hadad's death, Samlah from Masrekah became king; ₄₈after Samlah's death, Shaul from the town of Rehoboth on the River Euphrates became king; ₄₉and after Shaul's death, Baal Hanan son of Achbor became king. ₅₀After Baal Hanan's death, Hadad ruled from Pai. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab.

₅₁The Edomite clans were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ₅₂Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ₅₃Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ₅₄Magdiel, and Iram.

_1-2Jacob was the father of twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

₃Judah and his Canaanite wife Bathshua had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the LORD had Er put to death, because he disobeyed and did what the LORD hated. ₄Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar also had two sons: Perez and Zerah.

₅Perez was the father of Hezron and Hamul. ₆Zerah was the father of Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. ₇Achan, who was a descendant of Zerah and the son of Carmi, caused trouble for Israel, because he kept for himself things that belonged only to the LORD. ₈Ethan's son was Azariah.

₉Hezron was the father of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ₁₀Ram was the father of Amminadab and the grandfather of Nahshon, a tribal leader of Judah. ₁₁Nahshon's descendants included Salma, Boaz, ₁₂Obed, and Jesse. _13-15Jesse had seven sons, who were born in the following order: Eliab, Abinadab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem, and David. ₁₆Jesse also had two daughters: Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah was the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ₁₇Abigail's husband was Jether, who was a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.

₁₈Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah, and their daughter was Jerioth, the mother of Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ₁₉After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son Hur ₂₀was the father of Uri and the grandfather of Bezalel.

₂₁When Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Machir, who settled the region of Gilead. Their son Segub ₂₂was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three villages in the region of Gilead. ₂₃Some time later the nations of Geshur and Aram captured sixty towns in that region, including the villages that belonged to Jair, as well as the town of Kenath and the nearby villages. Everyone from the region of Gilead was a descendant of Machir.

₂₄After the death of Hezron, Caleb married Ephrath, his father's wife. Their son was Ashhur, who later settled the town of Tekoa.

₂₅Jerahmeel, Hezron's eldest son, was the father of Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ₂₆Jerahmeel had a second wife, Atarah, who gave birth to Onam. ₂₇Ram was the father of Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ₂₈Onam was the father of Shammai and Jada.

Shammai was the father of Nadab and Abishur. ₂₉Abishur married Abihail, and their two sons were Ahban and Molid. ₃₀Nadab was the father of Seled and Appaim. Seled had no children; ₃₁Appaim's son was Ishi, the father of Sheshan and the grandfather of Ahlai.

₃₂Jada was the father of Jether and Jonathan. Jether had no children, ₃₃but Jonathan had two sons: Peleth and Zaza.

_34-35Sheshan had no sons, and so he let one of his daughters marry Jarha, his Egyptian slave. Their son was Attai, ₃₆the father of Nathan and the grandfather of Zabad. _37-41Zabad's descendants included Ephlal, Obed, Jehu, Azariah, Helez, Eleasah, Sismai, Shallum, Jekamiah, and Elishama.

₄₂Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, had the following descendants: Mesha, Ziph, Mareshah, Hebron, ₄₃and Hebron's four sons, Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ₄₄Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai, ₄₅the grandfather of Maon, and the great-grandfather of Bethzur.

₄₆Ephah was one of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran named his son after his brother Gazez. ₄₇Ephah was the daughter of Jahdai, who was also the father of Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, and Shaaph.

₄₈Maacah was another of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Sheber and Tirhanah. ₄₉Later, they had two more sons: Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah. _50-51All of these were Caleb's descendants.

Hur, the eldest son of Caleb and Ephrath, had three sons: Shobal, Salma, and Hareph, who settled the town of Beth-Gader. ₅₂Shobal, who settled the town of Kiriath-Jearim, was the ancestor of Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth clan, ₅₃and the clans that lived near Kiriath-Jearim; they were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites were descendants of the Mishraites.

₅₄Salma settled the town of Bethlehem and was the ancestor of the Netophathites, the people of Atroth-Bethjoab, half of the Manahathite clan, and the Zorites. ₅₅Salma was also the ancestor of the clans in Jabez that kept the court and government records; they were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These clans were the descendants of Hammath the Kenite, who was also the ancestor of the Rechabites.

₂₂The people who had stayed on the east side of the lake knew that only one boat had been there. They also knew that Jesus had not left in it with his disciples. But the next day ₂₃some boats from Tiberias sailed near the place where the crowd had eaten the bread for which the Lord had given thanks. ₂₄They saw that Jesus and his disciples had left. Then they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. ₂₅They found him on the west side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

₂₆Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate all the food you wanted. ₂₇Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

₂₈“What exactly does God want us to do?” the people asked.

₂₉Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”

₃₀They replied, “What miracle will you perform, so that we can have faith in you? What will you do? ₃₁For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

₃₂Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven. ₃₃And the bread that God gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the world.”

₃₄The people said, “Lord, give us this bread and don't ever stop!”

₃₅Jesus replied:

₄₁The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven. ₄₂They were asking each other, “Isn't he Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How can he say that he has come down from heaven?”

₄₃Jesus told them:

₅₂They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”

₅₃Jesus answered:

₅₉Jesus was teaching in a Jewish place of worship in Capernaum when he said these things.