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| ויצא | "He went out
Gospel: Matthew
3:13-4:11
Chapter 28
(10) Now Jacob went out from Beersheba
and went toward Haran.
(11) So he
came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set.
And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay
down in that place to sleep.
(12) Then he
dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to
heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
(13) And
behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham
your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you
and your descendants.
(14)
"Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread
abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in
your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
(15)
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring
you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have
spoken to you."
(16) Then
Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place,
and I did not know it."
(17) And he
was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the
house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
(18) Then
Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his
head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
(19) And he called the name of that
place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
(20) Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If
God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread
to eat and clothing to put on,
(21) "so that I come back to my
father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.
(22) "And this stone which I have
set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely
give a tenth to You."
Chapter 29
(1) So Jacob went on his journey and
came to the land of the people of the East.
(2) And he looked, and saw a well in
the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of
that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well's mouth.
(3) Now all the flocks would be
gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well's mouth, water the
sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well's mouth.
(4) And Jacob said to them, "My
brethren, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from
Haran."
(5) Then he said to them, "Do you
know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."
(6) So he said to them, "Is he
well?" And they said, "He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is
coming with the sheep."
(7) Then he said, "Look, it is
still high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water
the sheep, and go and feed them."
(8) But they said, "We cannot
until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from
the well's mouth; then we water the sheep."
(9) Now while he was still speaking
with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
(10) And it came to pass, when Jacob
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban
his mother's brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's
mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
(11) Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and
lifted up his voice and wept. (12) And Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's relative and that he was Rebekah's son. So she ran and told her
father.
(13) Then it came to pass, when Laban
heard the report about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and
embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all
these things.
(14) And Laban said to him,
"Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him for a
month.
(15) Then Laban said to Jacob,
"Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing?
Tell me, what should your wages be?"
(16) Now Laban had two daughters: the
name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
(17) Leah's eyes were delicate, but
Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.
(18) Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he
said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger
daughter."
(19) And Laban said, "It is
better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay
with me."
(20) So Jacob served seven years for
Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for
her.
(21) Then Jacob said to Laban,
"Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to
her."
(22) And Laban gathered together all
the men of the place and made a feast.
(23) Now it came to pass in the
evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went
in to her.
(24) And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to
his daughter Leah as a maid.
(25) So it came to pass in the
morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, "What is this you
have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you
deceived me?"
(26) And Laban said, "It must not
be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
(27) "Fulfill her week, and we
will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still
another seven years." (28) Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he
gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also.
(29) And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to
his daughter Rachel as a maid.
(30) Then Jacob also went in to
Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still
another seven years.
(31) When the LORD saw that Leah was
unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
(32) So Leah conceived and bore a son,
and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely looked
on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me."
(33) Then she conceived again and bore
a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has
therefore given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.
(34) She conceived again and bore a
son, and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me,
because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.
(35) And she conceived again and bore
a son, and said, "Now I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called
his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
Chapter 30
(1) Now when Rachel saw that she bore
Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, "Give me
children, or else I die!"
(2) And Jacob's anger was aroused
against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld
from you the fruit of the womb?"
(3) So she said, "Here is my maid
Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may
have children by her."
(4) Then she gave him Bilhah her maid
as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
(5) And Bilhah conceived and bore
Jacob a son.
(6) Then Rachel said, "God has
judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son."
Therefore she called his name Dan.
(7) And Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived
again and bore Jacob a second son.
(8) Then Rachel said, "With great
wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed."
So she called his name Naphtali.
(9) When Leah saw that she had stopped
bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife.
(10) And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob
a son.
(11) Then Leah said, "A troop
comes!" So she called his name Gad.
(12) And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob
a second son.
(13) Then Leah said, "I am happy,
for the daughters will call me blessed." So she called his name Asher.
(14) Now Reuben went in the days of
wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother
Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's
mandrakes."
(15) But she said to her, "Is it
a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my
son's mandrakes also?" And Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with
you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
(16) When Jacob came out of the field
in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to
me, for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with
her that night.
(17) And God listened to Leah, and she
conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
(18) Leah said, "God has given me
my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband." So she called his
name Issachar.
(19) Then Leah conceived again and
bore Jacob a sixth son.
(20) And Leah said, "God has
endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I
have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.
(21) Afterward she bore a daughter,
and called her name Dinah. (22) Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to
her and opened her womb. (
23) And she conceived and bore a son,
and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
(24) So she called his name Joseph,
and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son."
(25) And it came to pass, when Rachel
had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to
my own place and to my country.
(26) "Give me my wives and my
children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service
which I have done for you."
(27) And Laban said to him,
"Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by
experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."
(28) Then he said, "Name me your
wages, and I will give it." (29) So Jacob said to him, "You know how
I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.
(30) "For what you had before I
came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed
you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?"
(31) So he said, "What shall I
give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will
do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks:
(32) "Let me pass through all
your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and
all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the
goats; and these shall be my wages.
(33) "So my righteousness will
answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you:
every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the
lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me."
(34) And Laban said, "Oh, that it
were according to your word!" (35) So he removed that day the male goats
that were speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and
spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the
lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons. (36) Then he put three days'
journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
(37) Now Jacob took for himself rods
of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in
them, and exposed the white which was in the rods.
(38) And the rods which he had peeled,
he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the
flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.
(39) So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth
streaked, speckled, and spotted.
(40) Then Jacob separated the lambs,
and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of
Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with
Laban's flock.
