M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

From Adam to Abraham

1 Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. ² Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. ³ Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech. And he was the father of Noah.

⁴ The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

⁵ Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.

⁶ Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

⁷ Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim^[a] and Rodanim.

⁸ Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim,^[b] Put and Canaan.

⁹ Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca.

Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰ Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth.

¹¹ Mizraim was the father of the people living in Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh.

¹² Mizraim was also the father of the people living in Pathrus, Casluh and Crete. (The Philistine people came from Casluh.)

¹³ Canaan’s first child was Sidon. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁴ Jebusites, Amorites and the Girgashites. ¹⁵ He was the father of the Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶ Arvadites, Zemarites and the Hamathites.

¹⁷ Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.

¹⁸ Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹ Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg.^[c] He was named this because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his life. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan.

²⁰ Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal and Diklah. ²² He was also the father of Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons. ²⁴ The family line went from Shem to Abraham. It included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah ²⁷ and Abram, who is called Abraham.

Abraham’s Family

²⁸ Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹ These were the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael’s first son was Nebaioth. Ishmael’s other sons were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were Ishmael’s sons. ³² Keturah was Abraham’s slave woman. She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.

³³ Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these people were descendants of Keturah.

³⁴ Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac’s sons were Esau and Israel.

³⁵ Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

³⁶ Eliphaz’s sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.

³⁷ Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

The Edomites from Seir

³⁸ Seir’s sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.

³⁹ Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam. Lotan had a sister named Timna.

⁴⁰ Shobal’s sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹ Anah’s son was Dishon.

Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

⁴² Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom

⁴³ There were kings ruling in Edom before there were kings in Israel. Bela son of Beor was king of Edom. Bela’s city was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴ When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king. Jobab was from Bozrah.

⁴⁵ When Jobab died, Husham became king. He was from Teman.

⁴⁶ When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king. Hadad’s city was named Avith. Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab.

⁴⁷ When Hadad died, Samlah became king. He was from Masrekah.

⁴⁸ When Samlah died, Shaul became king. He was from Rehoboth by the River.

⁴⁹ When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor became king.

⁵⁰ When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king. Hadad’s city was named Pau. Hadad’s wife was named Mehetabel, and she was Matred’s daughter. Matred was the daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹ Then Hadad died.

The leaders of the family groups of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Magdiel and Iram. These were the leaders of Edom.

Israel’s Family

2 The sons of Israel, also called Jacob, were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah’s Family

³ Judah’s sons were Er, Onan and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah’s first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴ Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father. So Judah had five sons.

⁵ Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ Zerah had five sons. They were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda.

⁷ Carmi’s son was Achan. He caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.

⁸ Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹ Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

¹⁰ Ram was Amminadab’s father. And Amminadab was Nashon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. ¹² Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³ Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea. ¹⁴ His fourth son was Nethanel. His fifth son was Raddai. ¹⁵ Jesse’s sixth son was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. ¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was an Ishmaelite named Jether.

Caleb’s Family

¹⁸ Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They had a son named Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ Later, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married the daughter of Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. Hezron had intimate relations with Makir’s daughter, and she had a son named Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 cities in the country of Gilead. ²³ (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair. They also captured Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son. He was named Ashur. Ashur became the father of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel’s Family

²⁵ Jerahmeel was Hezron’s first son. Jerahmeel’s sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel’s first son. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife, who was named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ Jerahmeel’s first son, Ram, had sons. They were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

²⁸ Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada.

Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. Abishur and Abihail’s sons were Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having children.

³¹ Appaim’s son was Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³² Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having children.

³³ Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza.

These were Jerahmeel’s descendants.

³⁴ Sheshan did not have any sons, only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan let his daughter marry his servant Jarha. Then she had a son named Attai.

³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. ³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. ³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. ³⁹ Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. ⁴⁰ Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. ⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Caleb’s Family

⁴² Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb’s first son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. And his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³ Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵ Shammai’s son was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶ Caleb’s slave woman was named Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷ Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Caleb had another slave woman named Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

^50-51 These were Caleb’s descendants: Caleb’s son Hur was the first son of his mother Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma and Hareph. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. And Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵² Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. These were Shobal’s descendants: Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³ and the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. Shobal was also the ancestor of the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from the Mishraite people.

⁵⁴ Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites and the Zorites. ⁵⁵ His descendants were also the families who lived at Jabez. These were the people who wrote and copied important papers. These people were the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. They were from the Kenite family group who came from Hammath. He was the father of the people living in Recab.

Jesus Is Our High Priest

8 Here is the point of what we are saying: We do have a high priest who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven. ² Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Place. He serves in the true place of worship that was made by God, not by men.

³ Every high priest has the work of offering gifts and sacrifices to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God. ⁴ If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest. I say this because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God. ⁵ The work that they do as priests is only a dim copy of what is in heaven. For when Moses was ready to build the Holy Tent, God warned him: “Be very careful to make everything by the plan I showed you on the mountain.”^{[a] 6} But the priestly work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to the other priests. In the same way, the new agreement that Jesus brought from God to his people is much greater than the old one. And the new agreement is based on promises of better things.

⁷ If there was nothing wrong with the first agreement,^[b] there would be no need for a second agreement. ⁸ But God found something wrong with his people. He says:^[c]

¹³ God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and worn out is ready to disappear.

The People of Moab

2 This is what the Lord says:

The People of Judah

⁴ This is what the Lord says:

Israel Is Punished

⁶ This is what the Lord says:

Praise to God the King

A song of praise. Of David.