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


Genesis 1 : 1 - 2 : 3

Chapter 1

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
5God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
6Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
7Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
9Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13So the evening and the morning were the third day.
14Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.
16Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
17God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."
21So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so.
25And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
30Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.
31Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Chapter 2

1Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.
2And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.


Isaiah 5 : 1 - 9

Chapter 5

1Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
2He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.
3"And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
4What more could have been done to My vineyard That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes?
5And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it."
7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
8Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, "Truly, many houses shall be desolate, Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.


Sirach 1 : 1 - 19

Chapter 1

1All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time.
2Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?
3Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things?
4Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
5The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments.
6To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels?
7To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps?
8There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion.
9He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her.
10And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him.
11The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
12The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days.
13With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed.
14The love of God is honourable wisdom.
15Ana they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works.
16The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful.
17The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.
18Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.
19It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.





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