22 Jan 2017Exodus 4–6 1 And Moses answered and said, “But they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice. For they will say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’” 2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A rod.” 3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.” And he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. Then Moses fled from it. 4 Then the
21 Jan 2017Exodus 1–3 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt (each man and his household came with Jacob): 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 All the people who came from the seed of Jacob were seventy people, but Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation. 7
20 Jan 2017Genesis 49–50 1 Jacob called to his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, so that I may tell you what will befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together and hear, sons of Jacob, and listen to your father Israel. 3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. 4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you
19 Jan 2017Genesis 46–48 1 So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great
18 Jan 2017Genesis 43–45 1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.” 3 Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go
17 Jan 2017Genesis 41–42 1 After two whole years, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing by the Nile. 2 Seven fine-looking and fattened cows suddenly came up out of the river, and they grazed in the meadow. 3 Then seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the riverbank. 4 The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine-looking and fattened
16 Jan 2017Genesis 39–40 1 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did