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January 29 - Old & New Testament
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Genesis 29,30
Jacob Meets Rachel
1 Then Jacob (F1)set out on his journey, and went to the land of (C1)the (F2)people of the east.2 He looked, and (F1)saw (C1)a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, because they watered the flocks from that well. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.3 When all the flocks were gathered there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well.
4 Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from (C1)Haran."5 So he said to them, "Do you know Laban the (C1)son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."6 And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is his daughter (C1)Rachel coming with the sheep."7 Then he said, "Look, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them."8 But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."
9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.10 When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of his mother's brother Laban, and the sheep of his mother's brother Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of his mother's brother Laban.11 Then Jacob (C1)kissed Rachel, and raised his voice and wept.12 Jacob told Rachel that he was a (C1)relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's son, and (C2)she ran and told her father.
13 So when (C1)Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and (C2)embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things.14 And Laban said to him, "You certainly are (C1)my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.
15 Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall (C1)your wages be?"16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.17 And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was (C1)beautiful in figure and appearance.18 Now Jacob (C1)loved Rachel, so he said, "(C2)I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days (C1)because of his love for her.
Laban's Treachery
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my (F1)time is completed, that I may (C1)have relations with her."22 So Laban gathered all the people of the place and held a feast.23 Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and Jacob had relations with her.24 Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave.25 So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, "(C1)What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you (C2)deceived me?"26 But Laban said, "It is not (F1)the practice in our place to (F2)marry off the younger before the firstborn.27 "Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which (C1)you shall serve with me, for another seven years."28 Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.29 Laban also gave his female slave Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her slave.30 So Jacob had relations with Rachel also, and indeed (C1)he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with (F1)Laban for (C2)another seven years.
31 Now the LORD saw that Leah was (F1)unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was unable to have children.32 Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and named him (F1)Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has (F2)(C1)seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me."33 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and said, "(C1)Because the LORD has (F1)heard that I am (F2)unloved, He has therefore given me this son also." So she named him Simeon.34 And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will become (F1)attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore he was named (C1)Levi.35 And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, and said, "This time I will (F1)praise the LORD." Therefore she named him (F2)(C1)Judah. Then she stopped having children.
The Sons of Jacob
1 Now when Rachel saw that (C1)she had not borne Jacob any children, (F1)she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, "(C2)Give me children, or else I am going to die."2 Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has (C1)withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"3 Then she said, "(C1)Here is my female slave Bilhah: have relations with her that she may (C2)give birth (F1)on my knees, so that (F2)(C1)by her I too may obtain a child."4 So (C1)she gave him her slave Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had relations with her.5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.6 Then Rachel said, "God has (F1)(C1)vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she named him (F2)Dan.7 And Rachel's slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.8 So Rachel said, "With (F1)mighty wrestling I have (F2)wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." And she named him Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.10 And Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.11 Then Leah said, "(F1)How fortunate!" So she named him (F2)Gad.12 And Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.13 Then Leah said, "(F1)Happy am I! For women (C1)will call me happy." So she named him (F2)Asher.
14 Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found (C1)mandrake fruits in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."15 But she said to her, "Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son's mandrakes also?" So Rachel said, "Therefore he may sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."16 When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night.17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.18 Then Leah said, "God has given me my (F1)reward, because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar.19 And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.20 Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband (F1)will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.21 Afterward she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Then (C1)God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (C2)opened her womb.23 So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, "God has (C1)taken away my disgrace."24 And she named him Joseph, saying, "(C1)May the LORD (F1)give me another son."
Jacob Prospers
25 Now it came about, when Rachel had given birth to Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "(C1)Send me away, so that I may go to my own place and to my own country.26 "Give me my wives and my children (C1)for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you yourself know my service which I have (F1)rendered you."27 But Laban said to him, "If (F1)it pleases you at all, stay with me; I have determined by divination (C1)that the LORD has blessed me on your account."28 He (F1)continued, "(C1)Name me your wages, and I will give them."29 But Jacob said to him, "(C1)You yourself know how I have served you and how your livestock have (F1)fared with me.30 "For you had little before (F1)I came, and it has (F2)increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you (F3)wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?"31 So he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock:32 let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every (C1)speckled or spotted sheep and every black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted or speckled among the goats; and those shall be my wages.33 "So my (F1)honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my (F2)wages. Every one that is not speckled or spotted among the goats, or black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen."34 Laban said, "(F1)Good, let it be according to your word."35 So he removed on that day the striped or spotted male goats, and all the speckled or spotted female goats, every one with white on it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and put them in the (F1)care of his sons.36 And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 Then Jacob (F1)took fresh rods of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was (F2)in the rods.38 He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the drinking troughs, that is, in the watering channels where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.39 So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks delivered striped, speckled, and spotted offspring.40 Then Jacob separated the lambs, and (F1)made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban's flock.41 Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the drinking troughs, so that they would mate by the rods;42 but when the flock was sickly, he did not put them in; so the sickly were Laban's, and the stronger were Jacob's.43 So (C1)the man (F1)became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
Matthew 19
Chapter 19
Concerning Divorce
1 (C1)When Jesus had finished these words, He left Galilee and (C2)came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;2 and (F1)large crowds followed Him, and (C1)He healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to (F1)Jesus, testing Him and (F2)asking, "(C1)Is it lawful for a man to (F3)divorce his wife for any reason at all?"4 And He answered and said, "Have you not read (C1)that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,5 and said, '(C1)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND (C2)THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate."7 They (*)said to Him, "(C1)Why, then, did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND HER AWAY?"8 He (*)said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to (F1)divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.9 "And I say to you, (C1)whoever (F1)divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman (F2)commits adultery(F3)."
10 The disciples (*)said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry."11 But He said to them, "(C1)Not all men can accept this statement, but (C2)only those to whom it has been given.12 "For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this, let him accept it."
Jesus Blesses Little Children
13 (C1)Then some children were brought to Him so that He would lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.14 But Jesus said, "(F1)(C1)Leave the children alone, and do not (F2)forbid them to come to Me; for (C2)the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."15 After laying His hands on them, He departed from there.
The Rich Young Ruler
16 (C1)And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do so that I may obtain (C2)eternal life?"17 And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but (C1)if you want to enter life, keep the commandments."18 Then he (*)said to Him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "(C1)YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY;19 (C1)HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and (C2)YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."20 The young man (*)said to Him, "All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?"21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be (F1)complete, go and (C1)sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have (C2)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.
23 And Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I say to you, (C1)it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.24 "And again I say to you, (C1)it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?"26 And looking at them, Jesus said to them, "(C1)With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
The Disciples' Reward
27 Then Peter responded and said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?"28 And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the (F1)regeneration when (C1)the Son of Man will sit on (F2)His glorious throne, (C2)you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.29 "And (C1)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother (F1)or children or farms on account of My name, will receive (F2)many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.30 "(C1)But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.
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