⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually. ⁶ So ^(B)the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was ^(C)grieved ^[b]in His heart. ⁷ Then the Lord said, “^(D)I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For ^(E)I am sorry that I have made them.” ⁸ But ^(F)Noah ^(G)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

⁹ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a ^(H)righteous man, ^[c](I)blameless in his generation. Noah ^(J)walked with God. ¹⁰ And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ Now the earth was ^(K)corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was ^(L)filled with violence. ¹² And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for ^[d](M)humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.

¹³ Then God said to Noah, “^(N)The end of ^[e]humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of ^[f]people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴ Make for yourself an ark of ^[g]gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and ^[h]cover it inside and out with pitch. ¹⁵ This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be ^[i]three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶ You shall make a ^[j]window for the ark, and finish it to a ^[k]cubit from ^[l]the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. ¹⁷ Now behold, ^(O)I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. ¹⁸ But I will establish ^(P)My covenant with you; and ^(Q)you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ^19 (R)And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ^20 (S)Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. ²¹ As for you, take for yourself some of every ^(T)food that is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and them.” ^22 (U)So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.

Pharaoh’s Dream

41 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. ² And behold, from the Nile seven cows came up, fine-looking and ^[a]fat; and they grazed in the ^(A)marsh grass. ³ Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and ^[b]thin, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. ⁴ Then the ugly and ^[c]thin cows ate the seven fine-looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. ⁵ But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. ⁶ Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. ⁷ And the thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. ⁸ Now in the morning ^(B)his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the ^(C)soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its ^(D)wise men. And Pharaoh told them his ^[d]dreams, but ^(E)there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

⁹ Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would make mention today of ^(F)my own ^[e]offenses. ¹⁰ Pharaoh was ^(G)furious with his servants, and ^(H)he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker. ¹¹ Then ^(I)we had a dream one night, ^[f]he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. ¹² Now a Hebrew youth was there with us, a ^(J)servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we told him the dreams, and ^(K)he interpreted our dreams for us. For each man he interpreted according to his own dream. ¹³ And just ^(L)as he interpreted for us, so it happened; Pharaoh restored me in my office, but he hanged ^[g]the chief baker.”

Joseph Interprets

¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent word and ^(M)called for Joseph, and they ^(N)hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. ¹⁵ Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, ^(O)but no one can interpret it; and ^(P)I have heard ^[h]it said about you, that ^[i]when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” ¹⁶ Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “^[j](Q)It has nothing to do with me; ^(R)God will ^[k]give Pharaoh an answer for his own good.” ¹⁷ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, there I was, standing on the bank of the Nile; ¹⁸ and behold, seven cows, ^[l]fat and fine-looking came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. ¹⁹ Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ^[m]ugly and ^[n]thin, such as I had never seen for ^[o]ugliness in all the land of Egypt; ²⁰ and the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows. ²¹ Yet when they had ^[p]devoured them, it could not be ^[q]detected that they had ^[r]devoured them, ^[s]for they were just as ugly as ^[t]before. Then I awoke. ²² I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears of grain, full and good, came up on a single stalk; ²³ and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind sprouted up after them; ²⁴ and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then ^(S)I told it to the soothsayer priests, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

²⁵ And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s ^[u]dreams are one and the same; ^(T)God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do. ²⁶ The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the ^[v]dreams are one and the same. ²⁷ The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind ^(U)will be seven years of famine. ^28 [w]It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: ^(V)God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. ²⁹ Behold, ^(W)seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; ³⁰ and after them ^(X)seven years of famine will ^[x]come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ^[y]ravage the land. ³¹ So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe. ³² Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that ^(Y)the matter is confirmed by God, and God will quickly bring it about. ³³ So now let Pharaoh look for a man ^(Z)discerning and wise, and appoint him over the land of Egypt. ³⁴ Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers ^[z]in charge of the land, and let him take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt as a tax in the seven years of abundance. ³⁵ Then have them ^(AA)collect all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and have them guard it. ³⁶ Let the food be used as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”

³⁷ Now the ^[aa]proposal seemed good ^[ab]to Pharaoh and ^[ac]to all his servants.

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

³⁸ Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, ^(AB)in whom there is a divine spirit?” ³⁹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one as ^(AC)discerning and wise as you are. ^40 (AD)You shall be ^[ad]in charge of my house, and all my people shall ^[ae]be obedient to you; only regarding the throne will I be greater than you.”

Second Coming Foretold

²⁰ Now He was questioned by the Pharisees ^(A)as to when the kingdom of God was coming, and He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with ^[a](B)signs that can be observed; ²¹ nor will ^(C)they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is ^[b]in your midst.”

²² And He said to the disciples, “^(D)The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (E)And they will say to you, ‘Look there,’ or, ‘Look here!’ Do not leave, and do not run after them. ^24 (F)For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part ^[c]of the sky, shines to the other part ^[d]of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. ^25 (G)But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. ^26 (H)And just as it happened ^(I)in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ^28 [e]It was the same as happened in ^(J)the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building; ²⁹ but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and ^[f]brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ It will be ^[g]just the same on the day that the Son of Man ^(K)is revealed. ³¹ On that day, the one who will be ^(L)on the ^[h]housetop, ^[i]with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back. ^32 (M)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (N)Whoever strives to ^[j]save his ^[k]life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. ^35 (O)There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. ³⁶ [^[l](P)Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”] ³⁷ And responding, they *said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “^(Q)Where the body is, there also the ^[m]vultures will be gathered.”

God Is Love

^7 (A)Beloved, let’s ^(B)love one another; for love is from God, and ^(C)everyone who loves has been ^(D)born of God and ^(E)knows God. ⁸ The one who does not love does not know God, because ^(F)God is love. ⁹ By this the love of God was revealed ^[a](G)in us, that ^(H)God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, ^(I)not that we loved God, but that ^(J)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(K)the ^[b]propitiation for our sins. ^11 (L)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(M)we also ought to love one another. ^12 (N)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His ^(O)love is perfected in us. ^13 (P)By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ We have seen and ^(Q)testify that the Father has ^(R)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

^15 (S)Whoever confesses that ^(T)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(U)remains in him, and he in God. ^16 (V)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[c](W)for us. ^(X)God is love, and the one who ^(Y)remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷ By this, ^(Z)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(AA)confidence in ^(AB)the day of judgment; because ^(AC)as He is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but ^(AD)perfect love drives out fear, because fear ^[d]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(AE)perfected in love. ^19 (AF)We love, because He first loved us. ^20 (AG)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he ^(AH)hates his brother or sister, he is a ^(AI)liar; for ^(AJ)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, ^(AK)cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ And ^(AL)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(AM)must also love his brother and sister.