Wise Men from the East

2 Now after ^(A)Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, ^[a]wise men ^(B)from the East came to Jerusalem, ² saying, ^(C)“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen ^(D)His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

³ When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And when he had gathered all ^(E)the chief priests and ^(F)scribes of the people together, ^(G)he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

⁵ So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

⁷ Then Herod, when he had secretly called the ^[b]wise men, determined from them what time the ^(J)star appeared. ⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”

⁹ When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. ¹¹ And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, ^(K)they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

¹² Then, being divinely warned ^(L)in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When ^(A)the Day of Pentecost had fully come, ^(B)they were all ^[a]with one accord in one place. ² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and ^(C)it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ Then there appeared to them ^[b]divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ⁴ And ^(D)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(E)to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The Crowd’s Response

⁵ And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, ^(F)devout men, from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when this sound occurred, the ^(G)multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. ⁷ Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each in our own ^[c]language in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and ^[d]Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” ¹² So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

¹³ Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Peter’s Sermon^(J)

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. ¹⁵ For these are not drunk, as you suppose, ^(K)since it is only ^[e]the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

The Lord Helps His Troubled People

A Psalm of David ^(A)when he fled from Absalom his son.

The Family of Adam^(A)

5 This is the book of the ^(B)genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in ^(C)the likeness of God. ² He created them ^(D)male and female, and ^(E)blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. ³ And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son ^(F)in his own likeness, after his image, and ^(G)named him Seth. ⁴ After he begot Seth, ^(H)the days of Adam were eight hundred years; ^(I)and he had sons and daughters. ⁵ So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; ^(J)and he died.

⁶ Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot ^(K)Enosh. ⁷ After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters. ⁸ So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

⁹ Enosh lived ninety years, and begot ^[a]Cainan. ¹⁰ After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters. ¹¹ So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

¹² Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. ¹³ After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁴ So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

¹⁵ Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared. ¹⁶ After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁷ So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

¹⁸ Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot ^(L)Enoch. ¹⁹ After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²⁰ So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

²¹ Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. ²² After he begot Methuselah, Enoch ^(M)walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²³ So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. ²⁴ And ^(N)Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God ^(O)took him.

²⁵ Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech. ²⁶ After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters. ²⁷ So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

²⁸ Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. ²⁹ And he called his name ^(P)Noah,^[b] saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground ^(Q)which the Lord has cursed.” ³⁰ After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. ³¹ So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

³² And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot ^(R)Shem, Ham, ^(S)and Japheth.

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

6 Now it came to pass, ^(T)when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, ² that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they ^(U)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

³ And the Lord said, ^(V)“My Spirit shall not ^(W)strive^[c] with man forever, ^(X)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” ⁴ There were ^[d]giants on the earth in those ^(Y)days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

⁵ Then ^[e]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^(Z)intent^[f] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil ^[g]continually. ⁶ And ^(AA)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and ^(AB)He was grieved in His ^(AC)heart. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will ^(AD)destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” ⁸ But Noah ^(AE)found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God

⁹ This is the genealogy of Noah. ^(AF)Noah was a just man, ^[h]perfect in his generations. Noah ^(AG)walked with God. ¹⁰ And Noah begot three sons: ^(AH)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ The earth also was corrupt ^(AI)before God, and the earth was ^(AJ)filled with violence. ¹² So God ^(AK)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for ^(AL)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared^(AM)

¹³ And God said to Noah, ^(AN)“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; ^(AO)and behold, ^(AP)I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴ Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make ^[i]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. ¹⁵ And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred ^[j]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶ You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. ^17 (AQ)And behold, I Myself am bringing ^(AR)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall ^(AS)die. ¹⁸ But I will establish My ^(AT)covenant with you; and ^(AU)you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹ And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring ^(AV)two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰ Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind ^(AW)will come to you to keep them alive. ²¹ And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”

^22 (AX)Thus Noah did; ^(AY)according to all that ^(AZ)God commanded him, so he did.

The Great Flood^(BA)

7 Then the ^(BB)Lord said to Noah, ^(BC)“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that ^(BD)you are righteous before Me in this generation. ² You shall take with you seven each of every ^(BE)clean animal, a male and his female; ^(BF)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; ³ also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep ^[k]the species alive on the face of all the earth. ⁴ For after ^(BG)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth ^(BH)forty days and forty nights, and I will ^[l]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” ^5 (BI)And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. ⁶ Noah was ^(BJ)six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

^7 (BK)So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. ⁸ Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, ⁹ two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. ¹⁰ And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. ¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on ^(BL)that day all ^(BM)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the ^(BN)windows of heaven were opened. ^12 (BO)And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹³ On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark— ^14 (BP)they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every ^(BQ)sort. ¹⁵ And they ^(BR)went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. ¹⁶ So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in ^(BS)as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

^17 (BT)Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. ¹⁸ The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, ^(BU)and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. ¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. ²⁰ The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. ^21 (BV)And all flesh died that moved on ^[m]the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. ²² All in ^(BW)whose nostrils was the breath ^[n]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. ²³ So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only ^(BX)Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. ^24 (BY)And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

Noah’s Deliverance

8 Then God ^(BZ)remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. ^(CA)And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. ^2 (CB)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also ^(CC)stopped, and ^(CD)the rain from heaven was restrained. ³ And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end ^(CE)of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. ⁴ Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. ⁵ And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

⁶ So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened ^(CF)the window of the ark which he had made. ⁷ Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. ⁸ He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. ⁹ But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. ¹⁰ And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. ¹¹ Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. ¹² So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

¹³ And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. ¹⁴ And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.

¹⁵ Then God spoke to Noah, saying, ¹⁶ “Go out of the ark, ^(CG)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁷ Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and ^(CH)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” ¹⁸ So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. ¹⁹ Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.

God’s Covenant with Creation

²⁰ Then Noah built an ^(CI)altar to the Lord, and took of ^(CJ)every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered ^(CK)burnt offerings on the altar. ²¹ And the Lord smelled ^(CL)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again ^(CM)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the ^(CN)imagination^[o] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(CO)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.