Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
The Bride Delights in Her Beloved
8 “[a]The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Leaping (A)on the mountains,
Jumping on the hills!
9 My beloved is like a (B)gazelle or a (C)young [b]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall;
He gazes through the windows;
He is peering (D)through the lattice.
10 “My beloved answered and said to me,
‘(E)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11 For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over; it is gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in the land;
The time for [c]pruning has arrived;
And the voice of the (F)turtledove has been heard in our land.
13 The (G)fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the (H)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”
30 Now it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “(A)Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that (B)your soul may bless me.” 32 And Isaac his father said to him, “(C)Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, (D)your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac [a]trembled exceedingly violently and said, “(E)Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? (F)Indeed, he shall be blessed.” 34 As Esau heard the words of his father, (G)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!” 35 And he said, “(H)Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.” 36 Then he said, “[b]Is he not rightly named (I)Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 But Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him (J)your master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him [c]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?” 38 And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and (K)wept.
39 Then (L)Isaac his father answered and said to him,
“Behold, [d](M)away from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,
And [e]away from the dew of heaven from above.
40 By your sword you shall live,
And your brother (N)you shall serve;
But it shall be (O)when you become restless,
That you will [f]break his yoke from your neck.”
41 So Esau (P)bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “(Q)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Then the words of her elder son Esau were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. 43 So now, my son, (R)listen to my voice, and arise, [g]flee to (S)Haran, to my brother (T)Laban! 44 Stay with him (U)a few days, until your brother’s wrath [h]subsides, 45 until your brother’s anger [i]against you subsides and he forgets (V)what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of [j]living because of (W)the daughters of Heth; (X)if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For (A)the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who (B)suppress the truth [a]in unrighteousness, 19 because (C)that which is known about God is evident [b]within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For (D)since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, (E)being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks, but they became (F)futile in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 (G)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and (H)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the likeness of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore (I)God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be (J)dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [c]a (K)lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (L)who is blessed [d]forever. Amen.
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