Psalm 139:13-18

English Standard Version

¹³For you ^(A)formed my inward parts;
    you ^(B)knitted me together in my mother's womb.
¹⁴I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.^[a]
^(C)Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.
¹⁵^(D)My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in ^(E)the depths of the earth.
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your ^(F)book were written, every one of them,
    the days that were formed for me,
    when as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷How precious to me are your ^(G)thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸^(H)If I would count them, they are more than ^(I)the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Psalm 139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart

Genesis 35:16-29

English Standard Version

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

¹⁶Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance^[a] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for ^(A)you have another son.” ¹⁸And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;^[b] ^(B)but his father called him Benjamin.^[c] ¹⁹So ^(C)Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to ^(D)Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), ²⁰and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is ^(E)the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. ²¹Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

²²While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and ^(F)lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ²³The sons of Leah: ^(G)Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. ²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁵The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali. ²⁶The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

²⁷And Jacob came to his father Isaac at ^(H)Mamre, or ^(I)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. ²⁸Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. ²⁹And Isaac breathed his last, and he died ^(J)and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And ^(K)his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Genesis 35:16 Or about two hours' distance
Genesis 35:18 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength
Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of the right hand

Matthew 12:15-21

English Standard Version

God's Chosen Servant

¹⁵Jesus, aware of this, ^(A)withdrew from there. And ^(B)many followed him, and he healed them all ¹⁶and ^(C)ordered them not to make him known. ¹⁷^(D)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸^(E)“Behold, my ^(F)servant whom I have chosen,
    my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
^(G)I will put my Spirit upon him,
    and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
    nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
²⁰a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
²¹    ^(H)and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”