Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2. And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 3. These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; 4. and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. 5. And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6. Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7. The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; 8. and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9. Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain." 10. And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested. 11. Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12. And Eshton begot Beth–Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–Nahash. These were the men of Rechah. 13. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath, 14. and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen. 15. The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz. 16. The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17. The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18. (His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 19. The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20. And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben–Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben–Zoheth. 21. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; 22. also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi–Lehem. Now the records are ancient. 23. These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24. The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul, 25. Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. 26. And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. 27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah. 28. They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31. Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32. And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan––five cities–– 33. and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy: 34. Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; 35. Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; 36. Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah; 37. Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah–– 38. these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly. 39. So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40. And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there. 41. These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42. Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43. And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
1. Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2. While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3. Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. 5. In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6. Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other. 7. The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom." 8. Now all the king’s wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. 9. Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished. 10. The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came to the banquet hall. The queen spoke, saying, "O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change. 11. "There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father––your father the king––made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. 12. "Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation." 13. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke, and said to Daniel, " Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? 14. "I have heard of you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. 15. "Now the wise men , the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not give the interpretation of the thing. 16. "And I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and explain enigmas. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom." 17. Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18. "O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. 19. "And because of the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20. "But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21. "Then he was driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22. "But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23. "And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24. "Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25. "And this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26. "This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27. "TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28. "PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians." 29. Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30. That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty–two years old.
1. Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2. And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3. Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4. "I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5. "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 6. When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7. And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. 8. Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?" 9. Some said, "This is he. " Others said , "He is like him." He said, "I am he ." 10. Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?" 11. He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight." 12. Then they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know." 13. They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14. Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15. Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16. Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17. They said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 18. But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19. And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20. His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21. "but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself." 22. His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. 23. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."