Genesis 31

Jacob Flees from Laban

1 But Jacob soon learned that Laban's sons were grumbling about him. "Jacob has robbed our father of everything!" they said. "He has gained all his wealth at our father's expense."

2 And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.

3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you."
4 So Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching his flock. 5 He said to them, "I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me. 8 You know how hard I have worked for your father, 7 but he has cheated me, changing my wages then times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm. 8 For if he said, 'The speckled animals will be your wages, 'the whole flock began to produce speckled young. And when he changed his mind and said, 'The striped animals will be your wages,' then the whole flock produced striped young.

9 In this way, God has taken your father's animals and given them to me.
10 "One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

11 Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' And I replied, 'Yes, here I am.'
12 "The angel said, 'Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you.

13 I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.'"
14 Rachel and Leah responded, "That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway. 15 He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us.

16 All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children, So go ahead and do whatever God has told you."
17 So Jacob put his wives and children on camels, 18 and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Paddan-aram and set out for the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived. 19 At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father's household Idols and took them with her. 20 Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.

21 So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill country of Gilead.

Laban Pursues Jacob

22 Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 23 So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.

24 But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in dream and told him, "I'm warning you-leave Jacob alone!"
25 Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob's 26 "What do you mean drag my daughters away like prisoners of war? 27 Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn't you say wanted to leave? I would have given you a farewell feast, with singing and music, accompanied by tambourines and harps. 28 Why didn't you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted very foolishly! 29 I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, 'Leave Jacob alone!'

30 I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father's home. But why have you stolen my gods?"
31 "I rushed away because I was afraid," Jacob answered. "I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

32 But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of yours, and I will give it back!" But Jacob did not know that Rachel has stolen the household idols.
33 Laban went first into Jacob's tent to search there, then into Leah's, and then the tents of the two servant wives-but he found nothing. Finally, he went into Rachel's tent. 34 But Rachel had taken the household idos and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them.  When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,

35 she said to her father, "Please, sir, forgive me if don't get up for you. I'm having my monthly period." So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.
36 Then Jacob became very angry, and challenged Laban, "What's my crime?" he demanded. "What have I done wrong to make you chase after me as thought I were a criminal?

37 You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!
38 "For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those your I never used a sigle ram of yours for good.

39 If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, I never showed you the carcass and asked you to reduce the count of your flock. No, I took the loss myself! You made me pay for every stolen animal, whether it was taken in broad daylight or in the dark of night.
40 "I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights. 41 Yes, for twenty years I slaved your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages then times!

42 In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side-the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac-you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!"

Jacob's Treaty with Laban

43 Then Laban replied to Jacob, "These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks-in fact, everything you see is mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and their children?

44 So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be witness to our commitment."
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as monument.  46 Then he told his family members, "Gather some stones." So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.

47 To commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar-sahadutha (with means "witness pile" in Aramaic), and Jacob called it Galeed (which means "witness pile" in Hebrew).
48 Then Laban declared, "This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today. "This explains why it was called Galeed-"Witness Pile." 49 But it was also called Mizpah (which means "watchtower"), for Laban said, "May the LORD keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other's sight.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see if even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
51 "See this pile of tones," Laban continued," and see this monument I have set between us. 52 They stand between us as witnesses of our vows.
I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you and you must never pass these tones or this monument to harm me.

53 I call on the God of our ancestors-the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor-to serve as a judge between us."

So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice to God there on the mountain and incited everyone to a covenant feast. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

55 Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.

오늘의 기도:

언제나 저와 함께하시는 주여. 저의 실수와 나태, 교만, 모든 죄를 용서하시옵소서. 아멘. 

Genesis 30

1 When Rachel saw that she wasn't having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"

2 Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. "Am I God?" he asked.
"He's the one who has kept you from having children!"
3 Then Rachel told him, "Take my maid, Bihah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me, and through her I can have a family, too." So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. Bilhah became pregnant and presented him with a son. Rachel named him Dan, for she said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son." Then Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.

