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Vicki Stephens-Parent

Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be agathered to my people; bbury me with my fathers in the cave that is in cthe field of Ephron the Hittite,in the acave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site."There they buried aAbraham and his wife bSarah, there they buried cIsaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah--the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth."When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and abreathed his last, and was bgathered to his people.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:25-28 NASB

From athe God of your father who helps you, And bby the Almighty who blesses you With cblessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb."The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of athe everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers."Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil."All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:22-24 NASB

"aJoseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; Its branches run over a wall."The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot at him and harassed him;But his abow remained firm, And bhis arms were agile, From the hands of the cMighty One of Jacob (From there is dthe Shepherd, ethe Stone of Israel),

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:16-21 NASB

"aDan shall bjudge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel."Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward."aFor Your salvation I wait, O Lord."aAs for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he will raid at their heels."aAs for bAsher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal dainties."aNaphtali is a doe let loose, He gives beautiful words.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:12-15 NASB

"His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk."aZebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon."Issachar is a strong donkey, aLying down between the sheepfolds."When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:10-11 NASB

"aThe scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And bto him shall be the obedience of the peoples."aHe ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; bHe washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 49:1-9 NASB

Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you ain the days to come."Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And alisten to Israel your father."Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and athe beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power."Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, aBecause you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch."aSimeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence."aLet my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen."Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. aI will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel."Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; aYour father's sons shall bow down to you."Judah is a alion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. bHe couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 35:1-8 NASB

Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to aBethel and live there, and make an altar there to bGod, who appeared to you cwhen you fled from your brother Esau."So Jacob said to his ahousehold and to all who were with him, "Put away bthe foreign gods which are among you, and cpurify yourselves and change your garments;and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make aan altar there to God, bwho answered me in the day of my distress and chas been with me wherever I have gone."So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.As they journeyed, there was aa great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.So Jacob came to aLuz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.aHe built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.Now aDeborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 35:13-21 NASB

Then aGod went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.Jacob set up aa pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, aBethel.Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to aEphrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now ayou have another son."It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.So aRachel died and was buried on the way to bEphrath (that is, Bethlehem).Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the apillar of Rachel's grave to this day.Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the atower of Eder.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 35:22-29 NASB

It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that aReuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it.athe sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;athe sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;and athe sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;and athe sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.Jacob came to his father Isaac at aMamre of bKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.Now the days of Isaac were aone hundred and eighty years.Isaac breathed his last and died and was agathered to his people, an bold man of ripe age; and chis sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 35:9 NASB

Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He ablessed him.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 35:10-12 NASB

aGod said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name."God also said to him, "I am aGod Almighty; bBe fruitful and multiply; A nation and a ccompany of nations shall come from you, And dkings shall come forth from you."aThe land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 28:5-10 NASB

Then Jacob departed from aBeersheba and went toward bHaran.Then aIsaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "aYou shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.So Esau saw that athe daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, abesides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 28:1-4 NASB

So Isaac called Jacob and ablessed him and charged him, and said to him, "bYou shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan."Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of aBethuel your mother's father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother."May aGod Almighty bbless you and cmake you fruitful and dmultiply you, that you may become a ecompany of peoples."May He also give you the ablessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may bpossess the land of your csojournings, which God gave to Abraham."

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 26:2-5 NASB

The Lord aappeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; bstay in the land of which I shall tell you."Sojourn in this land and aI will be with you and bbless you, for cto you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish dthe oath which I swore to your father Abraham."aI will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and bby your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;because Abraham aobeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws."

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Genesis 22:1-6 NASB

Now it came about after these things, that aGod tested Abraham, and said to him, "bAbraham!" And he said, "Here I am."He said, "Take now ayour son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of bMoriah, and offer him there as a cburnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and alaid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

Sep 25

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted James 5:17-20 NASB

Elijah was aa man with a nature like ours, and bhe prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for cthree years and six months.Then he aprayed again, and bthe sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.My brethren, aif any among you strays from bthe truth and one turns him back,let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will asave his soul from death and will bcover a multitude of sins.

Sep 22

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted 1 Kings 18:42-46 NASB

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of aCarmel; and he bcrouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees.He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go back" seven times.It came about at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, aa cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'"In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to aJezreel.Then athe hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and bhe girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel.

Sep 22

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 59:20-21 NASB

"A aRedeemer will come to Zion, And to those who bturn from transgression in Jacob," declares the Lord."As for Me, this is My acovenant with them," says the Lord: "My bSpirit which is upon you, and My cwords which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the Lord, "from now and forever."

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 59:14-19 NASB

aJustice is turned back, And brighteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil amakes himself a prey. Now the Lord saw, And it was displeasing in His sight bthat there was no justice.And He saw that there was ano man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His bown arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him.He put on arighteousness like a breastplate, And a bhelmet of salvation on His head; And He put on cgarments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with dzeal as a mantle.aAccording to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense.So they will fear the name of the Lord from the awest And His glory from the brising of the sun, For He will ccome like a rushing stream Which the wind of the Lord drives.

Sep 18

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