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JANUARY 4
JANUARY 4
Genealogies, like the one tracing the line from Shem to Abram, help the Israelites understand their origin
and their place in God’s story. God calls Abram from his idolatrous family (see Joshua 24:2) into His story
of redemption. This call, and the promise that his descendants would bear the promised Seed and bless all
nations, becomes the focal point of Abram’s life. God teaches Abram to have confidence in His promises
and walk by faith—a faith lived out by many of his forefathers and required of his descendants.
God’s promises to Abram involve a land, a son, a nation, and a blessing to all nations. Abram believes
God, and God considers him righteous. The altar that Abram builds when he arrives in Canaan echoes
the altar scenes of Abel and Noah and points forward to the sacrificial system given to the Israelites in the
wilderness. The Israelites could look back to God’s promises to Abram and to Abram’s faith journey to give
them assurance that God keeps His promises.
The Tower of Babel • GENESIS 11:1-9
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From Shem to Abram • GENESIS 11:10-26
1 CHRONICLES 1:24-27
So this is the family line descended from
Shem: Arphaxad, Shelah,* 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram, later
known as Abraham.
11:2 Hebrew Shinar. 11:9 Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew
term that means “confusion.” 11:10 Or the ancestor of; also in 11:12,
14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24. 11:11 Or the birth of this ancestor of; also in
11:13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25. 11:12-13 Greek version reads 12When
Arphaxad was 135 years old, he became the father of Cainan. 13After
the birth of Cainan, Arphaxad lived another 430 years and had other
sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan was 130 years
old, he became the father of Shelah. After the birth of Shelah, Cainan
lived another 330 years and had other sons and daughters, and then
he died. Compare Luke 3:35-36. 1:24 Some Greek manuscripts read
Arphaxad, Cainan, Shelah. See notes on Gen 10:24; 11:12-13.
END & NEW
BEGINNING
SILENT
RETURN
CAPTIVITY
Two years after the great flood, when Shem
was 100 years old, he became the father of*
Arphaxad. 11After the birth of* Arphaxad,
Shem lived another 500 years and had
other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became
the father of Shelah. 13After the birth of
Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years
and had other sons and daughters.*
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MISSIONS
This is the account of Shem’s family.
CHURCH
10
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became
the father of Eber. 15After the birth of Eber,
Shelah lived another 403 years and had
other sons and daughters.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the
father of Peleg. 17After the birth of Peleg,
Eber lived another 430 years and had other
sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the
father of Reu. 19After the birth of Reu, Peleg
lived another 209 years and had other sons
and daughters.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the
father of Serug. 21After the birth of Serug,
Reu lived another 207 years and had other
sons and daughters.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the
father of Nahor. 23After the birth of Nahor,
Serug lived another 200 years and had other
sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the
father of Terah. 25After the birth of Terah,
Nahor lived another 119 years and had other
sons and daughters.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the
father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
GOSPEL
At one time all the people of the world spoke the
same language and used the same words. 2As the
people migrated to the east, they found a plain in
the land of Babylonia* and settled there.
3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make
bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar
was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come,
let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower
that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over
the world.”
5 But the Lord came down to look at the city
and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!”
he said. “The people are united, and they all
speak the same language. After this, nothing
they set out to do will be impossible for them!
7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people
with different languages. Then they won’t be
able to understand each other.”
8 In that way, the Lord scattered them all over
the world, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why the city was called Babel,* because
that is where the Lord confused the people with
different languages. In this way he scattered
them all over the world.
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