Day 10 of 365

Gen 22:1–23:20

22:1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

22:2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

22:3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

22:5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."

22:6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

22:9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

22:10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

22:11 The angel of the Lord called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

22:12 He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

22:14 Abraham called the name of that place the Lord Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On the Lord's mountain, it will be provided."

22:15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

22:16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

22:18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

22:20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

22:21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22:22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

22:23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

22:24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

23:1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.

23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

23:3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

23:4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

23:5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

23:6 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."

23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

23:8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."

23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

23:11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."

23:12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

23:13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."

23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

23:15 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."

23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.

23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded

23:18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

23:19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

23:20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.

Matt 8:1–19

1 And when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

2 And behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

3 And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

5 And when he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

6 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

8 And the centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

10 And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Truly I tell you, I have not found so great a faith with anyone in Israel.

11 And I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

12 but the sons of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

13 And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed in that hour.

14 And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

15 So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

16 And when evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

19 Then a scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Ps 5:1–12

1 Give ear to my words, Lord. Consider my meditation.

2 Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.

3 Lord, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

4 For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.

5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

6 You will destroy those who speak lies. The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

8 Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongue they are deceitful.

10 Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

11 But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

12 For you will bless the righteous. Lord, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.