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Genesis
25
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¶Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And
she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,
and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of
Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of
Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All
these were the children of Keturah. 5 And Abraham gave all that
he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his
son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7 And
these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived,
an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up
the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years;
and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael
buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the
son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 The field which
Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried,
and Sarah his wife.
11 ¶And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed
his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 12 Now these
are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,
Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13 And these are the names
of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations:
the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur,
Naphish, and Kedemah: 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these
are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes
according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life
of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up
the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. 18 And they
dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest
toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 ¶And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah
to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister
to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife,
because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within
her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire
of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy
womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;
and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and
the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered
were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the
first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called
his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand
took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac
was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew:
and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was
a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because
he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 ¶And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he
was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called
Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And
Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall
this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day;
and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat
and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright.
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Genesis
26
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1 ¶And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell
thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will
bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham
thy father; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars
of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and
in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because
that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,
my statutes, and my laws.
6 ¶And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 And the men of the place asked him
of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say,
She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill
me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came
to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king
of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,
Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called
Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst
thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said,
Lest I die for her. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast
done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy
wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And
Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 ¶Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year
an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great,
and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he
had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store
of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells
which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his
father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his
tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged
again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham
his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death
of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his
father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley,
and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of
Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours:
and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with
him. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also:
and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence,
and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called
the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made
room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went
up from thence to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the
same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not,
for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for
my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and
called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and
there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 ¶Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac
said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and
have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that
the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt
us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and
as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away
in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. 30 And he made them
a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes
in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away,
and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the
same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the
well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day.
34 ¶And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon
the Hittite: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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Psalms
31
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1 ¶ In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver
me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to
save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy
name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that
they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into
thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God
of truth. 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
trust in the LORD. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for
thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast
set my feet in a large room.
9 ¶Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is
spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth
because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a
reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours,
and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled
from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like
a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was
on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they
devised to take away my life. 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD:
I said, Thou art my God. 15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me
from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies'
sake. 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee:
let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 ¶Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them
that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of
thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly
in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed be the LORD:
for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I
cried unto thee. 23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the
LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud
doer. 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the LORD.
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Matthew
16
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1 ¶The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired
him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and
said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather:
for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather
to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of
the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a
sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of
the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
5 ¶And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had
forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed
and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have
taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them,
O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye
have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember
the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took
up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many
baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that
I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood
they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but
of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
13 ¶When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked
his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some,
Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith
unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered
and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father
which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged he his disciples that
they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 ¶From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples,
how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised
again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that
be of God, but those that be of men.
24 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever
will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man
profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son
of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and
then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28 Verily
I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste
of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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