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   Bible Reading for January 09   
      
   Genesis 27   
   [1] And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so   
   that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My   
   son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. [2] And he said, Behold now, I   
   am old, I know not the day of my death: [3] Now therefore take, I pray thee,   
   thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some   
   venison; [4] And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,   
   that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. [5] And Rebekah   
   heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for   
   venison, and to bring it. [6] And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,   
   Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, [7] Bring me   
   venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the   
   LORD before my death. [8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to   
   that which I command thee.   
   [9] Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats;   
   and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: [10] And   
   thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee   
   before his death.   
   [11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy   
   man, and I am a smooth man:   
   [12] My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a   
   deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. [13] And his   
   mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go   
   fetch me them.   
   [14] And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother   
   made savoury meat, such as his father loved. [15] And Rebekah took goodly   
   raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them   
   upon Jacob her younger son: [16] And she put the skins of the kids of the   
   goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:   
   [17] And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into   
   the hand of her son Jacob.   
   [18] And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I;   
   who art thou, my son?   
   [19] And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done   
   according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,   
   that thy soul may bless me.   
   [20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so   
   quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. [21]   
   And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my   
   son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. [22] And Jacob went near unto   
   Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but   
   the hands are the hands of Esau. [23] And he discerned him not, because his   
   hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.   
   [24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. [25] And he   
   said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul   
   may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought   
   him wine, and he drank. [26] And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near   
   now, and kiss me, my son. [27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he   
   smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of   
   my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: [28] Therefore   
   God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty   
   of corn and wine: [29] Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be   
   lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be   
   every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. [30] And it   
   came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob   
   was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his   
   brother came in from his hunting. [31] And he also had made savoury meat, and   
   brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and   
   eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.   
   [32] And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy   
   son, thy firstborn Esau.   
   [33] And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath   
   taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest,   
   and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. [34] And when Esau heard   
   the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and   
   said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.   
   [35] And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy   
   blessing.   
   [36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me   
   these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken   
   away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? [37]   
   And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and   
   all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have   
   I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? [38] And Esau said   
   unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me   
   also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. [39] And Isaac his   
   father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness   
   of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; [40] And by thy sword shalt   
   thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou   
   shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.   
   [41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed   
   him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at   
   hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. [42] And these words of Esau her   
   elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son,   
   and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort   
   himself, purposing to kill thee.   
   [43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my   
   brother to Haran;   
   [44] And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; [45]   
   Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou   
   hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I   
   be deprived also of you both in one day? [46] And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am   
   weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the   
   daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what   
   good shall my life do me?   
      
   Genesis 28   
   [1] And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto   
   him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. [2] Arise, go to   
   Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife   
   from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.   
   [3] And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,   
   that thou mayest be a multitude of people; [4] And give thee the blessing of   
   Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land   
   wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.   
   [5] And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of   
   Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. [6]   
   When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram,   
   to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a   
   charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;   
   [7] And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to   
   Padan-aram;   
   [8] And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;   
   [9] Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath   
   the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.   
   [10] And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. [11] And he   
   lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was   
   set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows,   
   and lay down in that place to sleep. [12] And he dreamed, and behold a ladder   
   set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the   
   angels of God ascending and descending on it.   
   [13] And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of   
   Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee   
   will I give it, and to thy seed; [14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the   
   earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the   
   north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of   
   the earth be blessed. [15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in   
   all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I   
   will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.   
   [16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in   
   this place; and I knew it not.   
   [17] And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none   
   other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. [18] And Jacob   
   rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his   
   pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.   
   [19] And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city   
   was called Luz at the first.   
   [20] And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me   
   in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,   
   [21] So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD   
   be my God:   
   [22] And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and   
   of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.   
      
   Genesis 29   
   [1] Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of   
   the east.   
   [2] And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three   
   flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and   
   a great stone was upon the well's mouth. [3] And thither were all the flocks   
   gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the   
   sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.   
   [4] And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of   
   Haran are we.   
   [5] And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We   
   know him.   
   [6] And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold,   
   Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. [7] And he said, Lo, it is yet high   
   day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye   
   the sheep, and go and feed them. [8] And they said, We cannot, until all the   
   flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's   
   mouth; then we water the sheep. [9] And while he yet spake with them, Rachel   
   came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.   
   [10] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his   
   mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went   
   near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of   
   Laban his mother's brother.   
   [11] And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. [12] And   
   Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's   
   son: and she ran and told her father. [13] And it came to pass, when Laban   
   heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and   
   embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban   
   all these things. [14] And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my   
   flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. [15] And Laban said unto   
   Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for   
   nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? [16] And Laban had two daughters:   
   the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.   
   [17] Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. [18]   
   And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy   
   younger daughter.   
   [19] And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should   
   give her to another man: abide with me. [20] And Jacob served seven years for   
   Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.   
   [21] And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,   
   that I may go in unto her.   
   [22] And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.   
   [23] And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and   
   brought her to him; and he went in unto her. [24] And Laban gave unto his   
   daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. [25] And it came to pass, that   
   in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou   
   hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast   
   thou beguiled me? [26] And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,   
   to give the younger before the firstborn.   
   [27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which   
   thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. [28] And Jacob did so, and   
   fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.   
   [29] And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.   
   [30] And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,   
   and served with him yet seven other years. [31] And when the LORD saw that   
   Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.   
   [32] And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for   
   she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my   
   husband will love me.   
   [33] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath   
   heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she   
   called his name Simeon.   
   [34] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my   
   husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was   
   his name called Levi.   
   [35] And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise   
   the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.---   
      
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