Day 5 of 365

Gen 11:1–13:18

11:1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

11:2 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

11:3 They said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

11:4 They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

11:5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

11:6 The Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

11:7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

11:8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

11:9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there, the Lord scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

11:10 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

11:11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

11:13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

11:15 and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

11:17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

11:19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

11:21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

11:23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

11:25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

11:26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

11:27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

11:28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

11:29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

11:30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.

11:31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

12:1 Now the Lord said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

12:2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."

12:4 So Abram went, as the Lord had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

12:5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.

12:6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.

12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.

12:8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

12:9 Abram traveled, going on still toward the Negev.

12:10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

12:11 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

12:12 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

12:13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

12:14 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

12:15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

12:16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

12:17 The Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

12:18 Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

12:19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

12:20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the way with his wife and all that he had.

13:1 Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

13:3 He went on his journeys from the Negev even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

13:4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

13:5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

13:6 The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

13:7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.

13:8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

13:9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

13:10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

13:11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

13:12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

13:13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the Lord.

13:14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

13:15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

13:16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

13:17 Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."

13:18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.

Matt 5:1–22

1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

2 Then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

11 "Blessed are you when men insult you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18 For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the Law, until all things are accomplished.

19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'

22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of hell.

Ps 3:1–8

1 Lord, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

2 Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.

3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

4 I cry to the Lord with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the Lord sustains me.

6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

7 Arise, Lord! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

8 Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.