8 Rachel named him Napherali, for she said, "I have struggled hard with my sister, and I'm winning!"
9 Meanwhile, Leah realized that she was't getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Soon Zipah presented him with a son. 11 Leah named him Gad, for she said, "How fortunate I am!" Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

13 And Leah named him Asher, for she said, "What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me."

14 One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Lead, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
16 So that evening, as Jacob was coming home form the fields, Leah went out to meet him. "You must come and sleep with me tonight!" she said. "I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found." So that night he slept with Leah. 17 And God answered Leah's prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to fifth son for Jacob. 18 She named him Issachar, for she said, "God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife." 19 Then Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob. 20 She named him Zebulun, for she said, "God has given me a good reward, Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons."

21 Later she gave birth to daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Then God remembered Rachel's plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. "God has removed my disgrace." she said.

24 And she named him Joseph, for she said, "May the LORD add yet another son to my family"

Jacob's Wealth Increases
25 Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Please release me so I can go home to my own country.

26 Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you."
27 "Please listen to me," Laban replied. "I have become wealthy, for the LORD has blessed me because of you.

28 Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I'll pay it."
29 Jacob replied, "You know how hard I've worked for you, and how your flocks and heards have grown under my care.

30 You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously, The LORD has blessed you through everything I've done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?"

31 "What wages do you want?" Laban asked again.

Jacob replied, "Don't give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I'll continue to tend and watch over your flocks. Let me inspect your flocks today and remove all the sheep and goats that are speckled or spotted, along with all the back sheep. Give these to me as my wages.

33 In the future, when you check on the animal you have given me as my wages, you'll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you."
34 "All right," Laban replied. "It will be as you say." 35 But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,

36 who took them a three-days' journey from where Jacob was.
Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the rest of Laban's flock.
37 Then Jacob took some fresh branches form poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off strips of bark, making white streaks on them.
38 Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering roughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated. 39 And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban's flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban's animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban's.
41 Whenever the strong females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them.
Then they would mate in front of the branches. 42 But he didn't do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob's

43 As a result, Jacob became very wealthy, with large flocks of sheep and goats, female and male servants, and many camels and donkeys.

오늘의 기도:

원하는 것이 있을때, 나의 방법이 아닌, 하나님의 방법으로 하게 해주시고. 비록, 응답이 늦을 때라도 기다릴 수 있는 인내와 용기를 주소서. 아멘.

Genesis 29

Jacob Arrives at Paddan-Aram

1 Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.

2 He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.
3 It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.

4 Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, "Where are you from, my friends?"
"We are from Haran," they answered.

5 "Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" he asked
"Yes, we do." they replied.

6 "Is he doing well?" Jacob asked.
"Yes, he's well," they answered. "Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the flock now."

7 Jacob said, "Look, it's still broad daylight-too early to round up the animals. Why don't you  water the sheep and goats so they can get back out to pasture?"

8 "We can't water the animals until all the flocks have arrived," they replied. "Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats."
9 Jacob was still taking with them when Rachel arrived with her father's flock, for she was a shepherd. 10 And because Rachel was his cousin-the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother-and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle's flock.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and he wept aloud.

12 He explained to Rachel that he was her cousin on her father's side-the son of her aunt Rebekah. So Rachel quickly ran and told her father, Laban.
13 As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He embraced and kissed him and brought him home. When Jacob had told him his story,

14 Laban exclaimed, "You really are my own flesh and blood!"

After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

15 Laban said to him, "You shouldn't work for my without pay just because we are relatives. Tell me how much your wages should be."
16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel. 17 There was no sparkle in Leah's eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.

18 Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, "I'll work for you for seven years if you'll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife."
19 "Agreed!" Laban replied. "I'd rather give her to you than to anyone else. Stay and work with me."

