Bible Reading
February 16
The World English Bible
Feb.
16
Genesis
47
Gen
47:1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father
and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they
own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the
land of Goshen."
Gen
47:2 From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to
Pharaoh.
Gen
47:3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we, and
our fathers."
Gen
47:4 They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners
in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For
the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let
your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
Gen
47:5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your
brothers have come to you.
Gen
47:6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your
brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of
Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge
of my livestock."
Gen
47:7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before
Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Gen
47:8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years
of your life?"
Gen
47:9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my
pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the
days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days
of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
pilgrimage."
Gen
47:10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of
Pharaoh.
Gen
47:11 Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land
of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Gen
47:12 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Gen
47:13 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by
reason of the famine.
Gen
47:14 Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought:
and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Gen
47:15 When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the
land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, "Give
us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money
fails."
Gen
47:16 Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you
food for your livestock, if your money is gone."
Gen
47:17 They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the
herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange
for all their livestock for that year.
Gen
47:18 When that year was ended, they came to him the second year,
and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money is
all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing
left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
Gen
47:19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy
us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to
Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the
land won't be desolate."
Gen
47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe on
them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
Gen
47:21 As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of
the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
Gen
47:22 Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests
had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave
them. That is why they didn't sell their land.
Gen
47:23 Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought
you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you,
and you shall sow the land.
Gen
47:24 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to
Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for
your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little
ones."
Gen
47:25 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor
in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
Gen
47:26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this
day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests
alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
Gen
47:27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and
they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and
multiplied exceedingly.
Gen
47:28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days
of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
Gen
47:29 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son
Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your
sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly
with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
Gen
47:30 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their burying place." He said, "I
will do as you have said."
Gen
47:31 He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel
bowed himself on the bed's head.
Feb. 16, 17
Matthew 24
Mat 24:1 Jesus went out
from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him
to show him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 But he
answered them, "You see all of these things, don't you? Most
certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on
another, that will not be thrown down."
Mat 24:3 As he sat on
the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying,
"Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your
coming, and of the end of the age?"
Mat 24:4 Jesus answered
them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
Mat 24:5 For many will
come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many
astray.
Mat 24:6 You will hear
of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all
this must happen, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will
be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
Mat 24:8 But all these
things are the beginning of birth pains.
Mat 24:9 Then they will
deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by
all of the nations for my name's sake.
Mat 24:10 Then many
will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one
another.
Mat 24:11 Many false
prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
Mat 24:12 Because
iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
Mat 24:13 But he who
endures to the end, the same will be saved.
Mat 24:14 This Good
News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a
testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Mat 24:15 "When,
therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the
reader understand),
Mat 24:16 then let
those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Mat 24:17 Let him who
is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his
house.
Mat 24:18 Let him who
is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
Mat 24:19 But woe to
those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
Mat 24:20 Pray that
your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
Mat 24:21 for then
there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the
beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
Mat 24:22 Unless those
days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the
sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
Mat 24:23 "Then if
any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't
believe it.
Mat 24:24 For there
will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show
great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the
chosen ones.
Mat 24:25 "Behold,
I have told you beforehand.
Mat 24:26 If therefore
they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out;
'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
Mat 24:27 For as the
lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so
will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat 24:28 For wherever
the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.
Mat 24:29 But
immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from
the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Mat 24:30 and then the
sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of
the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the
clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 He will send
out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather
together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky
to the other.
Mat 24:32 "Now
from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become
tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
Mat 24:33 Even so you
also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at
the doors.
Mat 24:34 Most
certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all
these things are accomplished.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and
earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Mat 24:36 But no one
knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my
Father only.
Mat 24:37 "As the
days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat 24:38 For as in
those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into
the ship,
Mat 24:39 and they
didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be
the coming of the Son of Man.
Mat 24:40 Then two men
will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
Mat 24:41 two women
grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.
Mat 24:42 Watch
therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
Mat 24:43 But know
this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the
night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have
allowed his house to be broken into.
Mat 24:44 Therefore
also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man
will come.
Mat 24:45 "Who
then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his
household, to give them their food in due season?
Mat 24:46 Blessed is
that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Mat 24:47 Most
certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
Mat 24:48 But if that
evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his
coming,'
Mat 24:49 and begins to
beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
Mat 24:50 the lord of
that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an
hour when he doesn't know it,
Mat 24:51 and will cut
him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is
where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
