A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

The Israelites received this report: “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.