Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

105 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

² Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

⁴ Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

⁵ That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

¹⁶ And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.

¹⁹ They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

²⁰ And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

²¹ They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

²² Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

⁴⁵ And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

36 And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom.

² Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:

³ And Basemath the daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabajoth.

⁴ And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel:

⁵ Oolibama bore Jehus and Ihelon and Core. These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him in the land of Chanaan.

⁶ And Esau took his wives and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and all that he was able to acquire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob.

⁷ For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

⁸ And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

²⁴ Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures.

²⁵ This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, spoke, and taught diligently the things that are of Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

²⁶ This man therefore began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Priscilla and Aquila had heard, they took him to them, and expounded to him the way of the Lord more diligently.

²⁷ And whereas he was desirous to go to Achaia, the brethren exhorting, wrote to the disciples to receive him. Who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed.

²⁸ For with much vigour he convinced the Jews openly, shewing by the scriptures, that Jesus is the Christ.