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Bible Reading for January 05

Genesis 12
[1] Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew
thee: [2] And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,
and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: [3] And I will bless
them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed. [4] So Abram departed, as the LORD
had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five
years old when he departed out of Haran. [5] And Abram took Sarai his wife,
and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered,
and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into
the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
[6] And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. [7] And the LORD
appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and
there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
[8] And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there
he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. [10] And there
was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there;
for the famine was grievous in the land. [11] And it came to pass, when he
was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold
now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
[12] Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for
thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. [14] And it came to pass,
that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that
she was very fair. [15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended
her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. [16] And
he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he
asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. [17]
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of
Sarai Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? [19] Why saidst
thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now
therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. [20] And Pharaoh
commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and
all that he had.

Genesis 13
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. [3] And he
went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where
his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; [4] Unto the
place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram
called on the name of the LORD. [5] And Lot also, which went with Abram,
had flocks, and herds, and tents. [6] And the land was not able to bear
them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so
that they could not dwell together. [7] And there was a strife between the
herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the
Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
[8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from
me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. [10] And Lot
lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well
watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as
the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the other. [12] Abram dwelled in
the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched
his tent toward Sodom. [13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners
before the LORD exceedingly.
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward: [15] For all the land which thou
seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Genesis 14
[1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; [2] That
these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela,
which is Zoar.
[3] All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, [6] And the Horites in their mount
Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
[7] And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; [9] With
Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. [10] And
the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
[11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
[13] And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. [14] And when Abram heard that
his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his
own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus.
[16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. [17] And the king
of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh,
which is the king's dale. [18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. [21] And the king of Sodom
said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the
LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, [23] That I
will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take
any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.

Genesis 15
[1] After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? [3] And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my
house is mine heir.
[4] And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not
be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall
be thine heir.
[5] And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and
tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness. [7] And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee
out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. [8] And he
said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? [9] And he
said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of
three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. [11] And
when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. [12] And
when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an
horror of great darkness fell upon him. [13] And he said unto Abram, Know
of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs,
and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance. [15] And thou shalt go
to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. [17] And it came to pass, that,
when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a
burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:
[19] The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, [20] And the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, [21] And the Amorites, and
the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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