Baramhat 22, 1739

1Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

2Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

3So 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 the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

4Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.

5And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you."

6So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.

7But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Then he said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

8And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.

9Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

10And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

11But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am."

12And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."

13Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

15Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

16and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son--

17blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

18In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

11Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.

12I have made the earth, And created man on it. I--My hands--stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.

13I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward," Says the LORD of hosts.

14Thus says the LORD: "The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours; They shall walk behind you, They shall come over in chains; And they shall bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying, "Surely God is in you, And there is no other; There is no other God."'

15Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!

16They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.

17But Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.

12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."

13A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.

14For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,

15To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:

16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

17"Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

18But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.

1Elihu also proceeded and said:

2"Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf.

3I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

5"Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.

7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted.

8And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,

9Then He tells them their work and their transgressions-- That they have acted defiantly.

10He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.

11If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

12But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

13"But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.

15He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.

16"Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.

17But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.

18Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.

19Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress?

20Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

21Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction.

22"Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?

23Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, "You have done wrong'?

24"Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.

25Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar.

26"Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.

27For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist,

28Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man.

29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?

30Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.

31For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.

32He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.

33His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.

1"At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.

2Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

3He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

6For He says to the snow, "Fall on the earth'; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

7He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.

8The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs.

9From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north.

10By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen.

11Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.

12And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth.

13He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.

14"Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.

15Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?

16Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

17Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?

18With Him, have you spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?

19"Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.

20Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.

21Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies, When the wind has passed and cleared them.

22He comes from the north as golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty.

23As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress.

24Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart."

7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

15that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

18"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

1Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,

2all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

3all ate the same spiritual food,

4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

5But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

6Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

7And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

8Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;

9nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;

10nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

13No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

12I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

13I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

14I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

9But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

10to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God."

11And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.

12But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

13Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.

14Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

15who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

16For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

17Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.