Genesis 13

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Abram and Lot Separate

13 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, ^(A)into the Negeb.

²^(B)Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. ³And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴to ^(C)the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. ⁵And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, ⁶so that ^(D)the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, ⁷^(E)and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time ^(F)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

⁸Then Abram said to Lot, ^(G)“Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, ^(H)for we are kinsmen.^[a] ⁹^(I)Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.” ¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the ^(J)Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like ^(K)the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of ^(L)Zoar. (This was before the Lord ^(M)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) ¹¹So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. ¹²Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³Now the men of Sodom ^(N)were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

¹⁴The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(O)northward and southward and eastward and westward, ¹⁵for all the land that you see I will give ^(P)to you and ^(Q)to your offspring forever. ¹⁶^(R)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. ¹⁷Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” ¹⁸So Abram moved his tent and came and ^(S)settled by the ^(T)oaks^[b] of Mamre, which ^(U)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

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Footnotes

Genesis 13:8 Hebrew we are men, brothers
Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths

Joshua 15:35-63

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³⁵^(A)Jarmuth, ^(B)Adullam, ^(C)Socoh, ^(D)Azekah, ³⁶Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.

³⁷Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, ³⁸Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, ³⁹^(E)Lachish, Bozkath, ^(F)Eglon, ⁴⁰Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, ⁴¹Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and ^(G)Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

⁴²^(H)Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ⁴³Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ⁴⁴^(I)Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

⁴⁵^(J)Ekron, with its towns and its villages; ⁴⁶from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

⁴⁷^(K)Ashdod, its towns and its villages; ^(L)Gaza, its towns and its villages; to ^(M)the Brook of Egypt, and ^(N)the Great Sea with its coastline.

⁴⁸And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, ⁴⁹Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (^(O)that is, Debir), ⁵⁰Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, ⁵¹^(P)Goshen, Holon, and ^(Q)Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

⁵²Arab, Dumah, Eshan, ⁵³Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, ⁵⁴Humtah, ^(R)Kiriath-arba (that is, ^(S)Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵^(T)Maon, ^(U)Carmel, ^(V)Ziph, Juttah, ⁵⁶Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, ⁵⁷Kain, Gibeah, and ^(W)Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

⁵⁸Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, ⁵⁹Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.

⁶⁰^(X)Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

⁶¹In the wilderness, ^(Y)Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, ⁶²Nibshan, the City of Salt, and ^(Z)Engedi: six cities with their villages.

⁶³But the ^(AA)Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^(AB)the people of Judah could not drive out, ^(AC)so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

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Isaiah 14:24-15:9

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An Oracle Concerning Assyria

²⁴The Lord of hosts has sworn:
^(A)“As I have planned,
    so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
    so shall it stand,
²⁵that ^(B)I will break the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and ^(C)his yoke shall depart from them,
    and ^(D)his burden from their shoulder.”

²⁶This is the purpose that is purposed
    concerning the whole earth,
and this is ^(E)the hand that is stretched out
    over all the nations.
²⁷^(F)For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
    and who will annul it?
^(G)His hand is stretched out,
    and who will turn it back?

An Oracle Concerning Philistia

²⁸In the year that ^(H)King Ahaz died came this ^(I)oracle:

²⁹Rejoice not, ^(J)O Philistia, all of you,
    that ^(K)the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder,
    and its fruit will be a ^(L)flying fiery serpent.
³⁰And the firstborn of ^(M)the poor will graze,
    and ^(N)the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
    and your remnant it will slay.
³¹^(O)Wail, O ^(P)gate; cry out, O city;
    melt in fear, ^(Q)O Philistia, all of you!
^(R)For smoke comes out of the north,
    and there is no straggler in his ranks.

³²What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
^(S)“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

An Oracle Concerning Moab

15 An ^(T)oracle concerning ^(U)Moab.

Because ^(V)Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
    Moab is undone;
because ^(W)Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
    Moab is undone.
²He has gone up to the temple,^[a] and to ^(X)Dibon,
    to the high places^[b] to weep;
over ^(Y)Nebo and over ^(Z)Medeba
    Moab ^(AA)wails.
On every head is ^(AB)baldness;
    every beard is shorn;
³in the streets they wear sackcloth;
    on the housetops and in the squares
    everyone wails and melts in tears.
⁴^(AC)Heshbon and ^(AD)Elealeh cry out;
    their voice is heard as far as ^(AE)Jahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
    his soul trembles.
⁵My heart cries out for Moab;
    her fugitives flee to Zoar,
    to ^(AF)Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ^(AG)ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;
on the road to ^(AH)Horonaim
    they raise a cry of destruction;
⁶the waters of ^(AI)Nimrim
    are a desolation;
the grass is withered, the vegetation fails,
    the greenery is no more.
⁷^(AJ)Therefore the abundance they have gained
    and what they have laid up
they carry away
    over the Brook of the Willows.
⁸For a cry has gone
    around the land of Moab;
her wailing reaches to Eglaim;
    her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
⁹For the waters of ^(AK)Dibon^[c] are full of blood;
    for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
^(AL)a lion for those of Moab who escape,
    for the remnant of the land.

Footnotes

Isaiah 15:2 Hebrew the house
Isaiah 15:2 Or temple, even Dibon to the high places
Isaiah 15:9 Dead Sea Scroll, Vulgate (compare Syriac); Masoretic Text Dimon; twice in this verse

Job 12:1-10

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Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This

12 Then Job answered and said:

²“No doubt you are the people,
    and wisdom will die with you.
³But I have ^(A)understanding as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know ^(B)such things as these?
⁴I am ^(C)a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who ^(D)called to God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
⁵In the thought of one who is ^(E)at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
    it is ready for those whose feet slip.
⁶^(F)The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hand.^[a]

⁷“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
    the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
⁸or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;^[b]
    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
⁹Who among all these does not know
    that ^(G)the hand of the Lord has done this?
¹⁰In ^(H)his hand is the life of every living thing
    and the breath of all mankind.

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Footnotes

Job 12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Job 12:8 Or or speak to the earth, and it will teach you

Matthew 8:5-13

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The Faith of a Centurion

⁵^(A)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but ^(B)only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,^[a] ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰When Jesus heard this, ^(C)he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with ^(D)no one in Israel^[b] have I found such faith. ¹¹I tell you, ^(E)many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹²^(F)while the sons of the kingdom ^(G)will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^(H)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you ^(I)as you have believed.” ^(J)And the servant was healed at that very moment.

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Footnotes

Matthew 8:9 Or bondservant
Matthew 8:10 Some manuscripts not even in Israel

Acts 7:29-39

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²⁹At this retort ^(A)Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, ^(B)where he became the father of two sons.

³⁰“Now when forty years had passed, ^(C)an angel appeared to him ^(D)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. ³¹When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: ³²^(E)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. ³³Then the Lord said to him, ^(F)‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ³⁴^(G)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and ^(H)have heard their groaning, and ^(I)I have come down to deliver them. ^(J)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

³⁵“This Moses, whom they rejected, ^(K)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer ^(L)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶^(M)This man led them out, performing ^(N)wonders and signs ^(O)in Egypt and ^(P)at the Red Sea and ^(Q)in the wilderness for ^(R)forty years. ³⁷This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you ^(S)a prophet like me from your brothers.’ ³⁸This is the one ^(T)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with ^(U)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. ^(V)He received ^(W)living ^(X)oracles to give to us. ³⁹Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and ^(Y)in their hearts they turned to Egypt,