The Message Prayerful Reading Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 34
G enesis 1 1
24-25Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had
Eber. Eber had two sons, P
eleg (so named
because in his days the human race divided)
and Joktan.
26-30 Jokt an had A lm od ad, S hel eph,
Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and
Jobab—all sons of Joktan. Their land goes
from Mesha toward S
ephar as far as the
mountain ranges in the east.
31 These are the descendants of Shem by
family, language, country, and nation.
32 This is the
family tree of the sons of
Noah as they developed into nations. From
them nations developed all across the Earth
after the flood.
“God Turned Their Language
into ‘Babble’ ”
1 -2 At one time, the whole Earth spoke
the same language. It so happened
that as they moved out of the east, they came
upon a plain in the land of S
hinar and settled
down.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s
make bricks and fire them well.” They used
brick for stone and tar for mortar.
4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven.
Let’s make ourselves famous so we won’t be
scattered here and there across the Earth.”
5 God came down to look over the city and
the tower those people had built.
6-9 God took one look and said, “One
people, one language; why, this is only a first
step. No telling what they’ll come up with
next—they’ll stop at nothing! Come, we’ll go
down and garble their speech so they w
on’t
understand each other.” Then God scattered
them from there all over the world. And they
had to quit building the city. That’s how it
came to be called Babel, because there God
turned their language into “babble.” From
there God scattered them all over the world.
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d d d
This is the story of Shem. When Shem
was 100 years old, he had A
rphaxad. It
was two years after the flood. After he had
Arphaxad, he lived 500 more years and had
other sons and daughters.
12-13 When Arphaxad was thirty-five years
old, he had Shelah. After Arphaxad had
Shelah, he lived 403 more years and had
other sons and daughters.
14-15 When
Shelah was thirty years old,
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he had Eber. After Shelah had Eber, he lived
403 more years and had other sons and
daughters.
16-17 When Eber was thirty-four years old,
he had Peleg. After Eber had Peleg, he lived
430 more years and had other sons and
daughters.
18-19 When P
eleg was thirty years old, he
had Reu. After he had Reu, he lived 209 more
years and had other sons and daughters.
20-21 When Reu was thirty-two years old,
he had Serug. After Reu had S
erug, he lived
207 more years and had other sons and
daughters.
22-23 When S
erug was thirty years old, he
had Nahor. After Serug had Nahor, he lived
200 more years and had other sons and
daughters.
24-25 When Nahor was twenty-nine years
old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he
lived 119 more years and had other sons and
daughters.
26 When T
erah was seventy years old, he
had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
The Family Tree of Terah
This is the story of Terah. Terah had
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Haran had Lot. H
aran died before his father, Terah, in the country of his family, Ur
of the Chaldees.
29 Abram and N
ahor each got married.
Abram’s wife was S
arai; N
ahor’s wife was
Milcah, the daughter of his brother H
aran.
Haran had two daughters, Milcah and Iscah.
30Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (
Ha
r an’s son), and
Sa
r ai his
daughter-in-law (his son A
bram’s wife) and
set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for
the land of C
anaan. But when they got as far
as Haran, they settled down there.
32Terah lived 205 years. He died in Haran.
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Abram and Sarai
1 God told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s
home for a land that I will show you.
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2-3 I’ll
make you a great nation
and bless you.
I’ll make you famous;
you’ll be a blessing.
I’ll bless those who bless you;
those who curse you I’ll curse.
All the families of the Earth
will be blessed through you.”