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Friday, 26th April 2013 --- 18 Baramoudah 1729
Matins
Genesis 49 : 33 - end Genesis 50 : 1 - 26 Proverbs 11 : 27 - end Proverbs 12 : 1 - 22 Isaiah 66 : 10 - 24 Job 42 : 7 - 17
Genesis 49 : 33 - end
Chapter 49
| 33 | And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. |
Genesis 50 : 1 - 26
Chapter 50
| 1 | Then Joseph fell on his father's face and wept over him, and kissed him. |
| 2 | And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. |
| 3 | Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. |
| 4 | Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying, |
| 5 | "My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back."' |
| 6 | And Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear." |
| 7 | So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, |
| 8 | as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen. |
| 9 | And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very great gathering. |
| 10 | Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father. |
| 11 | And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a deep mourning of the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. |
| 12 | So his sons did for him just as he had commanded them. |
| 13 | For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place. |
| 14 | And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father. |
| 15 | When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him." |
| 16 | So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying, |
| 17 | "Thus you shall say to Joseph: "I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you."' Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. |
| 18 | Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, "Behold, we are your servants." |
| 19 | Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? |
| 20 | But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. |
| 21 | Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. |
| 22 | So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. |
| 23 | Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees. |
| 24 | And Joseph said to his brethren, "I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." |
| 25 | Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here." |
| 26 | So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. |
Proverbs 11 : 27 - end
Chapter 11
| 27 | He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, But trouble will come to him who seeks evil. |
| 28 | He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like foliage. |
| 29 | He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. |
| 30 | The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. |
| 31 | If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, How much more the ungodly and the sinner. |
Proverbs 12 : 1 - 22
Chapter 12
| 1 | Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. |
| 2 | A good man obtains favor from the LORD, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn. |
| 3 | A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot be moved. |
| 4 | An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones. |
| 5 | The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. |
| 6 | The words of the wicked are, "Lie in wait for blood," But the mouth of the upright will deliver them. |
| 7 | The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand. |
| 8 | A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised. |
| 9 | Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread. |
| 10 | A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
| 11 | He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding. |
| 12 | The wicked covet the catch of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit. |
| 13 | The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will come through trouble. |
| 14 | A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, And the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him. |
| 15 | The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise. |
| 16 | A fool's wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame. |
| 17 | He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit. |
| 18 | There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health. |
| 19 | The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
| 20 | Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. |
| 21 | No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil. |
| 22 | Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal truthfully are His delight. |
Isaiah 66 : 10 - 24
Chapter 66
| 10 | "Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her; |
| 11 | That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory." |
| 12 | For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees. |
| 13 | As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem." |
| 14 | When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies. |
| 15 | For behold, the LORD will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. |
| 16 | For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many. |
| 17 | "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD. |
| 18 | "For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. |
| 19 | I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. |
| 20 | Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. |
| 21 | And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites," says the LORD. |
| 22 | "For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "So shall your descendants and your name remain. |
| 23 | And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD. |
| 24 | "And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." |
Job 42 : 7 - 17
Chapter 42
| 7 | And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. |
| 8 | Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." |
| 9 | So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job. |
| 10 | And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
| 11 | Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold. |
| 12 | Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. |
| 13 | He also had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14 | And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. |
| 15 | In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. |
| 16 | After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. |
| 17 | So Job died, old and full of days. |