Genesis 4-7; Psalms 2 - Prayer Tents

Genesis 4

Cain and Abel

4Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, "With the LORD's help, I have produced a man!"H120H3045H853H2332H802H2029H3205H853H7014H559H7069H376H854H30682Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.H3254H3205H251H1893H1893H7462H6629H7014H5647H1273When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.H7093H3117H7014H935H6529H127H4503H30684Abel also brought a gift—the best of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his gift,H1893H1931H935H1062H6629H2459H3068H8159H1893H45035but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.H7014H4503H8159H7014H3966H2734H6440H53076"Why are you so angry?" the LORD asked Cain. "Why do you look so dejected?H3068H559H7014H2734H6440H53077You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master."H518H3190H7613H3190H2403H7257H6607H8669H49108One day Cain suggested to his brother, "Let's go out into the fields." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.H7014H559H413H1893H251H7704H7014H6965H413H1893H251H20269Afterward the LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?"H3068H559H7014H335H1893H251H559H3045H251H810410But the LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!H559H4100H6213H6963H251H1818H6817H12711Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.H779H127H6475H6310H3947H251H1818H302712No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."H3588H5647H127H3254H5414H3581H5128H5110H77613Cain replied to the LORD, "My punishment is too great for me to bear!H7014H559H3068H5771H1419H537514You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"H1644H3117H6440H127H5921H6440H5641H5128H5110H776H1961H4672H202615The LORD replied, "No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.H3068H559H3651H2026H7014H5358H7659H3068H7760H226H7014H1115H4672H522116So Cain left the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.H7014H3318H6440H3068H3427H776H5113H6926H5731

The Descendants of Cain

17Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.H7014H3045H802H2029H3205H2585H1129H5892H7121H8034H5892H8034H1121H258518Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.H2585H3205H5897H5897H3205H4232H4232H3205H4967H4967H3205H392919Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.H3929H3947H8147H802H8034H259H5711H8034H8145H674120Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.H5711H3205H2989H1H3427H168H473521His brother's name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.H251H8034H3106H1H8610H3658H574822Lamech'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.H6741H3205H8423H3913H2794H5178H1270H269H8423H527923One 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.H3929H559H802H5711H6741H8085H6963H802H3929H238H565H2026H376H6482H3206H225024If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"H3588H7014H5358H7659H3929H7657H7651

The Birth of Seth

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."H120H3045H802H5750H3205H1121H7121H8034H8352H430H7896H312H2233H8478H1893H3588H7014H202626When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.H8352H1931H3205H1121H7121H8034H583H2490H7121H8034H3068

Genesis 5

The Descendants of Adam

5This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.H2088H5612H8435H121H3117H430H1254H120H1823H430H62132He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."H2145H5347H1254H1288H7121H8034H120H3117H12543When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.H121H2421H3967H7970H8141H3205H1823H6754H7121H8034H83524After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3117H121H310H3205H8352H8083H3967H8141H3205H1121H13235Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.H3117H121H2425H8672H3967H8141H7970H8141H41916When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.H8352H2421H3967H8141H2568H8141H3205H5837After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H8352H2421H310H3205H583H8083H3967H8141H7651H8141H3205H1121H13238Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.H3117H8352H8672H3967H8141H6240H8147H8141H41919When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.H583H2421H8673H8141H3205H701810After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H583H2421H310H3205H7018H8083H3967H8141H6240H2568H8141H3205H1121H132311Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.H3117H583H8672H3967H8141H2568H8141H419112When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.H7018H2421H7657H8141H3205H411113After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived another 840 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H7018H2421H310H3205H4111H8083H3967H8141H705H8141H3205H1121H132314Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.H3117H7018H8672H3967H8141H6235H8141H419115When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.H4111H2421H8346H8141H2568H8141H3205H338216After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H4111H2421H310H3205H3382H8083H3967H8141H7970H8141H3205H1121H132317Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.H3117H4111H8083H3967H8141H8673H2568H8141H419118When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.H3382H2421H3967H8346H8141H8147H8141H3205H258519After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3382H2421H310H3205H2585H8083H3967H8141H3205H1121H132320Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.H3117H3382H8672H3967H8141H8346H8147H8141H419121When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.H2585H2421H8346H2568H8141H3205H496822After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H2585H1980H854H430H310H3205H853H4968H7969H3967H8141H3205H1121H132323Enoch lived 365 years,H3117H2585H7969H3967H8141H8346H2568H814124walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.H2585H1980H430H430H394725When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.H4968H2421H3967H8141H8084H7651H8141H3205H392926After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H4968H2421H310H3205H3929H7651H3967H8141H8084H8147H8141H3205H1121H132327Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.H3117H4968H8672H3967H8141H8346H8672H8141H419128When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.H3929H2421H3967H8141H8084H8147H8141H3205H112129Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed."H7121H8034H5146H559H5162H4639H6093H3027H4480H127H3068H77930After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3929H2421H310H3205H5146H2568H3967H8141H8673H2568H8141H3205H1121H132331Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.H3117H3929H7651H3967H8141H7657H7651H8141H419132By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H5146H2568H3967H8141H1121H5146H3205H8035H2526H3315

