Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
10 [a]Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people and thy father’s house.
11 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and reverence thou him.
12 And the [b]daughter of [c]Tyre with the rich of the people, shall do homage before thy face with presents.
13 The King’s daughter is all glorious [d]within: her clothing is of broidered gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought unto thee.
15 With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and shall enter into the king’s palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall thy [e]children be: thou shalt make them princes [f]through all the earth.
17 I will make thy [g]Name to be remembered through all generations: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.
18 ¶ And when he came to his father, he said, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said to his father, [a]I am Esau thy firstborn, I have done as thou badest me, arise, I pray thee: sit up and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 Then Isaac said unto his son, How hast thou found it so quickly my son? Who said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to mine hand.
21 Again said Isaac unto Jacob, Come near now, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be that my son Esau, or not.
22 Then Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, The [b]voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 (For he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau’s hands: wherefore he blessed him.)
24 Again he said, Art thou that my son Esau? Who answered, [c]Yea.
25 Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Afterward his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near and kissed him. Then he smelled the savor of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field, which the Lord hath blessed.
28 (A)God give thee therefore of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of wheat and wine.
29 Let people be thy servants, and nations bow down unto thee: be Lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s children honor thee, cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
21 ¶ [a]That same hour rejoiced Jesus in the spirit, and said, I confess unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the [b]wise and understanding, and hast revealed them to babes: even so, Father, because it so pleased thee. [c]
22 [d]All things are given me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the son is, but the Father: neither who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 ¶ [e]And he turned to his disciples, and said secretly, (A)Blessed are the eyes, which see that ye see.
24 For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings have desired to see those things, which ye see, and have not seen them: and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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