Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

106 Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.

² Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise?

³ O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.

⁵ To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

⁸ And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

⁹ And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

¹⁰ And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

¹² And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,

27 And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith unto him, `Here [am] I.'

² And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

³ and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,

⁴ and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'

⁵ And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision -- to bring in;

⁶ and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷ Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

⁸ `And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

⁹ Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, [such] as he hath loved;

¹⁰ and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

¹¹ And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man,

¹² it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'

¹³ and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.'

¹⁴ And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved;

¹⁵ and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;

¹⁶ and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,

¹⁷ and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son.

¹⁸ And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?'

¹⁹ And Jacob saith unto his father, `I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'

²⁰ And Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.'

²¹ And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.'

²² And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.'

²³ And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

²⁴ and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, `I [am].'

²⁵ And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.

²⁶ And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'

²⁷ and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;

²⁸ and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;

²⁹ peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed, and those who bless thee [are] blessed.'

16 And I commend you to Phebe our sister -- being a ministrant of the assembly that [is] in Cenchrea --

² that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you -- for she also became a leader of many, and of myself.

³ Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus --

⁴ who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --

⁵ and the assembly at their house; salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is first-fruit of Achaia to Christ.

⁶ Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;

⁷ salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

⁸ Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord;

⁹ salute Arbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved;

¹⁰ salute Apelles, the approved in Christ; salute those of the [household] of Aristobulus;

¹¹ salute Herodion, my kinsman; salute those of the [household] of Narcissus, who are in the Lord;

¹² salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

¹³ Salute Rufus, the choice one in the Lord, and his mother and mine,

¹⁴ salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren with them;

¹⁵ salute Philologus, and Julias, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them;

¹⁶ salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.