20 So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.

21 finally, the time came for him marry her. "I have fulfilled my agreement," Jacob said to Laban. "Now give me my wife so I can sleep with her."
22 So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast. 23 But that night, when it was dark, Laban took Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.

24 (Laban had give Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)

25 But when Jacob woke up in the morning-it was Leah! "What have you done to me?" Jacob raged at Laban. "I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?"
26 "It's not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn," Laban replied.

27 "But wait until the bridal week is over, then we'll give you Rachel, too-provided you promise to work another seven years for me."
28 So Jacob agreed to work seven more years. A week after Jacob had married Leah, Laban gave him Rachel, too. 29 (Laban gave Rachel a servant, Bilhah, to her maid.)

30 So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years.

Jacob's Many Children

31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive.

32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me."

33 She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son.
She named him Simeon, for she said, "The LORD heard that I was unloved and has given me another son."

34 Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. She named him Levi, for she said, "Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, sice I have given him three sons!"

35 Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son.
She named him Judah, for she said, "Now I will praise the LORD!"
And then she stopped having children.

오늘의 기도:

my LORD, please hear and notice my misery and I believe that you make it end soon. Amen.

Genesis 28

1 So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, "You must not marry any of these Canaanite women. 2 Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban's daughters. 3 May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!

4 May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, gor God gave this land to Abraham."

5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, the son of Bethuel the Armean.
6 Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman." 7 He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram. 8 It was now very clear to Esau tat his father did not like the local Canaanite women.

9 So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael's family and married one of Ishmael's daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife's name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaloth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son.

Jacob's Dream at Bethel

10 Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. 11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.

12 As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angles of God going up and down the stairway.
13 At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, "I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of  your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions-to the west and the east, to the north and south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

15 What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you god. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you."
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!"

19 He named that place Bethel (which means "house of God"),
although it was previously called Luz.
20 Then Jacob made this vow: "If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing. 21 and if I return safely to my father's home. then the LORD will certainly be my God.

22 And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me."

오늘의 기도:

언제나 하심을 믿습니다. 아멘.

Genesis 27

Jacob Steals Esau's Blessing

1 One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau,  his older son, and siad, "My son."
"Yes, Father?" Esau replied.
2 "I am an old man now," Isaac said," and I don't know when I may die. 3 Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

4 Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die."
5 But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Easu left to hunt for the wild game, 6 she said to her son Jacob, "Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau, 7 'Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD's presence before I die.' 8 Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. 9 Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I'll use them to prepare your father's favorite dish.

10 Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies."
11 "But look," Jacob replied to Rebekah, "my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.

12 What if my father touches me? He'll see that I'm trying to trick him, and then he'll curse me instead of blessing me."

13 But his mother replied, "Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!"
14 So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother.
Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it. 15 Then she took Easu's favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob. 16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.

17 Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.

18 So Jacob took the food to his father. "My father?" he said.
"Yes, my son." Isaac answered. "who are you-Esau or Jacob?"

19 Jacob replied, "It's Esau, your firstborn son. I've done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can can give me your blessing."

20 Isaac asked, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?"
"The LORD your God put it in my path!" Jacob replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob. "Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau." 22 So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. "the voices is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's," Isaac said. 23 But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob's hands feit hairy just like Esau's. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.

24 "But are you really my son Esau? he asked.
"Yes, I am," Jacob replied.
25 Then Isaac said, "Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it. and then I will give you my blessing." So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also frank the wine that Jacob served him.

26 Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son."

27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, "Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the LORD has blessed!
28 "Form the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine. 29 May many nations become your servants.
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed.
and all who bless you will be blessed." 30 As soon as Isaac had
finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father,
Esau returned from his hunt.

31 Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, "Sit up, my father, and eat my wild fame so you can give me your blessing."

32 But Isaac asked him, "Who are you?"
Esau replied, "It's your son, your firstborn son, Esau."

33 Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, "Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing mus stand!"

