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Bible Reading for January 12

Genesis 37
[1] And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
[2] These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old,
was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of
Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought
unto his father their evil report.
[3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the
son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. [4] And when
his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. [5] And Joseph
dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the
more.
[6] And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
[7] For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about,
and made obeisance to my sheaf.
[8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt
thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his
dreams, and for his words.
[9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and
the eleven stars made obeisance to me. [10] And he told it to his father,
and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
[11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. [12]
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. [13] And
Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem?
come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
[14] And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. [15] And a certain man
found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked
him, saying, What seekest thou? [16] And he said, I seek my brethren: tell
me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
[17] And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let
us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan. [18] And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him. [19] And they said one to
another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. [20] Come now therefore, and let us
slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath
devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
[21] And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
[22] And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit
that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. [23] And it came to
pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out
of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; [24] And they took
him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in
it.
[25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their
camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
[26] And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
[27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be
upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
content.
[28] Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty
pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. [29] And Reuben
returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent
his clothes.
[30] And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
[31] And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped
the coat in the blood;
[32] And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their
father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat
or no.
[33] And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. [34] And Jacob rent
his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many
days.
[35] And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he
refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave
unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. [36] And the Midianites
sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of
the guard.

Genesis 38
[1] And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. [2]
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. [3] And she conceived, and
bare a son; and he called his name Er. [4] And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and she called his name Onan. [5] And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she
bare him. [6] And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was
Tamar. [7] And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD slew him.
[8] And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.
[9] And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother. [10] And the thing which he
did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
[11] Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure
he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's
house.
[12] And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and
Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and
his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
[13] And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
[14] And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a
vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to
Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him
to wife.
[15] When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had
covered her face.
[16] And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let
me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.)
And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
[17] And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt
thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? [18] And he said, What pledge
shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy
staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and
she conceived by him. [19] And she arose, and went away, and laid by her
vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
[20] And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. [21] Then
he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was
openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
[22] And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the
men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. [23] And
Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this
kid, and thou hast not found her. [24] And it came to pass about three
months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law
hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom.
And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
[25] When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By
the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray
thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. [26] And Judah
acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because
that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
[27] And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb.
[28] And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread,
saying, This came out first,
[29] And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be
upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. [30] And afterward came
out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name
was called Zarah.

Genesis 39
[1] And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the
Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. [2] And the LORD was with
Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master
the Egyptian. [3] And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that
the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. [4] And Joseph found
grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his
house, and all that he had he put into his hand. [5] And it came to pass
from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that
he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and
the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the
field.
[6] And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he
had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and
well favoured.
[7] And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her
eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. [8] But he refused, and said
unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in
the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
[9] There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God? [10] And it came to pass, as
she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by
her, or to be with her. [11] And it came to pass about this time, that
Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the
men of the house there within. [12] And she caught him by his garment,
saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got
him out. [13] And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his
garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
[14] That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in
unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: [15] And it came to
pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his
garment with me, and fled, and got him out. [16] And she laid up his
garment by her, until his lord came home. [17] And she spake unto him
according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast
brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: [18] And it came to pass, as I
lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled
out.
[19] And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me;
that his wrath was kindled.
[20] And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. [21]
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in
the sight of the keeper of the prison. [22] And the keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and
whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
[23] The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made
it to prosper.

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