From
the walls of Jericho to the genealogy of Jesus
Joshua chapter 2
1Now
Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy
secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”
So
they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged
there. 2And
it was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men have come
here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country.”
3So
the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who
have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to
search out all the country.”
4Then
the woman took the two men and hid them. So she said, “Yes, the men
came to me, but I did not know where they were from. 5And
it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the
men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly,
for you may overtake them.” 6(But
she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks
of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.) 7Then
the men pursued them by the road to the Jordan, to the fords. And as
soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
8Now
before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, 9and
said to the men: “I know that the Lord has
given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that
all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of
you. 10For
we have heard how the Lord dried
up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and
what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on
the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly
destroyed. 11And
as soon as we heard these
things, our
hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone
because of you, for the Lord your
God, He is God
in heaven above and on earth beneath. 12Now
therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord,
since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to
my father’s house, and give me true token, 13and
spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that
they have, and deliver our lives from death.”
14So
the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell
this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has
given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
15Then
she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on
the city wall; she dwelt on the wall. 16And
she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you.
Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward
you may go your way.”
17So
the men said to her: “We will
be blameless of
this oath of yours which you have made us swear, 18unless, when we
come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window
through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father,
your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your
own home. 19So
it shall be that whoever
goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall
be on
his own head, and we will
be guiltless.
And whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall
be on
our head if a hand is laid on him. 20And
if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free from
your oath which you made us swear.”
21Then
she said, “According to your words, so be it.”
And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet
cord in the window.
Joshua chapter 6
22But
Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go
into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that
she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23And
the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and
they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of
Israel.
Matthew chapter 1
1The genealogy
of
Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
2Abraham
begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his
brothers. 3Judah
begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot
Ram. 4Ram
begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot
Salmon. 5Salmon
begot
Boaz
by Rahab,
Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, 6and
Jesse begot David the king.
David
the king begot Solomon by her ho
had been the wife of
Uriah. 7Solomon
begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot
Asa. 8Asa
begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot
Uzziah. 9Uzziah
begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah
begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot
Amon,
and Amon begot Josiah. 11Josiah
begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried
away to Babylon.
12And
after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and
Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. 13Zerubbabel
begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. 14Azor
begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. 15Eliud
begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. 16And
Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is
called Christ.