34 When Easu heard his father's words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. "Oh my father what about me? Bless me, too!" be begged.

35 But Isaac said, "Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing."

36 Esau exclaimed, "No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, have't you saved even one blessing for me?"

37 Isaac said to Esau. "I have make jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine-what is left for me to give you, my son?"

38 Esau pleased, "but do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!" Then Easu broke down and wept.

39 Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
"You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above. 40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother,

But when you decide to break free,

you will shake his yoke from your neck."

Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram
41 From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: "I will soon be mourning my father's death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob."
42 But Rebekah heard about Easu's plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, "Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. 43 So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran. 44 Stay there with him until your brother cools off.

45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come bak. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac. "I'm sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them."

오늘의 기도:

주님, 야곱이 장자의 권리를 빼앗고, 이삭을 속여 축복을 받았듯이. 저 또한 너무 간절합니다 주님.

제 기도를 들어 주실것을 믿습니다. 믿고 기다릴 수 있는 믿음과 인내를 주세요. 아멘.

Genesis 25

The Death of Abraham

1 Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

4 Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
These were all descendants of Abraham through Ketura.
5 Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.

6 But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.
7 Abraham lived for 175 years, 8 and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. 10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

11 After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who steeled near Beer-Iahai-roi in the Negev.

Ishmael's Descendants
12 This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant. 13 here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael's descendants: The oldest was Bebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumahm Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped. 17 Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

18 Ishmael's descendants occupied the region form Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.

The Births of Esau and Jacob
19 This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

20  When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. the LORD answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.

22 But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. "Why is this happening to me?" she asked.

23 And the LORD told her, "The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the others; and your older son will serve your younger son."
24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.

26 Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau's heel.
So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

Esau Sells His Birthright.
27 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.

28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

30 Esau said to Jacob, "I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew!"
(This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means "red.")

31 "All right," Jacob replied, "but trade me your rights as the firstborn son."

32 "Look, I'm dying of starvation!" said Esau. "What good is my birthright to me now?"

33 But Jacob said, "First you must swear that your birthright is mine."
So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.

Genesis 26

Isaac Deceives Abimelech
1 A server famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. 3 Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. 4 I will cause your descendants to becomes as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands, And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions."

6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife,
Rebekah, he said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful."

8 But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.

9 Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, "She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?"
"Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her form me."
Isaac replied.

10 "How could you do this to us?" Abimelech exclaimed. "One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin."

11 Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: "Anyone who touches this mand or his wife will be put to death!"

Conflict over Water Rights
12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him. 13 He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. 14 He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servant that the Philistines became jealous of him.

15 So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac's wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servant of his father, Abraham.

16 Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. "Go somewhere els," he said, "for you have become too powerful for us."
17 So Isaac move away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.

18 He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
19 Isaac's servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water. 20 But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. "This is our water," they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means "argument"). 21 Isaac's men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means "hostility").

22 Abandoning that one, Isaac move on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means "open space"), for he said, "At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land."
23 From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, 24 where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. "I am the God of your father, Abraham," he said. "Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant."

25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.

Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech
26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser,
Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.

27 "Why have you come here?" Isaac asked. "You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land."
28 They replied, "We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.

29 Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in pleace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!"
30 So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.

31 Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfare with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
32 That very day Isaac's servants came and told hime about a new well they had dug. "We've found water!"they exclaimed.

33 So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means "oath"). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means "well of the oath").
34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.

35 But Esau's wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.

오늘의 기도:

주여, 주님의 뜻을 알수 있는 지혜와 명찰을 주시옵고, 주의 뜻을 잘 따를 수 있는 인내와 능력을 주시옵소서. 아멘.

Genesis 23

The Burial of Sarah

1 When Sarah was 127 years old,

2 She died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Ganaan.
There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
3 Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,

4 "Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial."
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 "Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way."
7 Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites 8 and said, "Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar

9 to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his filed. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family."
10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of  the town.

