1 Chronicles 4:11-5:10

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¹¹Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.^[a] These were the men of Rekah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz:

Othniel^(A) and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.^[b] ¹⁴Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim.^[c] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah and Naam.

The son of Elah:

Kenaz.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam,^(B) Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.^(C)) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:

the father of Keilah^(D) the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.^(E)

²⁰The sons of Shimon:

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah^(F) son of Judah:

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, ²²Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) ²³They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.

Simeon^(G)

²⁴The descendants of Simeon:^(H)

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,^(I) Zerah and Shaul;

²⁵Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

²⁶The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. ²⁸They lived in Beersheba,^(J) Moladah,^(K) Hazar Shual, ²⁹Bilhah, Ezem,^(L) Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah,^(M) Ziklag,^(N) ³¹Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.^(O) These were their towns until the reign of David. ³²Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,^(P) Rimmon, Token and Ashan^(Q)—five towns— ³³and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.^[d] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

³⁸The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, ³⁹and they went to the outskirts of Gedor^(R) to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet.^(S) Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴¹The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites^(T) who were there and completely destroyed^[e] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. ⁴²And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.^(U) ⁴³They killed the remaining Amalekites^(V) who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Reuben

5 The sons of Reuben^(W) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,^(X) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph^(Y) son of Israel;^(Z) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,^(AA) ²and though Judah^(AB) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(AC) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(AD) belonged to Joseph)— ³the sons of Reuben^(AE) the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu,^(AF) Hezron^(AG) and Karmi.

⁴The descendants of Joel:

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

⁶and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser^[f]^(AH) king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

⁷Their relatives by clans,^(AI) listed according to their genealogical records:

Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, ⁸and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer^(AJ) to Nebo^(AK) and Baal Meon.^(AL) ⁹To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates^(AM) River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.^(AN)

¹⁰During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites^(AO), who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 4:12 Or of the city of Nahash
1 Chronicles 4:13 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew does not have and Meonothai.
1 Chronicles 4:14 Ge Harashim means valley of skilled workers.
1 Chronicles 4:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8); Hebrew Baal
1 Chronicles 4:41 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Chronicles 5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26

Psalm 78:9-16

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⁹The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,^(A)
    turned back on the day of battle;^(B)
¹⁰they did not keep God’s covenant^(C)
    and refused to live by his law.^(D)
¹¹They forgot what he had done,^(E)
    the wonders he had shown them.
¹²He did miracles^(F) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,^(G) in the region of Zoan.^(H)
¹³He divided the sea^(I) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.^(J)
¹⁴He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.^(K)
¹⁵He split the rocks^(L) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
¹⁶he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

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Acts 10:9-22

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Peter’s Vision^(A)

⁹About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof^(B) to pray. ¹⁰He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.^(C) ¹¹He saw heaven opened^(D) and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. ¹²It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. ¹³Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”

¹⁴“Surely not, Lord!”^(E) Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”^(F)

¹⁵The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”^(G)

¹⁶This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

¹⁷While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision,^(H) the men sent by Cornelius^(I) found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate. ¹⁸They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

¹⁹While Peter was still thinking about the vision,^(J) the Spirit said^(K) to him, “Simon, three^[a] men are looking for you. ²⁰So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”^(L)

²¹Peter went down and said to the men, “I’m the one you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

²²The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man,^(M) who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”^(N)

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