(41) And it came to pass, whenever the
stronger livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the
livestock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
(42) But when the flocks were feeble,
he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.
(43) Thus the man became exceedingly
prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and
donkeys.
Chapter 31
(1) Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons,
saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was
our father's he has acquired all this wealth."
(2)
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward
him as before.
(3)
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to
your family, and I will be with you."
(4)
So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock,
(5)
and said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not
favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
(6)
"And you know that with all my might I have served your father.
(7)
"Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God
did not allow him to hurt me.
(8)
"If he said thus: 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks
bore speckled. And if he said thus: 'The streaked shall be your wages,' then
all the flocks bore streaked.
(9)
"So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
(10)
"And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my
eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were
streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
(11)
"Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I
said, 'Here I am.'
(12)
"And He said, 'Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the
flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban
is doing to you.
(13)
'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow
to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.'
"
(14)
Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, "Is there still any portion
or inheritance for us in our father's house?
(15)
"Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also
completely consumed our money.
(16)
"For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours
and our children's; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it." (17)
Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.
(18)
And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had
gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his
father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
(19)
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household
idols that were her father's.
(20)
And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him
that he intended to flee.
(21)
So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed
toward the mountains of Gilead.
(22)
And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
(23)
Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days' journey, and
he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.
(24)
But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him,
"Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad." (25) So
Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and
Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.
(26)
And Laban said to Jacob: "What have you done, that you have stolen away
unknown to me, and carried away my daughters like captives taken with the
sword?
(27)
"Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me;
for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?
(28)
"And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have
done foolishly in so doing.
(29)
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me
last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
(30)
"And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father's
house, but why did you steal my gods?"
(31)
Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said,
'Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.'
(32)
"With whomever you find your gods, do not let him live. In the presence of
our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you." For
Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
(33)
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the two maids'
tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered
Rachel's tent.
(34)
Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel's saddle, and
sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them.
(35)
And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord that I cannot
rise before you, for the manner of women is with me." And he searched but
did not find the household idols.
(36)
Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban:
"What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?
(37)
"Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household
things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that
they may judge between us both!
(38)
"These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats
have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.
(39)
"That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of
it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
(40)
"There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night,
and my sleep departed from my eyes.
(41)
"Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years
for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my
wages ten times.
(42)
"Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac,
had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has
seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
(43)
And Laban answered and said to Jacob, "These daughters are my daughters,
and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you
see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their
children whom they have borne?
(44)
"Now therefore, come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a
witness between you and me."
(45)
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
(46)
Then Jacob said to his brethren, "Gather stones." And they took
stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.
(47)
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
(48)
And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me this day."
Therefore its name was called Galeed,
(49)
also Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD watch between you and me when
we are absent one from another.
(50)
"If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my
daughters, although no man is with us--see, God is witness between you and
me!"
(51)
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Here is this heap and here is this pillar,
which I have placed between you and me.
(52)
"This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not
pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this
pillar to me, for harm.
(53)
"The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge
between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
(54)
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat
bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.
(55)
And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and
blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.
Chapter 32
(1)
So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
(2)
When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's camp." And he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.
Hosea
12:12-14:9
Chapter 12
(12)
Jacob fled to the country of Syria; Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife
he tended sheep.
(13)
By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was
preserved.
(14)
Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly; Therefore his Lord will leave the
guilt of his bloodshed upon him, And return his reproach upon him.
Chapter
13
(1)
When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he
offended through Baal worship, he died.
(2)
Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols
of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!"
(3)
Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that
passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a
chimney.
(4)
"Yet I am the LORD your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall
know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me.
(5)
I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.
(6)
When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was
exalted; Therefore they forgot Me.
(7)
"So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;
(8)
I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib
cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.
(9)
"O Israel, you are destroyed, But your help is from Me.
(10)
I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your
cities? And your judges to whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?
(11)
I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.
(12)
"The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. (13) The
sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For
he should not stay long where children are born.
(14)
"I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from
death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction!
Pity is hidden from My eyes." (15) Though he is fruitful among his
brethren, An east wind shall come; The wind of the LORD shall come up from the
wilderness. Then his spring shall become dry, And his fountain shall be dried
up. He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
(16)
Samaria is held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall
by the sword, Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with
child ripped open.
Chapter 14
(1)
O Israel, return to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your
iniquity;
(2)
Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all
iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.
(3)
Assyria shall not save us, We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say anymore
to the work of our hands, 'You are our gods.' For in You the fatherless finds
mercy."
(4)
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has
turned away from him.
(5)
I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his
roots like Lebanon.
(6)
His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his
fragrance like Lebanon.
(7)
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; They shall be revived like
grain, And grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
(8)
"Ephraim shall say, 'What have I to do anymore with idols?' I have heard
and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in
Me."
(9)
Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know
them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But
transgressors stumble in them.
Matthew
3:13-4:11
Chapter 3
(13) Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at
the Jordan to be baptized by him. (
14)
And John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and
are You coming to me?"
(15)
But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it
is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him.
(16)
When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and
behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending
like a dove and alighting upon Him.
(17)
And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased."
Chapter 4
1)
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the
devil.
(2)
And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
(3)
Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God,
command that these stones become bread."
(4)
But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "
(5)
Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the
temple,
(6)
and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it
is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In their hands
they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "
(7)
Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD
your God.' "
(8)
Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him
all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
(9)
And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall
down and worship me."
(10)
Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You
shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "
(11)
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
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