11 "No, my lord," he said to Abraham, "please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you, Go and bury you dead."
12 Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,

13 and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. "No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there."
14 Ephron answered Abraham,

15 "My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead."

16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and paid the amount he had suggested-400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
17 So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees. 18 It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate. 19 Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

20 So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

Genesis 24

A Wife for Isaac

1 Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. 2 One day Abraham said to his oldest servent, the man in charge of his household, "Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh. 3 Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

4 Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac."

5 The servent asked, "But what if I can't find a young woman who is willing to treavel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?"
6 "No!" Abraham responded. "Be careful never to take my son there.
7 For the LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead fo you, and he will se to it that you find a wife there for my son.

8 If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there."
9 So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions. 10 Then he loaded then of Abraham;s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he travled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.

11 He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.
12 "O LORD, God of my master, Abraham." he prayed. "Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. 13 See, I am stranding here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water.

14 This is my request. I will ask one of them, 'Please give me a drink from your jug.' If she says, 'Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!'-let her be the one you have selected as Isaac's wife.
This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master."
15 Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah. 16 Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her hug, and came up again.

17 Running over to her, the servant said, "Please jive me a little dring of water from your jug."
18 "Yes, my lord," she answered, "have a drink." And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink. 19 When she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels, too. until they have had enough to drink."

20 So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.
21 The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the LORD had given him success in his mission.

22 Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking. he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.

23 "Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?"
24 "I am the daughter of Bethuel," she replied. "My grandparents are Nahor and Milcah.

25 Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests."
26 The man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.

27 "Praise the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham." he said. "The LORD has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master's relatives."
28 The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened. 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, who ran out to meet the man at the spring. 30 He had seen the nose-ring and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man had said, So he rushed out to the spring, where the man was still standing beside his camels.

31 Laban said to him, "Come and stay with us, you who are blessed by the LORD! Why are you standing here outside the town when I have a room all ready for you and a place prepared for the camels?"
32 So the man went home with Laban, and Laban unloaded the camels, gave hime straw for their bedding, fed them, and provided water for the man and the camel drivers to wash their feet.

33 Then food was served. But Abraham's servant said, "I don't want to wat until I have told you why I have come."
"All right," Laban said, "tell us."
34 "I am Abraham's servant," he explained.

35 "And the LORD has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The LORD has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
36 "When Sarah, my master's wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master's son, and my master has given him everything he owns. 37 And my master made me taken an oath. He said, 'Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

38 go instead to my father's house, to my relatives. and find a wife there for my son.'
39 "But I said to my master, 'What if I can't find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?' 40 He responded, 'The LORD, in whose presence I have live, will send his angel with you and will make your mission successful. Yes, you must find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.

41 Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. but if you go my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.'
42 "So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this prayer: 'O LORD, God of my masters, Abraham, please give me success on this mission. 43 See, I am standing here beside this spring. This is my request. When a young woman cames to draw water, I will say to her, "Please give me a little drink of water from your jug."

44 if she says, "Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too." let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master's son.'
45 "Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

46 She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, 'Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!' So I drank, and then she watered the camels.

47 "Then I asked, 'Whose daouther are you?' She replied, 'I am the daughter of Bethuel, and my grandparents are Nahor and Milcah.' So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.
48 "Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master's nice to be his son's wife.

49 So tell me-will you or won't you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I'll know what to do next."
50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The LORD has obviously brought you here, sp there is nothing we can say.

51 here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has directed."
52 When Abraham's servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD. 53 Then he brought out silver and gold jeweiry and clothing and presented them to Rebekah. He also gave expensive presents to her brother and mother.

54 Then they ate their meal, and the servant and the men with hime stayed there overnight.
But early the next morning, Abraham's servant said, "send me back to my master."

55 "But we want Rebekah to say with us at least then days," her brother and mother said. "Then she can go."

56 But he said, "Don't delay me. The LORD has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can return to my master."
57 "Well," they said, "we'll call Rebekah and ask her what she thinks."

