Feb.
1
Genesis
32
Gen
32:1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Gen
32:2 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army."
He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Gen
32:3 Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to
the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
Gen
32:4 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my
lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as
a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
Gen
32:5 I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female
servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your
sight.' "
Gen
32:6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your
brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four
hundred men with him."
Gen
32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided
the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the
camels, into two companies;
Gen
32:8 and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and
strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."
Gen
32:9 Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to
your relatives, and I will do you good,'
Gen
32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and
of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just
my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two
companies.
Gen
32:11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand
of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers
with the children.
Gen
32:12 You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as
the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so
many.' "
Gen
32:13 He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had
with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
Gen
32:14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred
ewes and twenty rams,
Gen
32:15 thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls,
twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
Gen
32:16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd
by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and
put a space between herd and herd."
Gen
32:17 He commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau, my
brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are
you going? Whose are these before you?'
Gen
32:18 Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a
present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.' "
Gen
32:19 He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that
followed the herds, saying, "This is how you shall speak to
Esau, when you find him.
Gen
32:20 You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant,
Jacob, is behind us.' " For, he said, "I will appease him
with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his
face. Perhaps he will accept me."
Gen
32:21 So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged
that night in the camp.
Gen
32:22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the
Jabbok.
Gen
32:23 He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over
that which he had.
Gen
32:24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the
breaking of the day.
Gen
32:25 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as
he wrestled.
Gen
32:26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob
said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
Gen
32:27 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said,
"Jacob."
Gen
32:28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but
Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have
prevailed."
Gen
32:29 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He
said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed
him there.
Gen
32:30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
Gen
32:31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped
because of his thigh.
Gen
32:32 Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of the
hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.
Feb. 1, 2, 3
Matthew 17
Mat 17:1 After six
days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and
brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
Mat 17:2 He was
transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his
garments became as white as the light.
Mat 17:3 Behold, Moses
and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
Mat 17:4 Peter
answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be
here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."
Mat 17:5 While he was
still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
Mat 17:6 When the
disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
Mat 17:7 Jesus came and
touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
Mat 17:8 Lifting up
their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
Mat 17:9 As they were
coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't
tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the
dead."
Mat 17:10 His disciples
asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must
come first?"
Mat 17:11 Jesus
answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all
things,
Mat 17:12 but I tell
you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but
did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also
suffer by them."
Mat 17:13 Then the
disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Mat 17:14 When they
came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him,
saying,
Mat 17:15 "Lord,
have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Mat 17:16 So I brought
him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Mat 17:17 Jesus
answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be
with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
Mat 17:18 Jesus rebuked
him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
Mat 17:19 Then the
disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we
able to cast it out?"
Mat 17:20 He said to
them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you,
if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you.
Mat 17:21 But this kind
doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
Mat 17:22 While they
were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is
about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
Mat 17:23 and they will
kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were
exceedingly sorry.
Mat 17:24 When they had
come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to
Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
Mat 17:25 He said,
"Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him,
saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the
earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from
strangers?"
Mat 17:26 Peter said to
him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, "Therefore
the children are exempt.
Mat 17:27 But, lest we
cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the
first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will
find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."