Genesis 6

A World Gone Wrong

6Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.H120H2490H7231H5921H6440H127H1323H3205 2The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.H1121H430H7200H1323H120H2007H2896H3947H802H977 3Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."H3068H559H7307H5769H1777H120H1571H1320H7683H3117H3967H6242H8141 4In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.H5303H776H3117H310H3651H834H1121H430H935H1323H120H3205H1992H1368H5769H582H8034 5The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.H3068H7200H7451H120H7227H776H3336H4284H3820H7535H7451H3117 6So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.H5162H3068H6213H120H776H6087H413H3820 7And the LORD said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them."H3068H559H4229H120H1254H6440H127H120H5704H929H7431H5775H8064H5162H6213 8But Noah found favor with the LORD.H5146H4672H2580H5869H3068

The Story of Noah

9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.H8435H5146H5146H6662H376H8549H1755H5146H1980H430 10Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H5146H3205H7969H1121H8035H2526H3315 11Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.H776H7843H6440H430H776H4390H2555 12God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.H430H7200H776H7843H1320H7843H1870H776 13So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!H430H559H5146H7093H1320H935H6440H776H4390H2555H6440H7843H854H776 14"Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.H6213H8392H1613H6086H7064H6213H854H8392H3722H1004H2351H3724 15Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.H6213H753H8392H7969H3967H520H7341H2572H520H6967H7970H520 16Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.H6672H6213H8392H520H3615H4605H6607H8392H7760H6654H8482H8145H7992H6213 17"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.H2009H589H935H3999H4325H776H7843H1320H7307H2416H8478H8064H3605H776H1478 18But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.H6965H1285H935H413H8392H859H1121H802H1121H802 19Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.H2416H1320H8147H935H8392H2421H2145H5347 20Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.H5775H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H8147H935H2421 21And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals."H3947H3978H398H622H402 22So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.H6213H5146H430H6680H6213

Genesis 7

The Flood Covers the Earth

7When everything was ready, the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.H3068H559H5146H935H1004H8392H7200H6662H6440H2088H17552Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.H2889H929H3947H7651H7651H376H802H929H2889H1931H8147H376H8023Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.H5775H8064H7651H7651H2145H5347H2421H2233H2421H6440H7764Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."H5750H7651H3117H4305H776H705H3117H705H3915H3605H3351H6213H4229H5921H6440H1275So Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him.H5146H6213H3068H66806Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.H5146H8337H3967H8141H1121H3999H4325H7767He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.H5146H935H1121H802H1121H802H8392H6440H4325H39998With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.H2889H929H929H2889H5775H7430H1279They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.H935H8147H8147H5146H8392H2145H5347H834H430H6680H514610After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.H7651H3117H4325H3999H77611When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.H8141H8337H3967H8141H5146H2416H8145H2320H7651H6240H3117H2320H2088H3117H4599H7227H8415H1234H699H8064H660512The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.H1653H776H705H3117H705H391513That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.H6106H3117H935H5146H8035H2526H3315H1121H5146H5146H802H7969H802H1121H839214With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.H1992H2416H4327H929H4327H7431H7430H776H4327H5775H4327H6833H367115Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.H935H5146H8392H8147H8147H1320H834H7307H241616A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD closed the door behind them.H935H935H2145H5347H1320H430H6680H3068H546217For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.H3999H705H3117H776H4325H7235H5375H8392H7311H77618As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.H4325H1396H7235H3966H776H8392H3212H6440H432519Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,H4325H1396H3966H3966H776H1364H2022H8478H8064H368020rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.H6240H2568H520H4605H4325H1396H2022H368021All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.H1320H1478H7430H776H5775H929H2416H8318H8317H776H12022Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.H639H5397H7307H2416H2724H419123God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.H3351H4229H6440H127H120H929H7431H5775H8064H4229H776H5146H389H7604H834H839224And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.H4325H1396H776H3967H2572H3117

Psalms 2

2Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?H1471H7283H3816H1897H73852The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one.H4428H776H3320H7336H3245H3162H3068H48993"Let us break their chains," they cry, "and free ourselves from slavery to God."H5423H4147H5423H7993H56884But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.H3427H8064H7832H136H39325Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury.H1696H639H926H27406For the Lord declares, "I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain."H5258H4428H6944H2022H67267The king proclaims the LORD's decree: "The LORD said to me, 'You are my son. Today I have become your Father.H5608H2706H3068H559H1121H3117H32058Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.H7592H5414H1471H5159H657H776H2729You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.'"H7489H7626H1270H5310H3335H362710Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth!H7919H4428H3256H8199H77611Serve the LORD with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.H5647H3068H3374H1523H746112Submit to God's royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!H5401H1248H599H6H1870H639H1197H4592H835H2620