58 So they called Rebekah, "Are you willing to go with this ma?" they asked her.
And she replied, "Yes, I will go."
59 So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham's servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah's childhood nurse went along with her.

60 They gave her this blessing as she parted:
"Our sister, may you become
the mother of many millions!
May your descendants be strong
and conquer the cities of their enemies."

61 Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham's servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
62 Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahi-roi. 63 One evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw the camels coming. 64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel.

65 "Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?" she asked the servant.

And he replied, "It is my master." So Rebekah covered her fave with her veil.

66 Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

67 And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and she became his wife. he loved her deeply. and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.

오늘의 기도:

주여, 저에게도 현명하고 이쁜 배우자를 허락해 주옵시고, 주의 계획을 알게 하옵소서. 아멘.

Genesis 20

Abraham Deceives Abimelech

1 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,

2 Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, "She is my sister."
So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.

3 But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, "You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!"
4 But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, "Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

5 Didn't Abraham tell me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'Yes, he is my brother.' I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean."
6 In the dream God responded, "Yes, I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

7 Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don't return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die."
8 Abimelech got up early the next morning and quickly called all his servants together. When he told them what had happened, his men were terrified. 9 Then Abimelech called for Abraham. "What have you done to us?" he demanded. "What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!

10 Whatever possessed you to such a thing?"
11 Abraham replied, "I thought, 'This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.' 12 And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.

13 When God called me to leave my father's home and to ravel form place to place, I told her, 'Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother."
14 Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him. 15 Then Abimelech said, "Look over my land and choose any place where you would to live."

16 And he said to Sarah, "Look, I am giving your'brother' 1,000 pieces of silver in the presence of all these witnesses. This is the compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared."
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.

18 For the LORD had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham's wife, Sarah.

Genesis 21

The Birth of Isaac

1 The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac. 4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah declared, "God has brought me laughter. All who hear about his will laugh with me.

7 Who would have said to Abraham what Sarah would nurse a baby?
Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!"

Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away

8 When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion. 9 But Sarah saw Ishmael-the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar-making fun of her son, Isaac.

10 So she turned to Abraham and demanded, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won't have it!"
11 This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son. 12 But God told Abraham, "Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.

13 But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because his is your son, too"

14 So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.

16 Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. "I don't want to watch the boy die." she said, as she burst into tears.
17 But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, "Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

18 Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants."

19 Then God opened Hagar's eyes, and she saw a well full of water.
She quickly filled her water container and fave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,

21 and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman form the land of Egypt.

Abraham's Covenant with Abimelech

22 About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with youm helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.

23 "Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you. so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner."
24 Abraham replied, "Yes, I swear to it!"

25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.

26 "This is the first I've heard of it," Abimelech answered, "I have no idea who is responsible. You have never complained about his before."
27 Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty. 28 But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.

29 Abimelech asked, "Why have you set these seven apart from the others?"
30 Abraham replied, "Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well."

31 Then he named the place Beersheba (which means "well of the oath"), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
32 After making their convenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines. 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God.

34 And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.

Genesis 22

Abraham's Faith Tested

1 Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith. "Abraham!" God called.
"Yes," he replied. "Here I am."

2 "Take your son, your only son-Yes, Isaac, whom you love so much-and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you."
3 The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

5 "Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told the servants. "The boy and I will travel a little father. We will worship there, and then we will come right back."
6 So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,

7 Isaac turned to Abraham and said, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"We have the fire and the wood," the boy said, "but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?"

8 "God will provided a sheep for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.
9 When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice.

