Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now ^(A)the Lord said to Abram,

⁴ So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and ^(G)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. ⁵ Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their ^(H)possessions which they had accumulated, and ^(I)the ^[c]people which they had acquired in Haran, and they ^[d]set out for the land of Canaan; ^(J)so they came to the land of Canaan. ⁶ Abram passed through the land as far as the site of ^(K)Shechem, to the ^[e]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. ⁷ And the Lord ^(L)appeared to Abram and said, “^(M)To your ^[f]descendants I will give this land.” So he built ^(N)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. ⁸ Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with ^(O)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and ^(P)called upon the name of the Lord. ⁹ Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward ^(Q)the ^[g]Negev.

Jacob’s Dream

¹⁰ Then Jacob departed from ^(A)Beersheba and went toward ^(B)Haran. ¹¹ And he ^[a]happened upon a ^[b](C)particular place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and made it a support for his head, and lay down in that place. ¹² And ^(D)he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, ^(E)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³ Then behold, ^(F)the Lord was standing ^[c]above it and said, “I am the Lord, ^(G)the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give ^(H)to you and to ^(I)your ^[d]descendants. ¹⁴ Your ^[e]descendants will also be like ^(J)the dust of the earth, and you will ^[f]spread out ^(K)to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and ^(L)in you and in your ^[g]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ¹⁵ Behold, ^(M)I am with you and ^(N)will keep you wherever you go, and ^(O)will bring you back to this land; for ^(P)I will not leave you until I have done what I have ^[h]promised you.” ¹⁶ Then Jacob ^(Q)awoke from his sleep and said, “^(R)The Lord is certainly in this place, and I did not know it!” ¹⁷ And he was afraid and said, “^(S)How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

¹⁸ So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took ^(T)the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top. ¹⁹ Then he named that place ^[i](U)Bethel; but ^[j]previously the name of the city had been ^(V)Luz. ²⁰ Jacob also ^(W)made a vow, saying, “^(X)If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I ^[k]take, and give me ^[l](Y)food to eat and garments to wear, ²¹ and ^(Z)I return to my father’s house in ^[m]safety, ^(AA)then the Lord will be my God. ²² And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, ^(AB)will be God’s house, and ^(AC)of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”

⁴ Now there are ^(A)varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. ⁶ There are varieties of effects, but the same ^(B)God who works all things in all persons. ⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit ^(C)for the common good. ⁸ For to one is given the word of ^(D)wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of ^(E)knowledge according to the same Spirit; ⁹ to another ^(F)faith ^[a]by the same Spirit, and to another ^(G)gifts of ^[b]healing ^[c]by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ and to another the ^[d]effecting of ^[e](H)miracles, and to another ^(I)prophecy, and to another the ^[f](J)distinguishing of spirits, to another various ^(K)kinds of tongues, and to another the ^(L)interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, ^(M)distributing to each one individually just as He ^[g]wills.

¹² For just ^(N)as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, ^(O)so also is Christ. ¹³ For ^[h](P)by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether ^(Q)Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to ^(R)drink of one Spirit.

¹⁴ For ^(S)the body is not one part, but many. ¹⁵ If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ^[i]any less a part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ^[j]any less a part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But now God has ^(T)arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, ^(U)just as He desired. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ But now ^(V)there are many parts, but one body. ²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” ²² On the contrary, ^[k]it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; ²³ and those parts of the body which we ^[l]consider less honorable, ^[m]on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable, ²⁴ whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked, ²⁵ so that there may be no ^[n]division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another. ²⁶ And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is ^[o]honored, all the parts rejoice with it.

²⁷ Now you are ^(W)Christ’s body, and ^(X)individually parts of it. ²⁸ And God has ^[p](Y)appointed in ^(Z)the church, first ^(AA)apostles, second ^(AB)prophets, third ^(AC)teachers, then ^[q](AD)miracles, then ^(AE)gifts of healings, helps, ^(AF)administrations, and various ^(AG)kinds of tongues. ²⁹ All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of ^[r]miracles, are they? ³⁰ All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not ^(AH)interpret, do they? ³¹ But ^(AI)earnestly desire the greater gifts.

And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.