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Abraham Lies to Abimelech
20 And Abraham journeyed from (A)there toward the land of (B)the [a]Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in (C)Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “(D)She is my sister.” So (E)Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 (F)But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night and said to him, “Behold, (G)you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is [b]married.” 4 (Now Abimelech had not come near her.) Then he said, “Lord, (H)will You kill a nation, even though righteous? 5 Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she (I)herself also said, ‘He is my brother.’ In (J)the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my [c]hands I have done this.” 6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also [d](K)held you back from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 So now, return the man’s wife, for (L)he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”
8 So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid. 9 (M)Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And [e]how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom (N)a great sin? You have done to me [f]things that ought not to be done.” 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?” 11 And Abraham said, “Because I said, surely there is no (O)fear of God in this place, and (P)they will kill me because of my wife. 12 Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; 13 and it happened when (Q)God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is [g]the lovingkindness which you will show to me: [h]everywhere we go, (R)say of me, “He is my brother.”’” 14 (S)Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and returned his wife Sarah to him. 15 And Abimelech said, “(T)Behold, my land is before you; [i]settle wherever it is good in your sight.” 16 To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your (U)brother one thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is [j]your vindication before all who are with you, and before all you are [k]cleared.” 17 (V)And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore children. 18 (W)For Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Isaac Is Born
21 (X)Now Yahweh visited Sarah as He had said, and Yahweh did for Sarah as He had [l]promised. 2 (Y)So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at (Z)the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, (AA)Isaac. 4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was (AB)eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Now Abraham was (AC)one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, “God has made (AD)laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh [m]with me.” 7 And she said, “(AE)Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Sarah Sends Hagar Away
8 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw (AF)the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, [n](AG)laughing in jest. 10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “(AH)Drive out this maidservant and her son! The son of this maidservant shall not be an heir with my son, with Isaac.” 11 (AI)And the matter [o]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son. 12 So God said to Abraham, “[p]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for (AJ)through Isaac your seed shall be named. 13 And of (AK)the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.” 14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a [q]skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 When the water in the skin was finished, she [r]put the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me [s]see when the child dies.” And she sat opposite him and (AL)lifted up her voice and wept. 17 Then God (AM)heard the voice of the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? (AN)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him by [t]the hand, (AO)for I will make a great nation of him.” 19 Then God (AP)opened her eyes, and she saw (AQ)a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 (AR)And God was with the boy, and he grew; and he [u]lived in the wilderness and was an archer. 21 (AS)And he [v]lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
A Covenant with Abimelech
22 Now it happened at that time, that (AT)Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “(AU)God is with you in all that you do; 23 so now, (AV)swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned.” 24 And Abraham said, “I swear it.” 25 But Abraham reproved Abimelech about the well of water which the servants of Abimelech (AW)had seized. 26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it [w]until today.”
27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and (AX)the two of them cut a covenant. 28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?” 30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a (AY)witness to me, that I dug this well.” 31 Therefore he called that place (AZ)Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. 32 So they cut a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there (BA)he called upon the name of Yahweh, the (BB)Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned (BC)in the land of the Philistines for many days.
The Offering of Isaac
22 Now it happened after these things, that (BD)God tested Abraham and said to him, “(BE)Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 Then He said, “Take now (BF)your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and (BG)go forth to the land of (BH)Moriah, and offer him there as a (BI)burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” 3 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. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there; and we will worship, and we will return to you.” 6 Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and (BJ)put it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.
7 Then Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the (BK)lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 And Abraham said, “God will [x]provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
9 Then they came to (BL)the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built (BM)the altar there and arranged the wood and bound his son Isaac and (BN)put him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But (BO)the angel of Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 And He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing to him; for now (BP)I know that you [y]fear God, since you have not withheld (BQ)your son, your only one, from Me.” 13 Then Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there was a ram after it had been caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place [z]Yahweh Will Provide, as it is said this day, “In the mount of Yahweh (BR)it will [aa]be provided.”
15 Then the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 16 and said, “(BS)By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one, 17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly (BT)multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as (BU)the sand which is on the seashore; and (BV)your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. 18 (BW)In your [ab]seed all the nations of the earth shall [ac]be blessed, because you have (BX)listened to My voice.” 19 (BY)So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and walked together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 Now it happened after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, “Behold, (BZ)Milcah [ad]also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22 and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.” 23 And Bethuel [ae]was the father of (CA)Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, [af]also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of the (A)false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are (B)ravenous wolves. 16 You will [a](C)know them by their fruits. [b]Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, (D)every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 (E)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will [c]know them (F)by their fruits.
21 “(G)Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 (H)Many will say to Me on (I)that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many [d]miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (J)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
Build Your House on the Rock
24 “Therefore (K)everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, [e]may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone hearing these words of Mine and not doing them, may be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
28 [f](L)Now it happened that when Jesus had finished these words, (M)the crowds were astonished at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Yahweh Will Judge the World in Righteousness
For the choir director. [a]Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David.
Aleph
9 [b]I will give thanks to Yahweh with all (A)my heart;
I will (B)recount all Your [c]wondrous deeds.
Aleph
Beth
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (F)perish before You.
4 For You have (G)maintained my [d]justice and my cause;
You have sat on the throne [e](H)judging righteously.
Gimel
5 You have (I)rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish;
You have (J)blotted out their name forever and ever.
He
6 [f]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [g]ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (K)memory of them has perished.
Vav
Vav
8 And He will (N)judge the world in righteousness;
He will render justice for the peoples with equity.
Vav
Vav
10 And [k]those who (P)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Yahweh, have not (Q)forsaken those who seek You.
Zayin
16 To deliver you from the [a](A)strange woman,
From the [b](B)foreign woman who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsakes the close (C)companion of her youth
And forgets the (D)covenant of her God;
18 For (E)her house [c]sinks down to death
And her tracks descend to the [d]dead;
19 All (F)who go to her will not return,
And they will not reach the (G)paths of life.
20 So that you will (H)walk in the way of good men
And keep to the (I)paths of the righteous.
21 For (J)the upright will dwell in the land
And (K)the blameless will remain in it;
22 But (L)the wicked will be cut off from the land
And (M)the treacherous will be (N)torn away from it.
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