11 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 Sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6 And sons of Gomer: Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 And sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 And sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecka. And sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land. 11 And Mizraim begat the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, 12 and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from whom came out the Philistim), and the Caphtorim. 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his first born, and Heth, 14 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17 Sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19 And to Eber have been born two sons, the name of the one 'is' Peleg, for in his days hath the land been divided, and the name of his brother is Joktan. 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 23 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these 'are' sons of Joktan.
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram—he 'is' Abraham.
28 Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These 'are' their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedema. These are sons of Ishmael. 32 And sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33 And sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these 'are' sons of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begetteth Isaac. Sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. 35 Sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 36 Sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37 Sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 And sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. 39 And sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam, and sister of Lotan 'is' Timna. 40 Sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And sons of Zideon: Aiah and Anah. 41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. and sons of Dishon: Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42 Sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 And these 'are' the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king of the sons of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city 'is' Dinhabah. 44 And Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali; 45 and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite; 46 and Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab) and the name of his city 'is' Avith; 47 and Hadad dieth, and reign in his stead doth Samlah from Masrekah; 48 and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Shaul from Rehoboth of the River; 49 and Shaul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-Hanan son of Achbor; 50 and Baal-Hanan dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, and the name of his city 'is' Pai, and the name of his wife 'is' Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab; Hadad also dieth. 51 And chiefs of Edom are: chief Timnah, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, 52 chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These 'are' chiefs of Edom.
21 These 'are' sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. 4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah 'are' five. 5 Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. 7 And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. 8 And sons of Ethan: Azariah. 9 And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah; 11 and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; 13 and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh, 16 and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El—three. 17 And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa 'is' Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these 'are' her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21 And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he 'is' a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, 23 and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities—all these 'belonged to' the sons of Machir father of Gilead. 24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa. 25 And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26 And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name 'is' Atarah, she 'is' mother of Onam. 27 And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur 'is' Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid. 30 And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons. 31 And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32 And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons. 33 And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel. 34 And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name 'is' Jarha, 35 and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; 36 and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 and Obed begat Jehu, 39 and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 41 and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he 'is' father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron. 43 And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And a son of Shammai 'is' Maon, and Maon 'is' father of Beth-Zur. 46 And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah; 49 and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb 'is' Achsa. 50 These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim, 51 Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader. 52 And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite; 53 and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite. 54 Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite; 55 and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They 'are' the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.
31 And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; 3 the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. 4 Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon—four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel: 6 also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All 'are' sons of David, apart from sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 And the son of Solomon 'is' Rehoboam, Abijah 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 And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16 And sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17 And sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son; 18 also Malchiram and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, 20 and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-Hesed, five. 21 And sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jesaiah, sons of Rephaiah, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadiah, sons of Shechaniah. 22 And sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And sons of Elioenai: Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
25 'Verily, verily, I say to you—There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live; 26 for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself, 27 and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man. 28 'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
30 'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
31 'If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true; 32 another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true; 33 ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth. 34 'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved; 35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. 36 'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 'And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen; 38 and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe. 39 'Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; 40 and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life; 41 glory from man I do not receive, 42 but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves. 43 'I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive; 44 how are ye able—ye—to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that 'is' from God alone ye seek not? 45 'Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses—in whom ye have hoped; 46 for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me; 47 but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'
(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.
