M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

From Adam to Abraham^(A)

1 Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, ² Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared. ³ Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech, ⁴ who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵ The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁶ The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷ The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

⁸ The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁹ The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. (¹⁰ Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.) ¹¹ The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ¹² Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended). ¹³ Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁴ Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶ Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷ Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁸ Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. ¹⁹ Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg,^[a] because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan. ²⁰ The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.

²⁴ The family line from Shem to Abram is as follows: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, ²⁵ Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶ Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷ and Abram (also known as Abraham).

The Descendants of Ishmael^(B)

²⁸ Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹ The sons of Ishmael became the heads of twelve tribes: Nebaioth (from the name of Ishmael's oldest son), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹ Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

³² Abraham had a concubine named Keturah, who bore him six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan had two sons: Sheba and Dedan. ³³ Midian had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

The Descendants of Esau^(C)

³⁴ Abraham's son Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. ³⁵ Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ³⁶ Eliphaz became the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷ And Reuel became the ancestor of the tribes of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Original Inhabitants of Edom^(D)

^38-42 The original inhabitants of Edom were descended from the following sons of Seir:

Lotan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Homam. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.)

Shobal, who was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.

Zibeon, who had two sons, Aiah and Anah. Anah was the father of Dishon, and Dishon was the ancestor of the clans of Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

Ezer, who was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.

Dishan, who was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.

The Kings of Edom^(E)

^43-50 The following kings ruled the land of Edom one after the other, in the time before there were any kings in Israel:

⁵¹ The people of Edom were divided into the following tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵² Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴ Magdiel, and Iram.

The Descendants of Judah

2 Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him. ⁴ By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

⁵ Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. ^7 (F)Achan^[b] son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

⁸ Ethan had one son, Azariah.

The Family Tree of King David

⁹ Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰ The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah), ¹¹ Salmon, Boaz, ¹² Obed, and Jesse.

¹³ Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah, ¹⁴ Nethanel, Raddai, ¹⁵ Ozem, and David. ¹⁶ He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.

Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.

The Descendants of Hezron

¹⁸ Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had^[c] three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur. ²⁰ Hur's son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.

²¹ When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub, ²² and Segub had a son named Jair. Jair ruled^[d] twenty-three cities in the territory of Gilead. ²³ But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. ²⁴ After Hezron died, his son Caleb married Ephrath, his father's widow.^[e] They had a son named Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa.

The Descendants of Jerahmeel

²⁵ Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, had five sons: Ram, the oldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ^26-27 Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. Jerahmeel had another wife, a woman named Atarah, and they had a son, Onam. ²⁸ Onam had two sons, Shammai and Jada, and Shammai also had two sons, Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ Abishur married a woman named Abihail, and they had two sons, Ahban and Molid. ³⁰ Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons. ³¹ Appaim was the father of Ishi, Ishi was the father of Sheshan, and Sheshan the father of Ahlai.

³² Jada, the brother of Shammai, had two sons, Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without having any sons. ³³ Jonathan had two sons, Peleth and Zaza. All these were descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha, ³⁵ to whom he gave one of his daughters in marriage. They had a son named Attai. ³⁶ The family line from Attai to Elishama is as follows: Attai, Nathan, Zabad, ³⁷ Ephlal, Obed, ³⁸ Jehu, Azariah, ³⁹ Helez, Eleasah, ⁴⁰ Sismai, Shallum, ⁴¹ Jekamiah, and Elishama.

Other Descendants of Caleb

⁴² The oldest son of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, was named Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, who was the father of Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.^{[f] 43} Hebron had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem, Shema's brother, was the father of Shammai, ⁴⁵ who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.

⁴⁶ Caleb had a concubine named Ephah, and by her he had three more sons: Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.

(⁴⁷ A man named Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.)

⁴⁸ Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah; and Shevah, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea.

In addition, Caleb had a daughter named Achsah.

⁵⁰ The following are also descendants of Caleb.

Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal founded Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹ his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.

⁵² Shobal, the founder of Kiriath Jearim, was the ancestor of the people of Haroeh, of half the inhabitants of Menuhoth, ⁵³ and of the following clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol were members of these clans.)

⁵⁴ Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath.

(⁵⁵ The following clans of experts in writing and copying documents lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Kenites who had intermarried with the Rechabites.)

Jesus Our High Priest

8 ^(A)The whole point of what we are saying is that we have such a High Priest, who sits at the right of the throne of the Divine Majesty in heaven. ² He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.

³ Every high priest is appointed to present offerings and animal sacrifices to God, and so our High Priest must also have something to offer. ⁴ If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts required by the Jewish Law. ^5 (B)The work they do as priests is really only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the Sacred Tent, God told him, “Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.” ⁶ But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.

⁷ If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one. ^8 (C)But God finds fault with his people when he says,

¹³ By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.

Moab

2 ^(A)The Lord says, “The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They dishonored the bones of the king of Edom by burning them to ashes. ² I will send fire upon the land of Moab and burn down the fortresses of Kerioth. The people of Moab will die in the noise of battle while soldiers are shouting and trumpets are sounding. ³ I will kill the ruler of Moab and all the leaders of the land.”

Judah

⁴ The Lord says, “The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They have despised my teachings and have not kept my commands. They have been led astray by the same false gods that their ancestors served. ⁵ So I will send fire upon Judah and burn down the fortresses of Jerusalem.”

God's Judgment on Israel

⁶ The Lord says, “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They sell into slavery honest people who cannot pay their debts, the poor who cannot repay even the price of a pair of sandals. ⁷ They trample^[a] down the weak and helpless and push the poor out of the way. A man and his father have intercourse with the same slave woman, and so profane my holy name. ⁸ At every place of worship people sleep on clothing that they have taken from the poor as security for debts. In the temple of their God they drink wine which they have taken from those who owe them money.

^9 (B)“And yet, my people, it was for your sake that I totally destroyed the Amorites, who were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks. ¹⁰ I brought you out of Egypt, led you through the desert for forty years, and gave you the land of the Amorites to be your own. ^11 (C)I chose some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be nazirites.^[b] Isn't this true, people of Israel? I, the Lord, have spoken. ¹² But you made the nazirites drink wine, and ordered the prophets not to speak my message. ¹³ And now I will crush you to the ground, and you will groan like a cart loaded with grain. ¹⁴ Not even fast runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength, and soldiers will not be able to save their own lives. ¹⁵ Archers will not stand their ground, fast runners will not get away, and men on horses will not escape with their lives. ¹⁶ On that day even the bravest soldiers will drop their weapons and run.” The Lord has spoken.

A Hymn of Praise^[a]