Jan.
27
Genesis
27
Gen
27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so
that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him,
"My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
Gen
27:2 He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my
death.
Gen
27:3 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your
bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
Gen
27:4 Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."
Gen
27:5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to
the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Gen
27:6 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard
your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
Gen
27:7 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and
bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
Gen
27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command you.
Gen
27:9 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the
goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he
loves.
Gen
27:10 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he
may bless you before his death."
Gen
27:11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my
brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Gen
27:12 What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a
deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
Gen
27:13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son.
Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
Gen
27:14 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His
mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
Gen
27:15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which
were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
Gen
27:16 She put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and
on the smooth of his neck.
Gen
27:17 She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Gen
27:18 He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He
said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
Gen
27:19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I
have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my
venison, that your soul may bless me."
Gen
27:20 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it
so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave
me success."
Gen
27:21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel
you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
Gen
27:22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said,
"The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of
Esau."
Gen
27:23 He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like
his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
Gen
27:24 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I
am."
Gen
27:25 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him,
and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen
27:26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss
me, my son."
Gen
27:27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his
clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my
son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
Gen
27:28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
Gen
27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord
over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be
everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
Gen
27:30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen
27:31 He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He
said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's
venison, that your soul may bless me."
Gen
27:32 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He
said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
Gen
27:33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who
has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
Gen
27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an
exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless
me, even me also, my father."
Gen
27:35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken
away your blessing."
Gen
27:36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has
supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now
he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you
reserved a blessing for me?"
Gen
27:37 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord,
and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and
new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"
Gen
27:38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my
father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his
voice, and wept.
Gen
27:39 Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of
the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from
above.
Gen
27:40 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his
yoke from off your neck."
Gen
27:41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father
blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for
my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Gen
27:42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She
sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold,
your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
Gen
27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my
brother, in Haran.
Gen
27:44 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns
away;
Gen
27:45 until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets
what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there.
Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
Gen
27:46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of
the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of
Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my
life do me?"
Jan. 27, 28
Matthew 14
Mat 14:1 At that time,
Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
Mat 14:2 and said to
his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the
dead. That is why these powers work in him."
Mat 14:3 For Herod had
laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake
of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Mat 14:4 For John said
to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Mat 14:5 When he would
have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted
him as a prophet.
Mat 14:6 But when
Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and
pleased Herod.
Mat 14:7 Whereupon he
promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
Mat 14:8 She, being
prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the
head of John the Baptizer."
Mat 14:9 The king was
grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the
table with him, he commanded it to be given,
Mat 14:10 and he sent
and beheaded John in the prison.
Mat 14:11 His head was
brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it
to her mother.
Mat 14:12 His disciples
came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
Mat 14:13 Now when
Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted
place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot
from the cities.
Mat 14:14 Jesus went
out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and
healed their sick.
Mat 14:15 When evening
had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is
deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away,
that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
Mat 14:16 But Jesus
said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them
something to eat."
Mat 14:17 They told
him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."
Mat 14:18 He said,
"Bring them here to me."
Mat 14:19 He commanded
the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves
and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and
gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the
multitudes.
Mat 14:20 They all ate,
and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which
remained left over from the broken pieces.
Mat 14:21 Those who ate
were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Mat 14:22 Immediately
Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to
the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Mat 14:23 After he had
sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to
pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
Mat 14:24 But the boat
was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the
wind was contrary.
Mat 14:25 In the fourth
watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
Mat 14:26 When the
disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying,
"It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
Mat 14:27 But
immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! It is I!
Don't be afraid."
Mat 14:28 Peter
answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come
to you on the waters."
Mat 14:29 He said,
"Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the
waters to come to Jesus.
Mat 14:30 But when he
saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink,
he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
Mat 14:31 Immediately
Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You
of little faith, why did you doubt?"
Mat 14:32 When they got
up into the boat, the wind ceased.
Mat 14:33 Those who
were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly
the Son of God!"
Mat 14:34 When they had
crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.
Mat 14:35 When the
people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that
surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,
Mat 14:36 and they
begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As
many as touched it were made whole.