Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

42 When ^(A)Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

^12 (A)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

The Sin of Achan

¹⁰ So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

⁷ But on the contrary, ^(A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^(B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

⁴ Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. ^(A)Be of good courage, and do it.”

³ It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land. ⁴ Then the king talked with ^(A)Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”

³ And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

The People Afraid of God’s Presence

¹⁸ Now ^(A)all the people ^(B)witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain ^(C)smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.