I’m recording the King James Version of the Bible, one chapter at a time. I invite you to join me in listening. Here’s why:
1) The New Testament in the KJV is based on the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which I believe is the most trustworthy and original text of the New Testament books. The Received Text is the basis for other early English translations of the Bible during the Reformation period, including the Tyndale New Testament and the Coverdale Bible.
2) The King James Version of the Bible is renowned for its linguistic beauty.
3) There’s a certain power in reading Bible books as a whole. Bible-in-a-year plans can be great, but they have a few pitfalls:
• They typically chop the Bible up into unnatural parts (a reading from several books each day). This makes it harder to understand each book and remember it distinctly.
• If it’s not January 1, we aren’t as likely to start a Bible-in-a-year reading plan. Every day is an excellent day to start reading the Bible.
• At the end of the year — once we’ve completed reading the whole Bible — we might think we’re “done.” Our goal shouldn’t simply be to read the whole Bible; our goal should be to read the whole Bible and to read the Bible every day of our life. We’re never done.
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I’m recording the King James Version of the Bible, one chapter at a time. I invite you to join me in listening. Here’s why:
1) The New Testament in the KJV is based on the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which I believe is the most trustworthy and original text of the New Testament books. The Received Text is the basis for other early English translations of the Bible during the Reformation period, including the Tyndale New Testament and the Coverdale Bible.
2) The King James Version of the Bible is renowned for its linguistic beauty.
3) There’s a certain power in reading Bible books as a whole. Bible-in-a-year plans can be great, but they have a few pitfalls:
• They typically chop the Bible up into unnatural parts (a reading from several books each day). This makes it harder to understand each book and remember it distinctly.
• If it’s not January 1, we aren’t as likely to start a Bible-in-a-year reading plan. Every day is an excellent day to start reading the Bible.
• At the end of the year — once we’ve completed reading the whole Bible — we might think we’re “done.” Our goal shouldn’t simply be to read the whole Bible; our goal should be to read the whole Bible and to read the Bible every day of our life. We’re never done.
Genesis 34 is the account of Dinah and the Shechemites.
Jacob's daughter Dinah went out to visit the women of the land. Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite (the local ruler), “saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.” Shechem fell in love with Dinah and asked his father to arrange a marriage. Hamor approached Jacob about the marriage and proposed an alliance between their peoples, offering intermarriage and land.
Jacob’s sons, upon hearing what happened to their sister, were furious about the dishonor brought upon their family. When negotiating with Hamor and Shechem, Jacob’s sons proposed that all the men of the city must be circumcised before any marriage could take place. But it turned out to be a setup.
Shechem and Hamor agreed to this condition and convinced all the men of their city to undergo circumcision. While the men were recovering and in pain, two of Jacob’s sons — Simeon and Levi (Dinah’s full brothers) — attacked the city, killed all the men, and took Dinah home. The other brothers then plundered the city, taking wealth, livestock, women, and children.
Jacob chastises Simeon and Levi for endangering the family by making them odious to the surrounding peoples. But they defend their actions, asking, “Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?”
The KJV Audio Bible
I’m recording the King James Version of the Bible, one chapter at a time. I invite you to join me in listening. Here’s why:
1) The New Testament in the KJV is based on the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which I believe is the most trustworthy and original text of the New Testament books. The Received Text is the basis for other early English translations of the Bible during the Reformation period, including the Tyndale New Testament and the Coverdale Bible.
2) The King James Version of the Bible is renowned for its linguistic beauty.
3) There’s a certain power in reading Bible books as a whole. Bible-in-a-year plans can be great, but they have a few pitfalls:
• They typically chop the Bible up into unnatural parts (a reading from several books each day). This makes it harder to understand each book and remember it distinctly.
• If it’s not January 1, we aren’t as likely to start a Bible-in-a-year reading plan. Every day is an excellent day to start reading the Bible.
• At the end of the year — once we’ve completed reading the whole Bible — we might think we’re “done.” Our goal shouldn’t simply be to read the whole Bible; our goal should be to read the whole Bible and to read the Bible every day of our life. We’re never done.
