Welcome to Shema

1. Welcome to Shema Bless the Lord! Bless the Lord who is worthy to be praised for all eternity!

2. Shema Israel, AdonaiEloheinu, AdonaiEchad. Baruch shemk’vodmalchutol’olamva’ed. Shema

3. Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One! Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom, forever and ever. Amein. Shema

4. Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchildwith the help of the LORD." Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Genesis 4

5. Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering;  but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.  Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

6. If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it."  Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

7. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.  When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."

8. Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear! Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."  So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

9. Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

10. Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.  Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Iradbecame the father of Mehujael, and Mehujaelbecame the father of Methushael, and Methushaelbecame the father of Lamech.

11. Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. Adahgave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

12. Lamech said to his wives, • "Adah and Zillah, • Listen to my voice, • You wives of Lamech, • Give heed to my speech, • For I have killed a man for wounding me; • And a boy for striking me; • If Cain is avenged sevenfold, • Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

13. Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, "God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him."  To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

14. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.  He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. Genesis 5

15. When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

16. Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh. Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

17. Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

18. Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

19. Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.  Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

20. Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

21. Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.  Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

22. Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.  Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.  So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

23. Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed."  Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

24. Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

25. Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,  that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Genesis 6:1-4

26. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

27. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month. Jeremiah 1:1-19

28. Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, • "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, • And before you were born I consecrated you; • I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

29. Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! • Behold, I do not know how to speak, • Because I am a youth." • But the LORD said to me, • "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' • Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,

30. And all that I command you, you shall speak. • "Do not be afraid of them, • For I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

31. Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, • "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. • "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, • To pluck up and to break down, • To destroy and to overthrow, • To build and to plant."

32. The word of the LORD came to me saying, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I see a rod of an almond tree."  Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it." •  The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north."

33.  Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.  For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares the LORD; "and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

34. Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

35.  Now go, write it on a tablet before them • And inscribe it on a scroll, • That it may serve in the time to come • As a witness forever. • For this is a rebellious people, false sons, • Sons who refuse to listen • To the instruction of the LORD; Isaiah 30:8-15

36. Who say to the seers, "You must not see visions"; • And to the prophets, "You must not prophesy to us what is right, • Speak to us pleasant words, • Prophesy illusions. • "Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, • Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."

37. By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. Hebrews 11:4

38. For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous. 1 John 3:11-12

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