11 Adam , Seth , Enosh , 2 Kenan , Mahalalel , Jared , 3 Enoch , Methuselah , Lamech , 4 Noah , Shem , Ham and Japheth .
5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer , Magog , Madai , Javan , Tubal , Meshech and Tiras . 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz , [1]Diphath , and Togarmah . 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah , Tarshish , Kittim and [2]Rodanim . 8 The sons of Ham were Cush , Mizraim , Put , and Canaan . 9 The sons of Cush were Seba , Havilah , Sabta , Raama and Sabteca ; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan . 10 Cush [3]became the father of Nimrod ; he began to be a mighty one in the earth . 11 Mizraim became the father of the people of Lud , Anam , Lehab , Naphtuh , 12 Pathrus , Casluh , from which the [4]Philistines came , and Caphtor . 13 Canaan became the father of Sidon , his firstborn , Heth , 14 and the Jebusites , the Amorites , the Girgashites , 15 the Hivites , the Arkites , the Sinites , 16 the Arvadites , the Zemarites and the Hamathites . 17 The sons of Shem were Elam , Asshur , Arpachshad , Lud , Aram , Uz , Hul , Gether and [5]Meshech . 18 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber . 19 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 . 20 Joktan became the father of Almodad , Sheleph , Hazarmaveth , Jerah , 21 Hadoram , Uzal , Diklah , 22 [6]Ebal , Abimael , Sheba , 23 Ophir , Havilah and Jobab ; all these were the sons of Joktan .
24 Shem , Arpachshad , Shelah , 25 Eber , Peleg , Reu , 26 Serug , Nahor , Terah , 27 Abram , that is Abraham .
28 The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael . 29 These are their genealogies : the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth , then Kedar , Adbeel , Mibsam , 30 Mishma , Dumah , Massa , Hadad , Tema , 31 Jetur , Naphish and Kedemah ; these were the sons of Ishmael . 32 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 . 33 The sons of Midian were Ephah , Epher , Hanoch , Abida and Eldaah . All these were the sons of Keturah .
34 Abraham became the father of Isaac . The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel . 35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz , Reuel , Jeush , Jalam and Korah . 36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman , Omar , [7]Zephi , Gatam , Kenaz , Timna and Amalek . 37 The sons of Reuel were Nahath , Zerah , Shammah and Mizzah . 38 The sons of Seir were Lotan , Shobal , Zibeon , Anah , Dishon , Ezer and Dishan . 39 The sons of Lotan were Hori and [8]Homam ; and Lotan's sister was Timna . 40 The sons of Shobal were [9]Alian , Manahath , Ebal , [10]Shephi and Onam . And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah . 41 The [11]son of Anah was Dishon . And the sons of Dishon were [12]Hamran , Eshban , Ithran and Cheran . 42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan , Zaavan and [13]Jaakan . The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran . 43 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 . 44 When Bela died , Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place . 45 When Jobab died , Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place . 46 When Husham died , Hadad the son of Bedad , who [14]defeated Midian in the field of Moab , became king in his place ; and the name of his city was Avith . 47 When Hadad died , Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place . 48 When Samlah died , Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place . 49 When Shaul died , Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place . 50 When Baal-hanan died , [15]Hadad became king in his place ; and the name of his city was [16]Pai , and his wife's name was Mehetabel , the daughter of Matred , the daughter of Mezahab . 51 Then Hadad died . Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna , chief [17]Aliah , chief Jetheth , 52 chief Oholibamah , chief Elah , chief Pinon , 53 chief Kenaz , chief Teman , chief Mibzar , 54 chief Magdiel , chief Iram . These were the chiefs of Edom .
21 These are the sons of Israel : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar , Zebulun , 2 Dan , Joseph , Benjamin , Naphtali , Gad and Asher .
