Bible Reading
February 3
The World English Bible
Feb.
3
Genesis
34
Gen
34:1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land.
Gen
34:2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land,
saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
Gen
34:3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved
the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
Gen
34:4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this
young lady as a wife."
Gen
34:5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and
his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace
until they came.
Gen
34:6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
Gen
34:7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it.
The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought
not to be done.
Gen
34:8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son,
Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
Gen
34:9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our
daughters for yourselves.
Gen
34:10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live
and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
Gen
34:11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me
find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
Gen
34:12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever
you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
Gen
34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with
deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
Gen
34:14 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our
sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
Gen
34:15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be
as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
Gen
34:16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
Gen
34:17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we
will take our sister, and we will be gone."
Gen
34:18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
Gen
34:19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house
of his father.
Gen
34:20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city,
and talked with the men of their city, saying,
Gen
34:21 "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live
in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for
them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
them our daughters.
Gen
34:22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with
us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as
they are circumcised.
Gen
34:23 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their
animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will
dwell with us."
Gen
34:24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor,
and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went
out of the gate of his city.
Gen
34:25 It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of
Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword,
came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
Gen
34:26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
Gen
34:27 Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because
they had defiled their sister.
Gen
34:28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which
was in the city, that which was in the field,
Gen
34:29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones
and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the
house.
Gen
34:30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to
make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves
together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my
house."
Gen
34:31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a
prostitute?"
Feb. 1, 2, 3
Matthew 17
Mat 17:1 After six
days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and
brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
Mat 17:2 He was
transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his
garments became as white as the light.
Mat 17:3 Behold, Moses
and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
Mat 17:4 Peter
answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be
here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."
Mat 17:5 While he was
still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
Mat 17:6 When the
disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
Mat 17:7 Jesus came and
touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
Mat 17:8 Lifting up
their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
Mat 17:9 As they were
coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't
tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the
dead."
Mat 17:10 His disciples
asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must
come first?"
Mat 17:11 Jesus
answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all
things,
Mat 17:12 but I tell
you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but
did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also
suffer by them."
Mat 17:13 Then the
disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Mat 17:14 When they
came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him,
saying,
Mat 17:15 "Lord,
have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Mat 17:16 So I brought
him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
Mat 17:17 Jesus
answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be
with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
Mat 17:18 Jesus rebuked
him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
Mat 17:19 Then the
disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we
able to cast it out?"
Mat 17:20 He said to
them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you,
if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you.
Mat 17:21 But this kind
doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
Mat 17:22 While they
were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is
about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
Mat 17:23 and they will
kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were
exceedingly sorry.
Mat 17:24 When they had
come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to
Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
Mat 17:25 He said,
"Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him,
saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the
earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from
strangers?"
Mat 17:26 Peter said to
him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, "Therefore
the children are exempt.
Mat 17:27 But, lest we
cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the
first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will
find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
