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Thursday, 23rd May 2024 --- 15 Bashans 1740


Genesis 48 : 1 - 19

Chapter 48

1Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, "Indeed your father is sick"; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2And Jacob was told, "Look, your son Joseph is coming to you"; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.
3Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
4and said to me, "Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'
5And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
7But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."
8Then Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
9Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place." And he said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
11And Israel said to Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!"
12So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth.
13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him.
14Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15And he blessed Joseph, and said: "God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
16The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
17Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
19But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."


Isaiah 50 : 4 - 9

Chapter 50

4"The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.
5The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away.
6I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
7"For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.
8He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me.
9Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up.


Isaiah 3 : 9 - 15

Chapter 3

9The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
10"Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths."
13The LORD stands up to plead, And stands to judge the people.
14The LORD will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: "For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?" Says the Lord GOD of hosts.


Isaiah 63 : 1 - 7

Chapter 63

1Who is this who comes from Edom, With dyed garments from Bozrah, This One who is glorious in His apparel, Traveling in the greatness of His strength?--"I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
2Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3"I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes.
4For the day of vengeance is in My heart, And the year of My redeemed has come.
5I looked, but there was no one to help, And I wondered That there was no one to uphold; Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; And My own fury, it sustained Me.
6I have trodden down the peoples in My anger, Made them drunk in My fury, And brought down their strength to the earth."
7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD And the praises of the LORD, According to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.


Amos 9 : 5,6,8,10

Chapter 9

5The Lord GOD of hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, And all who dwell there mourn; All of it shall swell like the River, And subside like the River of Egypt.
6He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth--The LORD is His name.
8"Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," Says the LORD.
10All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, "The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.'


Job 29 : 21 - 30 : 10

Chapter 29

21"Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
22After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.
23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.

Chapter 30

1"But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished.
3They are gaunt from want and famine, Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots for their food.
5They were driven out from among men, They shouted at them as at a thief.
6They had to live in the clefts of the valleys, In caves of the earth and the rocks.
7Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.
8They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
9"And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
10They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.





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