Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Bless Yahweh, O My Soul
Of David.
103 (A)Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His (B)holy name.
2 Bless Yahweh, O my soul,
And (C)forget none of His benefits;
3 Who (D)pardons all your iniquities,
Who (E)heals all your diseases;
4 Who (F)redeems your life from the pit,
Who (G)crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5 Who (H)satisfies your [a]years with good things,
So that your youth is (I)renewed like the eagle.
8 Yahweh is (A)compassionate and gracious,
(B)Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He (C)will not always contend with us,
And He will not (D)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (E)not dealt with us according to our sins,
And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high (F)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who [a]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (G)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (H)As a father has compassion on his children,
So Yahweh has compassion on those who [b]fear Him.
53 Then the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and (A)the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. So there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 Then all the land of Egypt was famished, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; (B)whatever he says to you, you shall do.” 56 Now the famine was over all the face of the land. And Joseph opened all [a]the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 Now all the earth also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because (C)the famine was severe in all the earth.
Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt
42 Now (D)Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?” 2 Then he said, “Behold, (E)I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from there, (F)so that we may live and not die.” 3 So ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother (G)Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “(H)Lest any harm befall him.” 5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, (I)for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
6 Now (J)Joseph was the one in power over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and (K)bowed down to him with their [b]faces to the ground. 7 And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and (L)spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
8 But Joseph recognized his brothers, although (M)they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph (N)remembered the dreams which he [c]had about them and said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the [d]nakedness of the land.” 10 Then they said to him, “No, (O)my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all sons of one man; we are (P)honest men; your servants are not spies.” 12 And he said to them, “No, but you have come to look at the [e]nakedness of our land!” 13 So they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with (Q)our father today, and (R)one is no more.” 14 And Joseph said to them, “It is as I said [f]to you, you are spies; 15 by this you will be tested: (S)by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here! 16 Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is (T)truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.” 17 Then he put them all together in (U)prison for three days.
9 “And the patriarchs, (A)becoming jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him, 10 and rescued him from all his afflictions, and (B)granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.
11 “Now (C)a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers [a]could find no food. 12 But (D)when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time. 13 And on the second visit (E)Joseph [b]made himself known to his brothers, and (F)Joseph’s family was disclosed to Pharaoh. 14 Then (G)Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, (H)seventy-five [c](I)persons in all. 15 And (J)Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died. 16 And from there they were removed to [d](K)Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of [e]Hamor in [f]Shechem.
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