Genesis 25:1-18
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Abraham's Death and His Descendants
25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 (A)She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 (B)Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. 6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he (C)sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward (D)to the east country.
7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. 8 Abraham (E)breathed his last and (F)died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9 Isaac and Ishmael (G)his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, 10 the field (H)that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. (I)There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at (J)Beer-lahai-roi.
12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, (K)whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. 13 (L)These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: (M)Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and (N)Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, (O)Tema, (P)Jetur, (Q)Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, (R)twelve princes according to their tribes. 17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He (S)breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) 18 (T)They settled from Havilah to (U)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled[a] over against all his kinsmen.
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- Genesis 25:18 Hebrew fell
Judges 5:13-31
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13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble;
the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14 From (A)Ephraim their root (B)they marched down into the valley,[a]
following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen;
from (C)Machir marched down the commanders,
and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's[b] staff;
15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,
and Issachar faithful to (D)Barak;
into the valley they rushed at his heels.
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
16 Why did you sit still (E)among the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.
17 (F)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
(G)and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
(H)Asher sat still (I)at the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
18 (J)Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death;
(K)Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19 “The kings came, they fought;
then fought the kings of Canaan,
at (L)Taanach, by the waters of (M)Megiddo;
(N)they got no spoils of silver.
20 (O)From heaven the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 (P)The torrent Kishon swept them away,
the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!
22 “Then loud beat the horses' hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
(Q)because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24 “Most blessed of women be (R)Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 (S)He asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble's bowl.
26 (T)She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet
he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
there he fell—dead.
28 (U)“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through (V)the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
30 ‘Have they not found and (W)divided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
31 (X)“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
But your friends be (Y)like the sun (Z)as he rises in his might.”
(AA)And the land had rest for forty years.
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- Judges 5:14 Septuagint; Hebrew in Amalek
- Judges 5:14 Hebrew commander's
Isaiah 32:9-20
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Complacent Women Warned of Disaster
9 (A)Rise up, you women (B)who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (C)who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
(D)strip, and make yourselves bare,
(E)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 (F)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 (G)for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
(H)yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
(I)a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
15 until (J)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and (K)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (L)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 (M)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
(N)and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 (O)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
Job 23
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Job Replies: Where Is God?
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Today also my (A)complaint is bitter;[a]
my (B)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
3 Oh, (C)that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his (D)seat!
4 I would (E)lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (F)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “Behold, (G)I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10 But he (H)knows (I)the way that I (J)take;
when he has (K)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11 My foot (L)has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have (M)not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have (N)treasured the words of his mouth more than my (O)portion of food.
13 But he is unchangeable,[b] and (P)who can turn him back?
What he (Q)desires, that he does.
14 For he will complete what he (R)appoints for me,
and many such things are (S)in his mind.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 God has made my (T)heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
Matthew 13:24-35
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The Parable of the Weeds
24 He put another parable before them, saying, (A)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[a] among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants[b] of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said, (B)‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, (C)“Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
31 He put another parable before them, saying, (D)“The kingdom of heaven is like (E)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. (F)“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in (G)three measures of flour, till it was (H)all leavened.”
Prophecy and Parables
34 (I)All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[c]
(J)“I will open my mouth in parables;
(K)I will utter what has been hidden (L)since the foundation of the world.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:25 Probably darnel, a wheat-like weed
- Matthew 13:27 Or bondservants; also verse 28
- Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet
Acts 13:23-35
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23 (A)Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel (B)a Savior, Jesus, (C)as he promised. 24 Before his coming, (D)John had proclaimed (E)a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, (F)he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you (G)who fear God, to us has been sent (H)the message of (I)this salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because (J)they did not recognize him nor understand (K)the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, (L)fulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And (M)though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, (N)they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 And when (O)they had carried out all that was written of him, (P)they took him down from (Q)the tree and laid him in a tomb. 30 But (R)God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days (S)he appeared to those (T)who had come up with him (U)from Galilee to Jerusalem, (V)who are now (W)his witnesses to the people. 32 And we bring you the good news (X)that what God promised to the fathers, 33 (Y)this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,
(Z)“‘You are my Son,
today I have begotten you.’
34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, (AA)(AB)no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,
“‘I will give you (AC)the holy and sure blessings of David.’
35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,
(AD)“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
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