Genealogy

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph, — read the full passage →

And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

And these <FI>are<Fi> heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon. — read the full passage →

These <FI>are<Fi> births of Shem: Shem <FI>is<Fi> a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, — read the full passage →

for <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David <FI>are<Fi> fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

Sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother: — read the full passage →

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

the <FI>son<Fi> of Judah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jacob, the <FI>son<Fi> of Isaac, the <FI>son<Fi> of Abraham, the <FI>son<Fi> of Terah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nahor, — read the full passage →

And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel,

And sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Keturah.

These <FI>are<Fi> heads of the house of their fathers: Sons of Reuben first-born of Israel <FI>are<Fi> Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these <FI>are<Fi> families of Reuben. — read the full passage →

And sons of Dan: Hushim. — read the full passage →

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham; — read the full passage →

and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged, — read the full passage →

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

the <FI>son<Fi> of Joanna, the <FI>son<Fi> of Rhesa, the <FI>son<Fi> of Zerubbabel, the <FI>son<Fi> of Shealtiel,

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves, — read the full passage →

and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her <FI>who had been<Fi> Uriah's,

Lo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth. — read the full passage →

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →

And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam <FI>are<Fi> all the days;

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> under curtains;' — read the full passage →

And sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. — read the full passage →

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. — read the full passage →

And these <FI>are<Fi> births of Esau, who <FI>is<Fi> Edom. — read the full passage →

And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

`I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

`And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them,

by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of God our Saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but--to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And he came to Derbe and Lystra, and lo, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus son of a certain woman, a believing Jewess, but of a father, a Greek, — read the full passage →

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him <FI>his<Fi> hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me--Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming--that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which <FI>is<Fi> Emmaus, — read the full passage →

but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the <FI>day<Fi> following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

the <FI>son<Fi> of Salah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Cainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Arphaxad, the <FI>son<Fi> of Shem, the <FI>son<Fi> of Noah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Lamech, — read the full passage →

and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests--there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar--Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene-- — read the full passage →

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have--Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

Adam, Sheth, Enosh, — read the full passage →

for <FI>it is<Fi> evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said--`The Christ--when he may come--will he do more signs than these that this one did?'

this one was in the beginning with God;