Jan 5th

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was scattered abroad.

Then Noah began to be a man of the land and planted a vineyard.

And he drank of the wine and became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

But Shem and Japheth took the garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Then Noah awoke from his wine, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

So he said,

And he said,

And Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

So all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, into their nations.

The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Now Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Mizraim was the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite

and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were scattered.

The border of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations.

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

Arpachshad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber.

Now two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah

and Obal and Abimael and Sheba

and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.

These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

Now the whole earth had the same language and the same words.

And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar.

And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have begun to do. So now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s language.”

So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was 100 years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Arpachshad lived 35 years and became the father of Shelah;

and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Shelah lived 30 years and became the father of Eber;

and Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Eber lived 34 years and became the father of Peleg;

and Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived 30 years and became the father of Reu;

and Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Reu lived 32 years and became the father of Serug;

and Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Serug lived 30 years and became the father of Nahor;

and Serug lived 200 years after he became the father of Nahor, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

Nahor lived 29 years and became the father of Terah;

and Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

And Terah lived 70 years and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’