Day 13 of 365

Gen 27:1–28:22

27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."

27:2 He said, "See now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

27:3 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

27:4 Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."

27:5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

27:6 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

27:7 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before the Lord before my death.'

27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

27:9 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

27:10 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."

27:11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

27:12 What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."

27:13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."

27:14 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

27:15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

27:16 She put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

27:17 She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

27:18 He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

27:19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

27:20 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because the Lord your God gave me success."

27:21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

27:22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

27:23 He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

27:24 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."

27:25 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

27:26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."

27:27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed.

27:28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

27:30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

27:31 He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

27:32 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

27:33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."

27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."

27:35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

27:36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

27:37 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"

27:38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

27:39 Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

27:40 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

27:41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."

27:42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

27:44 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;

27:45 until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

27:46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

28:1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

28:2 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

28:3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

28:4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

28:5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

28:6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"

28:7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

28:8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.

28:9 Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

28:11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

28:12 He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

28:13 Behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

28:14 Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

28:15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."

28:16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."

28:17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

28:18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

28:20 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

28:21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and the Lord will be my God,

28:22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

Matt 10:1–13

1 And he called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; and Andrew his brother; and Jacob the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; Jacob the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans.

6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, proclaim, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is near!'

8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

9 Do not take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

11 And into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

12 And as you enter into the household, greet it.

13 And if the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Prov 3:18–27

18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

19 By wisdom the Lord founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

25 Do not be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

26 for the Lord will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.