3 The sons of Judah were Er , Onan and Shelah ; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess . And Er , Judah's firstborn , was wicked in the sight of the Lord , so He put him to death . 4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah . Judah had five sons in all . 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul . 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri , Ethan , Heman , Calcol and Dara ; five of them in all . 7 The son of Carmi was Achar , the troubler of Israel , who violated the ban . 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah . 9 Now the sons of Hezron , who were born to him were Jerahmeel , Ram and Chelubai . 10 Ram became the father of Amminadab , and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon , leader of the sons of Judah ; 11 Nahshon became the father of Salma , Salma became the father of Boaz , 12 Boaz became the father of Obed , and Obed became the father of Jesse ; 13 and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn , then Abinadab the second , Shimea the third , 14 Nethanel the fourth , Raddai the fifth , 15 Ozem the sixth , David the seventh ; 16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail . And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai , Joab and Asahel . 17 Abigail bore Amasa , and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite .
18 Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife , and by Jerioth ; and these were her sons : Jesher , Shobab , and Ardon . 19 When Azubah died , Caleb married Ephrath , who bore him Hur . 20 Hur became the father of Uri , and Uri became the father of Bezalel . 21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead , whom he married when he was sixty years old ; and she bore him Segub . 22 Segub became the father of Jair , who had twenty-three e cities in the land of Gilead . 23 But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages , even sixty cities . All these were the sons of Machir , the father of Gilead . 24 After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah , Abijah , Hezron's wife , bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa . 25 Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn , then Bunah , Oren , Ozem and Ahijah . 26 Jerahmeel had another wife , whose name was Atarah ; she was the mother of Onam . 27 The sons of Ram , the firstborn of Jerahmeel , were Maaz , Jamin and Eker . 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada . And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur . 29 The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail , and she bore him Ahban and Molid . 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim , and Seled died without sons . 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi . And the son of Ishi was Sheshan . And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai . 32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan , and Jether died without sons . 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza . These were the sons of Jerahmeel . 34 Now Sheshan had no sons , only e daughters . And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha . 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage , and she bore him Attai . 36 Attai became the father of Nathan , and Nathan became the father of Zabad , 37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal , and Ephlal became the father of Obed , 38 and Obed became the father of Jehu , and Jehu became the father of Azariah , 39 and Azariah became the father of Helez , and Helez became the father of Eleasah , 40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai , and Sismai became the father of Shallum , 41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah , and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama . 42 Now the sons of Caleb , the brother of Jerahmeel , were Mesha his firstborn , who was the father of Ziph ; and his son was Mareshah , the father of Hebron . 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema . 44 Shema became the father of Raham , the father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem became the father of Shammai . 45 The son of Shammai was Maon , and Maon was the father of Bethzur . 46 Ephah , Caleb's concubine , bore Haran , Moza and Gazez ; and Haran became the father of Gazez . 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem , Jotham , Geshan , Pelet , Ephah and Shaaph . 48 Maacah , Caleb's concubine , bore Sheber and Tirhanah . 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah , Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea ; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah . 50 These were the sons of Caleb . The sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah , were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim , 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader . 52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons : Haroeh , half of the Manahathites , 53 and the families of Kiriath-jearim : the Ithrites , the Puthites , the Shumathites and the Mishraites ; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites . 54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites , Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites , the Zorites . 55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites , the Shimeathites and the Sucathites . Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath , the father of the house of Rechab .
31 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron : the firstborn was Amnon , by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ; the second was Daniel , by Abigail the Carmelitess ; 2 the third was Absalom the son of Maacah , the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur ; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith ; 3 the fifth was Shephatiah , by Abital ; the sixth was Ithream , by his wife Eglah . 4 Six were born to him in Hebron , and there he reigned seven years and six months . And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three e years . 5 These were born to him in Jerusalem : Shimea , Shobab , Nathan and Solomon , four , by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel ; 6 and Ibhar , Elishama , Eliphelet , 7 Nogah , Nepheg and Japhia , 8 Elishama , Eliada and Eliphelet , nine . 9 All these were the sons of David , besides e the sons of the concubines ; and Tamar was their sister .
