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Bible Reading for January 06

Genesis 16
[1] Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
[2] And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from
bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain
children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. [3] And Sarai
Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten
years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his
wife.
[4] And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. [5] And Sarai said
unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and
when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD
judge between me and thee. [6] But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid
is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly
with her, she fled from her face.
[7] And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. [8] And he said, Hagar,
Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I
flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. [9] And the angel of the LORD said
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
[10] And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. [11] And the
angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt
bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard
thy affliction.
[12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his
brethren.
[13] And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God
seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
[14] Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which
Hagar bare, Ishmael.
[16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 17
[1] And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be
thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly.
[3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, [4] As for
me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many
nations.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. [6] And I will make
thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall
come out of thee. [7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
[8] And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein
thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession;
and I will be their God.
[9] And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou,
and thy seed after thee in their generations. [10] This is my covenant,
which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man
child among you shall be circumcised. [11] And ye shall circumcise the
flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me
and you. [12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,
every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or
bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. [13] He that
is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant.
[14] And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my
covenant.
[15] And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. [16] And I will bless her, and
give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a
mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
[17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? [18] And Abraham said unto God, O
that Ishmael might live before thee! [19] And God said, Sarah thy wife
shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I
will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with
his seed after him. [20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I
have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great
nation. [21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall
bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. [22] And he left off
talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. [23] And Abraham took
Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were
bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had
said unto him.
[24] And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
[25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
[26] In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. [27]
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of
the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Genesis 18
[1] And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground,
[3] And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant: [4] Let a little water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
[5] And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they
said, So do, as thou hast said.
[6] And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
hearth.
[7] And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. [8] And he took
butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before
them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. [9] And they
said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
[10] And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in
the tent door, which was behind him.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased
to be with Sarah after the manner of women. [12] Therefore Sarah laughed
within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord
being old also? [13] And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? [14] Is any
thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,
according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. [15] Then Sarah
denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but
thou didst laugh.
[16] And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way. [17] And the LORD said, Shall I
hide from Abraham that thing which I do; [18] Seeing that Abraham shall
surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him? [19] For I know him, that he will command his
children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that
which he hath spoken of him.
[20] And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievous; [21] I will go down now, and see
whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come
unto me; and if not, I will know. [22] And the men turned their faces from
thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
[23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous
with the wicked?
[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
[25] That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be
far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? [26] And the
LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes. [27] And Abraham answered and said,
Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust
and ashes: [28] Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:
wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find
there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
[29] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be
forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. [30] And
he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do
it, if I find thirty there.
[31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.
[32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
[33] And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 19
[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with
his face toward the ground;
[2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise
up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the
street all night.
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and
entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat.
[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which
came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. [8] Behold now, I
have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them
out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these
men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in
to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near
to break the door.
[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find
the door.
[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and
thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring
them out of this place:
[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great
before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. [14]
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city. [16] And while he lingered, the men
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand
of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought
him forth, and set him without the city. [17] And it came to pass, when
they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look
not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed. [18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so,
my Lord: [19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and
thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I
die: [20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little
one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live. [21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken. [22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till
thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. [23]
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. [24] Then the
LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD
out of heaven;
[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. [26] But
his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
[27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
[28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the
smoke of a furnace.
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. [30] And Lot went up
out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for
he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
daughters.
[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there
is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the
earth:
[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father. [33] And they made their father
drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father;
and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink
wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our Father.
[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger
arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when
she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. [37]
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the
father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] And the younger, she also bare a
son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day.

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