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Bible Reading for January 07

Genesis 20
[1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. [2] And Abraham said of
Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and
took Sarah.
[3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold,
thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a
man's wife.
[4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay
also a righteous nation?
[5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said,
He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands
have I done this.
[6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in
the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against
me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. [7] Now therefore restore
the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou
shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely
die, thou, and all that are thine. [8] Therefore Abimelech rose early in
the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in
their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
[9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on
my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be
done.
[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done
this thing?
[11] And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in
this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. [12] And yet indeed
she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of
my mother; and she became my wife. [13] And it came to pass, when God
caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is
thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall
come, say of me, He is my brother. [14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen,
and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and
restored him Sarah his wife. [15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is
before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all
that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. [17] So
Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they bare children. [18] For the LORD had fast closed up
all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Genesis 21
[1] And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah
as he had spoken.
[2] For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set
time of which God had spoken to him. [3] And Abraham called the name of his
son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
[4] And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
[5] And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
[6] And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me.
[7] And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have
given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. [8] And the
child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day
that Isaac was weaned.
[9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son:
for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac.
[11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because
of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto
thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. [13]
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is
thy seed.
[14] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle
of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness
of Beer-sheba.
[15] And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
[16] And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And
she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. [17] And God
heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar out of
heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath
heard the voice of the lad where he is. [18] Arise, lift up the lad, and
hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
[19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. [20] And God was
with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer.
[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
[22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest:
[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to
the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast sojourned.
[24] And Abraham said, I will swear. [25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech
because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken
away. [26] And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. [27] And Abraham
took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a
covenant.
[28] And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. [29] And
Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou
hast set by themselves?
[30] And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. [31]
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of
them.
[32] Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of
the Philistines.
[33] And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
[34] And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Genesis 22
[1] And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. [2] And he said,
Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into
the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of
the mountains which I will tell thee of. [3] And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went unto the place of which God had told him.
[4] Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I
and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you, [6] And
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his
son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of
them together.
[7] And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering? [8] And Abraham said, My son, God
will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together. [9] And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac
his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. [10] And Abraham
stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
[11] And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. [12] And he said, Lay not thine
hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that
thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son
from me. [13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the
ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. [14]
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to
this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. [15] And the angel of
the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: [17]
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea
shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; [18] And in thy
seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice.
[19] So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. [20] And it came
to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,
Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; [21] Huz his
firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, [22] And
Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. [23] And Bethuel
begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
[24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

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