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Bible Reading for January 10
Genesis 30
[1] And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. [2] And Jacob's
anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath
withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? [3] And she said, Behold my maid
Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees that I may also have
children by her. [4] And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob
went in unto her.
[5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. [6] And Rachel said, God hath
judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore
called she his name Dan. [7] And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and
bare Jacob a second son. [8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali. [9] When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
[10] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. [11] And Leah said, A troop
cometh: and she called his name Gad. [12] And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a
second son. [13] And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name Asher.
[14] And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the
field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give
me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. [15] And she said unto her, Is it a
small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my
son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to
night for thy son's mandrakes. [16] And Jacob came out of the field in the
evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me;
for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that
night. [17] And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
[18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden
to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. [19] And Leah conceived
again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. [20] And Leah said, God hath endued me
with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him
six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
[21] And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. [22] And
God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
[23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
[24] And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me
another son.
[25] And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
[26] Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me
go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. [27] And Laban said
unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have
learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
[28] And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. [29] And he said
unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
[30] For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased
unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when
shall I provide for mine own house also? [31] And he said, What shall I give
thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this
thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
[32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the
spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. [33] So
shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for
my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the
goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
[34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. [35]
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and
all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some
white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of
his sons.
[36] And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's flocks.
[37] And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in
the rods.
[38] And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink. [39] And the flocks conceived before the
rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. [40] And
Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own
flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. [41] And it came
to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among
the rods.
[42] But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. [43] And the man increased exceedingly, and
had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 31
[1] And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all
that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all
this glory.
[2] And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward
him as before.
[3] And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to
thy kindred; and I will be with thee. [4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and
Leah to the field unto his flock, [5] And said unto them, I see your father's
countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath
been with me. [6] And ye know that with all my power I have served your
father. [7] And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;
but God suffered him not to hurt me.
[8] If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare
speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare
all the cattle ringstraked.
[9] Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
[10] And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. [11] And the angel of God
spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all
that Laban doeth unto thee.
[13] I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou
vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto
the land of thy kindred. [14] And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him,
Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? [15] Are
we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured
also our money.
[16] For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours,
and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. [17]
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; [18] And he
carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle
of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his
father in the land of Canaan. [19] And Laban went to shear his sheep: and
Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
[20] And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him
not that he fled.
[21] So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. [22] And it was told Laban on
the third day that Jacob was fled. [23] And he took his brethren with him, and
pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount
Gilead. [24] And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said
unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. [25] Then
Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban
with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. [26] And Laban said to
Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and
carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
[27] Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harp?
[28] And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now
done foolishly in so doing.
[29] It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father
spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob
either good or bad.
[30] And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst
after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? [31] And
Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. [32] With
whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren
discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not
that Rachel had stolen them. [33] And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into
Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then
went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. [34] Now Rachel
had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon
them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. [35] And she said
to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
[36] And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to
Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued
after me?
[37] Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy
household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they
may judge betwixt us both.
[38] This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have
not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. [39] That
which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my
hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
[40] Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes. [41] Thus have I been twenty years in
thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years
for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
[42] Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac,
had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine
affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. [43] And
Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and
these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that
thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or
unto their children which they have born? [44] Now therefore come thou, let us
make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
[45] And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. [46] And Jacob said
unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and
they did eat there upon the heap. [47] And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:
but Jacob called it Galeed. [48] And Laban said, This heap is a witness
between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; [49]
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another.
[50] If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives
beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and
thee.
[51] And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which
I have cast betwixt me and thee; [52] This heap be witness, and this pillar be
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not
pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
[53] The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. [54] Then Jacob
offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and
they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. [55] And early in the
morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed
them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Genesis 32
[1] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. [2] And when
Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that
place Mahanaim.
[3] And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of
Seir, the country of Edom.
[4] And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until
now:
[5] And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. [6] And
the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and
also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. [7] Then Jacob was
greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him,
and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
[8] And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape. [9] And Jacob said, O God of my father
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return
unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
[10] I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this
Jordan; and now I am become two bands. [11] Deliver me, I pray thee, from the
hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come
and smite me, and the mother with the children.
[12] And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. [13] And he lodged
there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for
Esau his brother; [14] Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred
ewes, and twenty rams,
[15] Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
she asses, and ten foals.
[16] And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
betwixt drove and drove.
[17] And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee,
and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are
these before thee?
[18] Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. [19] And so commanded he
the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this
manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
[20] And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said,
I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will
see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. [21] So went the present over
before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
[22] And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. [23] And
he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
[24] And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day.
[25] And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow
of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled
with him.
[26] And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let
thee go, except thou bless me.
[27] And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. [28] And he
said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast
thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. [29] And Jacob asked
him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it
that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
[30] And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face
to face, and my life is preserved.
[31] And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon
his thigh.
[32] Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which
is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow
of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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