Praying

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.


2. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.


3. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.


4. And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.


5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.


6. And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”


7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram.
4 Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6 Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph.
8 Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah.
9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah.
11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile.
12 After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor.
14 Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud.
15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob.
16 Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations;
from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.




All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds –

The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful –


Master of the Day of Judgment.


You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help.

Guide us to the straight path –


The path of those who have received Your grace; not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or gone astray.