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name was Jubal, the first of all who play
the harp and flute. 22Lamech’s other
wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named
Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain
had a sister named Naamah. 23One day
Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.
24 If someone who kills Cain is
punished seven times,
then the one who kills me will be
punished seventy-seven times!”
25Adam had sexual relations with his
wife again, and she gave birth to another
son. She named him Seth,* for she said,
“God has granted me another son in
place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
26When Seth grew up, he had a son and
named him Enosh. At that time people
first began to worship the Lord by name.
3:8 Or Adam, and so throughout the chapter. 3:15 Or
bruise; also in 3:15b. 3:16 Or And though you will have
desire for your husband, / he will rule over you. 3:20 Eve
sounds like a Hebrew term that means “to give life.”
3:22 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam. 4:1a Or the
man; also in 4:25. 4:1b Or I have acquired. Cain sounds
like a Hebrew term that can mean “produce” or “acquire.”
4:8 As in Samaritan Pentateuch, Greek and Syriac versions,
and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic Text lacks “Let’s go out into the
fields.” 4:13 Or My sin. 4:16 Nod means “wandering.”
4:18 Or the ancestor of, and so throughout the verse.
4:25 Seth probably means “granted”; the name may also
mean “appointed.”
MATTHEW 2:13–3:6
After the wise men were gone, an angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the
child and his mother,” the angel said.
“Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the
child to kill him.”
14That night Joseph left for Egypt
with the child and Mary, his mother,
15 and they stayed there until Herod’s
death. This fulfilled what the Lord had
spoken through the prophet: “I called
my Son out of Egypt.”*
16Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted
him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys
in and around Bethlehem who were two
J A N U A R Y
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years old and under, based on the wise
men’s report of the star’s first appearance. 17Herod’s brutal action fulfilled
what God had spoken through the
prophet Jeremiah:
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“A cry was heard in Ramah—
weeping and great mourning.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted,
for they are dead.”*
19 When Herod died, an angel of the
Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt. 20“Get up!” the angel said. “Take
the child and his mother back to the
land of Israel, because those who were
trying to kill the child are dead.”
21So Joseph got up and returned to the
land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.
22But when he learned that the new ruler
of Judea was Herod’s son Archelaus, he
was afraid to go there. Then, after being
warned in a dream, he left for the region
of Galilee. 23 So the family went and lived
in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled
what the prophets had said: “He will be
called a Nazarene.”
3:1In those days John the Baptist came to
the Judean wilderness and began
preaching. His message was, 2“Repent
of your sins and turn to God, for the
Kingdom of Heaven is near.*” 3 The
prophet Isaiah was speaking about John
when he said,
“He is a voice shouting in the
wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s
coming!
Clear the road for him!’”*
4 John’s clothes were woven from
coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather
belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. 5People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all
over the Jordan Valley went out to see
and hear John. 6And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in
the Jordan River.
2:15 Hos 11:1. 2:18 Jer 31:15. 3:2 Or has come, or is
coming soon. 3:3 Isa 40:3 (Greek version).
