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


Genesis 2 : 15 - 3 : 24

Chapter 2

15Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
18And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him."
19Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
20So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
22Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
23And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Chapter 3

1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
2And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, "You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die."'
4Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
5For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
10So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
12Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
13And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.
15And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
16To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you."
17Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return."
20And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
22Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
23therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
24So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.


Isaiah 40 : 1 - 5

Chapter 40

1"Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.
2"Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD's hand Double for all her sins."
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
4Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
5The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."


Proverbs 1 : 1 - 9

Chapter 1

1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;
4To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion--
5A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
6To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.





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