M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

43 And the famine [is] severe in the land;

² and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

³ And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you;

⁴ if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

⁵ and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.'

⁶ And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

⁷ and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

⁸ And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

⁹ I -- I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;

¹⁰ for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

¹¹ And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

¹² and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight.

¹³ `And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man;

¹⁴ and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

¹⁵ And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

¹⁶ and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who [is] over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.'

¹⁷ And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph,

¹⁸ and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in -- to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants -- our asses also.'

¹⁹ And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

²⁰ and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

²¹ and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one's money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand;

²² and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.'

²³ And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

²⁴ And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph's house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses,

²⁵ and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

²⁶ And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

²⁷ and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?'

²⁸ and they say, `Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

²⁹ And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and saith, `Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?' and he saith, `God favour thee, my son.'

³⁰ And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

³¹ and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.'

³² And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.

³³ And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;

³⁴ and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.

13 And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'

² and Jesus answering said to him, `Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

³ And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

⁴ `Tell us when these things shall be? and what [is] the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'

⁵ And Jesus answering them, began to say, `Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,

⁶ for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am [he], and many they shall lead astray;

⁷ and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end [is] not yet;

⁸ for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows [are] these.

⁹ `And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

¹⁰ and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

¹¹ `And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

¹² `And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

¹³ and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.

¹⁴ `And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

¹⁵ and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

¹⁶ and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

¹⁷ `And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

¹⁸ and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter,

¹⁹ for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;

²⁰ and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

²¹ `And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

²² for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

²³ and ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.

²⁴ `But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

²⁵ and the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁶ `And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

²⁷ and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

²⁸ `And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

²⁹ so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

³⁰ Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;

³¹ the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

³² `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son -- except the Father.

³³ Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

³⁴ as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

³⁵ watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;

³⁶ lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

³⁷ and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

9 And Job answereth and saith: --

² Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

³ If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.

⁴ Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

⁵ Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

⁶ Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.

⁷ Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.

⁸ Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

⁹ Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.

¹⁰ Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.

¹¹ Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.

¹² Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'

¹³ God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.

¹⁴ How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.

¹⁶ Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear [to] my voice.

¹⁷ Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

¹⁸ He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

¹⁹ If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who doth convene me?

²⁰ If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.

²¹ Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.

²² It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'

²³ If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.

²⁴ Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who [is] he?

²⁵ My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,

²⁶ They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

²⁷ Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'

²⁸ I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.

²⁹ I -- I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour.

³⁰ If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

³¹ Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

³² But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

³³ If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.

³⁴ He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,

³⁵ I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself.

13 Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

² so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

³ For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

⁴ for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

⁶ for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

⁷ render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

⁸ To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,

⁹ for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

¹⁰ the love to the neighbor doth work no ill; the love, therefore, [is] the fulness of law.

¹¹ And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer [is] our salvation than when we did believe;

¹² the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

¹³ as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

¹⁴ but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.