Daily
Feast
(Eighth
Day)
Genesis 24:11 – 25:29
This
section is designed to read the entire Bible in a year, i.e., in 365 days. The
total verses of the entire Bible are equally divided into 365 parts.
The First Book of Moses
Genesis
24
11 He made the camels kneel down outside the
city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to
draw water. 12 He said, “Yahweh, the God
of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my
master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing
by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to
draw water. 14 Let it happen, that the
young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may
drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let
her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know
that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15 Before he had finished speaking, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. 16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at,
a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her
pitcher, and came up. 17 The servant ran
to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your
pitcher.”
18 She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and
let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she
said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.” 20
She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well
to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining
silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 As the camels had done drinking, the man took
a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold, 23 and said,
“Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house
for us to stay?”
24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of
Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25 She said moreover to him, “We have both straw
and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”
26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
27 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God
of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth
toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my
master’s relatives.”
28 The young lady ran, and told her mother’s
house about these words. 29 Rebekah had
a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
30 When he saw the ring, and the
bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his
sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold,
he was standing by the camels at the spring. 31
He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For
I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded
the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet
and the feet of the men who were with him. 33
Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I
have told my message.”
Laban
said, “Speak on.”
34 He said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has
become great. Yahweh has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male
servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys. 36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my
master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him. 37 My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall
not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land
I live, 38 but you shall go to my
father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ 39 I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will
not follow me?’ 40 He said to me,
‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your
way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s
house. 41 Then you will be clear from my
oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall
be clear from my oath.’ 42 I came today
to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do
prosper my way which I go— 43 behold, I
am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes
out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your
pitcher to drink,” 44 then she tells me,
“Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh
has appointed for my master’s son.’ 45
Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out
with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said
to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46 She
hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I
will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a
drink. 47 I asked her, and said, ‘Whose
daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah
bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
48 I bowed my head, and worshiped
Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the
right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son. 49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my
master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the
left.”
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing
proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and
go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”
52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he
bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh. 53
The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother
and her mother. 54 They ate and drank,
he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the
morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
55 Her brother and her mother said, “Let the
young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
56 He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since
Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”
57 They said, “We will call the young lady, and
ask her.” 58 They called Rebekah, and
said to her, “Will you go with this man?”
She
said, “I will go.”
59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with
her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60
They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the
mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate
of those who hate them.”
61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on
the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai
Roi, for he lived in the land of the South. 63
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his
eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming. 64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac, she got off the camel. 65 She
said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?”
The
servant said, “It is my master.”
She
took her veil, and covered herself. 66
The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s
tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was
comforted after his mother’s death.
25
1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was
Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba,
and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch,
Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac, 6 but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of
Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his
son, eastward, to the east country. 7
These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one
hundred seventy-five years. 8 Abraham
gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years,
and was gathered to his people. 9 Isaac
and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of
Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre, 10 the field which Abraham purchased from the
children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed
Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
12
Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham. 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and
these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve
princes, according to their nations. 17
These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven
years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people. 18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is
before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
19 This is the history of the generations of
Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took
Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban
the Syrian, to be his wife. 21 Isaac
entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by
him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22
The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like
this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh. 23 Yahweh said to her,
“Two
nations are in your womb.
Two
peoples will be separated from your body.
The
one people will be stronger than the other people.
The
elder will serve the younger.”
24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold, there were twins in her womb. 25
The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him
Esau. 26 After that, his brother came
out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty
years old when she bore them.
27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a
man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his
venison. Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Jacob
boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
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