January 6 (Genesis 11–12; Psalm 6; Matthew 8)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Ray Ortlund

Crossway

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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❖ Follow along with today's reading: www.esv.org/Genesis11–12;Psalm6;Matthew8 ❖ The English Standard Version (ESV) is an 'essentially literal' translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. ❖ To learn more about the ESV and other audio resources, please visit www.ESV.org

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Genesis.
0:04.4	Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
0:09.6	And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
0:17.7	And they said to one another, come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for
0:25.4	stone and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its
0:34.4	top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed
0:40.3	over the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower,
0:46.0	which the children of man had built. And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning
0:57.8	of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
1:04.7	Come, let us go down, and they are confused their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.
1:13.5	So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building
1:19.8	the city. Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord
1:30.8	dispersed them over the face of all the earth. These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was
1:39.1	100 years old, he fathered Arpachad two years after the flood, and Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he fathered
1:46.4	Arpachad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. When Arpachad had lived 35 years,
1:54.7	he fathered Sheila. And Arpachad lived after he fathered Sheila, 403 years, and had other sons and daughters.
2:03.7	When Sheila had lived 30 years, he fathered Iber.
2:08.4	And Sheila lived after he fathered Iber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
2:14.4	When Iber had lived 34 years, he fathered Pelig. And Iber lived after he fathered
2:21.6	Pelig four hundred and thirty years and had other sons and daughters. When Pelig had lived
2:27.5	30 years, he fathered Riyu. And Pellig lived after he fathered Riyu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
2:37.3	When Riyu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.
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