Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3. Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4. And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." 5. But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6. And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7. "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech." 8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. 10. This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11. After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 12. Arphaxad lived thirty–five years, and begot Salah. 13. After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. 14. Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 15. After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. 16. Eber lived thirty–four years, and begot Peleg. 17. After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. 18. Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 19. After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. 20. Reu lived thirty–two years, and begot Serug. 21. After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. 22. Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 23. After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. 24. Nahor lived twenty–nine years, and begot Terah. 25. After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. 26. Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27. This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28. And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29. Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31. And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter–in–law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32. So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
1. Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. 2. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 4. So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy–five years old when he departed from Haran. 5. Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan. 6. Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. 7. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8. And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9. So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
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These are the heads of their fathers’ houses , and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2. of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush; 3. of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males; 4. of the sons of Pahath–Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males; 5. of the sons of Shechaniah, Ben–Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males; 6. of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males; 7. of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males; 8. of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males; 9. of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males; 10. of the sons of Shelomith, Ben–Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males; 11. of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty–eight males; 12. of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males; 13. of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these––Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah––and with them sixty males; 14. also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 15. Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. 16. Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding. 17. And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia––that they should bring us servants for the house of our God. 18. Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men; 19. and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men; 20. also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name. 21. Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions. 22. For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him." 23. So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. 24. And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests––Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them–– 25. and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered. 26. I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold, 27. twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold. 28. And I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers. 29. "Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD." 30. So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. 31. Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road. 32. So we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. 33. Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, 34. with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time. 35. The children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety–six rams, seventy–seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD. 36. And they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.
1. "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2. "Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3. "But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4. "that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. 5. "And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6. "But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place ; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7. "And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do . For they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8. "Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9. "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11. Give us this day our daily bread. 12. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. 14. "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15. "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16. "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17. "But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18. "so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place ; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.