10 Now Solomon's son was Rehoboam , Abijah was his son , Asa his son , Jehoshaphat his son , 11 Joram his son , Ahaziah his son , Joash his son , 12 Amaziah his son , Azariah his son , Jotham his son , 13 Ahaz his son , Hezekiah his son , Manasseh his son , 14 Amon his son , Josiah his son . 15 The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn , and the second was Jehoiakim , the third Zedekiah , the fourth Shallum . 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son , Zedekiah his son . 17 The sons of Jeconiah , the prisoner , were Shealtiel his son , 18 and Malchiram , Pedaiah , Shenazzar , Jekamiah , Hoshama and Nedabiah . 19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei . And the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah , and Shelomith was their sister ; 20 and Hashubah , Ohel , Berechiah , Hasadiah and Jushab-hesed , five . 21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah , the sons of Rephaiah , the sons of Arnan , the sons of Obadiah , the sons of Shecaniah . 22 The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah , and the sons of Shemaiah : Hattush , Igal , Bariah , Neariah and Shaphat , six . 23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai , Hizkiah and Azrikam , three . 24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah , Eliashib , Pelaiah , Akkub , Johanan , Delaiah and Anani , seven .
25 "Truly , truly , I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God , and those who hear will live . 26 "For just as the Father has life in Himself , even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself ; 27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment , because He is the Son of Man . 28 "Do not marvel at this ; for an hour is coming , in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice , 29 and will come forth ; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life , those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment .
30 " I can do nothing e on My own initiative . As I hear , I judge ; and My judgment is just , because I do not seek My own will , but the will of Him who sent Me.
31 " If I alone testify about Myself , My testimony is not true . 32 "There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true . 33 "You have sent to John , and he has testified to the truth . 34 "But the testimony which I receive is not from man , but I say these things so that you may be saved . 35 "He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light . 36 "But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John ; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish -the very works that I do -testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 "And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form . 38 "You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent . 39 " You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life ; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling e to come to Me so that you may have life . 41 " I do not receive glory from men ; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves . 43 "I have come in My Father's name , and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name , you will receive him. 44 "How can you believe , when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God ? 45 "Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father ; the one who accuses you is Moses , in whom you have set your hope . 46 "For if you believed Moses , you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. 47 "But if you do not believe his writings , how will you believe My words ?"
(Read John 5:24-29)
Our Lord declared his authority and character, as the Messiah. The time was come when the dead should hear his voice, as the Son of God, and live. Our Lord first refers to his raising those who were dead in sin, to newness of life, by the power of the Spirit, and then to his raising the dead in their graves. The office of Judge of all men, can only be exercised by one who has all knowledge, and almighty power. May we believe His testimony; thus our faith and hope will be in God, and we shall not come into condemnation. And may His voice reach the hearts of those dead in sin; that they may do works meet for repentance, and prepare for the solemn day.
(Read John 5:30-38)
Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, still proclaims that this is the beloved Son, in whom the Father is well pleased. But when the hearts of men are full of pride, ambition, and the love of the world, there is no room for the word of God to abide in them.
(Read John 5:39-44)
The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures, yet to be strangers to its power. Or, "Search the Scriptures," and so it was spoken to them in the nature of an appeal. Ye profess to receive and believe the Scripture, let that be the judge. It is spoken to us as advising or commanding all Christians to search the Scriptures. Not only read them, and hear them, but search them; which denotes diligence in examining and studying them. We must search the Scriptures for heaven as our great end; For in them ye think ye have eternal life. We must search the Scriptures for Christ, as the new and living Way, that leads to this end. To this testimony Christ adds reproofs of their unbelief and wickedness; their neglect of him and his doctrine. Also he reproves their want of the love of God. But there is life with Jesus Christ for poor souls. Many who make a great profession of religion, yet show they want the love of God, by their neglect of Christ and contempt of his commandments. It is the love of God in us, the love that is a living, active principle in the heart, which God will accept. They slighted and undervalued Christ, because they admired and overvalued themselves. How can those believe, who make the praise and applause of men their idol! When Christ and his followers are men wondered at, how can those believe, the utmost of whose ambition is to make a fair show in the flesh!
(Read John 5:45-47)
Many trust in some form of doctrines or some parties, who no more enter into the real meaning of those doctrines, or the views of the persons whose names they bear, than the Jews did into those of Moses. Let us search and pray over the Scriptures, as intent on finding eternal life; let us observe how Christ is the great subject of them, and daily apply to him for the life he bestows.