11 At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, 
"Abraham! Abraham!"
"Yes," Abraham replied. "Here I am!"

12 "Don't lay a hand on the boy!" The angle said, "Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son."
13 Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

14 Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means "the LORD will provide"). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
15 Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from haven.
16 "This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that 17 I will certainly bless you. I will muliply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand of the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

18 And through tour descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed-all because you have obeyed me."

19 Then tehy returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
20 Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor's wife, had borne Nahor eight sons. 21 The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, Following by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans), 22 Kesed, Hazo, Phildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 (Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,

24 Nahor had four other children form his concubine Reumah. Their named where Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

오늘의 기도:

주여, 저를 죄에서 멀리있게 하소서, 하지만 주여 죄앞에서는 너무나 약한 저오니.

혹시 제가 죄를 짓더라도, 저에게서 고개들 돌리지 마옵시고, 자비로 보듬어 주옵소서.

자비로우신 주여. 아멘.

Genesis 15

The LORD's Covenant Promise to Abram

1 Some time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you and your reward will be great."
2 But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

3 You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
4 Then the LORD said to him, "No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir."

5 Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, "Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how may descendants you will have!"

6 And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted hime as righteous because of his faith.

7 Then the LORD told him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession."

8 But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?"
9 The LORD told him, "Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the haves side by side; he did not, however, but the birds in half.

11 Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him. 13 Then the LORD said to Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 14 But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. 15 (As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)

16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction."
17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
18 So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River- 19 the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzltes, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 16

The Birth of Ishmael

1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.

3 So Sari, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

4 So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who's wrong-you or me!"

6 Abram replied, "Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit." Then Sari treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.

8 The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?"
"I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai," she replied.
9 The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority."

10 Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."
11 And the angel also said, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means 'God hears'), for the LORD has heard your cry distress.

12 This son of tours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey!
He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives."
13 Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She daid, "You are to God who seen me." She also said, "Have I truly seen the Own who seen me?"

14 So that well named Beer-Iahai-roi (which means "well of the Living One who sees me"). It can  be found between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.

Genesis 17

Abram Is Named Abraham

1 When Abram was ninety0nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai-'God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.

2 I will make a convenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants."
3 At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him,
4 "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations! 5 What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.

6 I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
7 "I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8 and I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God."

The Mark of the Covenant

9 Then God said to Abraham, "Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility. 10 This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised. 11 You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 From generation to generation, every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom your have purchased. 13 All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.

14 Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."

Sarai Ia Named Sarah

15 Then God said to Abraham, "Regarding Sarai, your wife-her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.

16 And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."
17 Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of 100?" he thought. "And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?"

18 So Abraham said to God, "May Ishmael live under your special blessing!"
19 But God replied, "No-Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting convenant. 20 As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about his time next year."

22 When God had finished speaking, he left Abraham.
23 One that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought.
Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, 25 and Ishmael, his son, was thirteen. 26 Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,

27 along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.

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Genesis 13

Abram and Lot Separate

1 So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned. 2 (Abram was very rich in livestock, sliver, and gold.) 3 From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai. where they had camped before.

4 This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents. 6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
8 Finally Abram said to Lot, "Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

9 The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, an we will separate. If you were the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left."
10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram. 12 So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.

13 But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.
14 After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, "Look as far as you can in every direction-north and south, east and west. 15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession. 16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!

17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving to you."

18 So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD

Genesis 14

Abram Rescues Lot

1 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim

2 fought againt King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).

3 This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Vally (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea).

4 For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlamomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham. the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim. 6 and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.

7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
8 Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.
9 They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar-four kings against five. 10 As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains. 11 The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of wat and the food supplies.

12 They also captured Lot-Abram;s nephew who lived in Sodom- can carried off everything he owned.

13 But one of Lot's men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram's allies.
14 When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 218 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer's army until he caught up with them at Dan. 15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

17 After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
18 And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine.

19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.

20 And Blessed be God Most High,
Who was defeated your enemies for you."
Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give back my people who were captured. But you may keep for yourself all the goods you have recovered."
22 Abram relied to the king of Sodom, "I solemnly swear th the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take so much as single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, 'I am the one who made Abram rich.'

24 I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies-Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre."

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