Genesis 1

• 1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
• 3. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
• 4. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
• 5. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning-the first day.
• 6. And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
• 7. So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
• 8. God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.
• 9. And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
• 10. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
• 11. Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so.
• 12. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
• 13. And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.
• 14. And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,
• 15. and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
• 16. God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
• 17. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
• 18. to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
• 19. And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day.
• 20. And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
• 21. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
• 22. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
• 23. And there was evening, and there was morning-the fifth day.
• 24. And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
• 25. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
• 26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
• 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
• 28. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
• 29. Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
• 30. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
• 31. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.

Matthew 1

• 1. A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
• 2. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
• 3. Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
• 4. Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
• 5. Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
• 6. and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
• 7. Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
• 8. Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
• 9. Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
• 10. Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
• 11. and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
• 12. After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
• 13. Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
• 14. Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud,
• 15. Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
• 16. and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
• 17. Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
• 18. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
• 19. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
• 20. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
• 21. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
• 22. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
• 23. "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
• 24. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
• 25. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Ezra 1

• 1. In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing:
• 2. "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.
• 3. Anyone of his people among you-may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
• 4. And the people of any place where survivors may now be living are to provide him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.'"
• 5. Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites-everyone whose heart God had moved-prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
• 6. All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.
• 7. Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.
• 8. Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
• 9. This was the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans 29
• 10. gold bowls 30 matching silver bowls 410 other articles 1,000
• 11. In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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