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    <div class="book bkPRO">
        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="PRO.17">
            <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better a dry crust with peace and quiet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">than a house full of feasting, with strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">and will share the inheritance as one of the family.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tests the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children&#8217;s children are a crown to the aged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">and parents are the pride of their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">how much worse lying lips to a ruler!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">they think success will come at every turn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A rebuke impresses a discerning person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">more than a hundred lashes a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Evildoers foster rebellion against God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">the messenger of death will be sent against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">than a fool bent on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evil will never leave the house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">of one who pays back evil for good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">when they are not able to understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loves at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">and puts up security for a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have a fool for a child brings grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The wicked accept bribes in secret</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">to pervert the course of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son brings grief to his father</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">surely to flog honest officials is not right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">and discerning if they hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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    <div class="book bkGEN">
        <div class="chapter ch35" data-usfm="GEN.35">
            <div class="label">35</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Returns to Bethel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then God said to Jacob, &#8220;Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, &#8220;Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:7 </span><span class="fq">El Bethel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God of Bethel.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Deborah, Rebekah&#8217;s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:8 </span><span class="fq">Allon Bakuth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">oak of weeping.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> God appeared to him again and blessed him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God said to him, &#8220;Your name is Jacob,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10 </span><span class="fq">Israel </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">he struggles with God.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; So he named him Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And God said to him, &#8220;I am God Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">El-Shaddai</span></span></span></span><span class="content">; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:15 </span><span class="fq">Bethel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t despair, for you have another son.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As she breathed her last&#8212;for she was dying&#8212;she named her son Ben-Oni.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:18 </span><span class="fq">Ben-Oni </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">son of my trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> But his father named him Benjamin.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:18 </span><span class="fq">Benjamin </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">son of my right hand.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel&#8217;s tomb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father&#8217;s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="content">Jacob had twelve sons:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Leah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Rachel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="content">Joseph and Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The sons of Rachel&#8217;s servant Bilhah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="content">Dan and Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">Gad and Asher.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.35.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch36" data-usfm="GEN.36">
            <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Esau&#8217;s Descendants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These are the names of Esau&#8217;s sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">Eliphaz, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Esau&#8217;s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">Jeush, Jalam and Korah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs among Esau&#8217;s descendants:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Korah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have </span><span class="fq">Korah</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s son Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Lotan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">Hori and Homam.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hemam, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Homam </span><span class="ft">(see 1 Chron. 1:39)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Timna was Lotan&#8217;s sister.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Shobal:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Zibeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:24 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate; Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discovered water; </span><span class="ft">the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The children of Anah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dishan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Dishon</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">Uz and Aran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">These were the Horite chiefs:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rulers of Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:39 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Hadar</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife&#8217;s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="content">Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.36.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.36.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="content">This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">37</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph&#8217;s Dreams</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is the account of Jacob&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father&#8217;s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe for him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;Listen to this dream I had: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His brothers said to him, &#8220;Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?&#8221; And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. &#8220;Listen,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, &#8220;What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Sold by His Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now his brothers had gone to graze their father&#8217;s flocks near Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said to him, &#8220;Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.&#8221; Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="content">When Joseph arrived at Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, &#8220;What are you looking for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have moved on from here,&#8221; the man answered. &#8220;I heard them say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go to Dothan.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="content">So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here comes that dreamer!&#8221; they said to each other. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come now, let&#8217;s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we&#8217;ll see what comes of his dreams.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. &#8220;Let&#8217;s not take his life,&#8221; he said. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don&#8217;t lay a hand on him.&#8221; Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe&#8212;the ornate robe he was wearing&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.37.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Judah said to his brothers, &#8220;What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Come, let&#8217;s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.&#8221; His brothers agreed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:28 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.37.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He went back to his brothers and said, &#8220;The boy isn&#8217;t there! Where can I turn now?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.37.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then they got Joseph&#8217;s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, &#8220;We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son&#8217;s robe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He recognized it and said, &#8220;It is my son&#8217;s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.37.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. &#8220;No,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.&#8221; So his father wept for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.37.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the Midianites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:36 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Medanites</span></span></span><span class="content"> sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh&#8217;s officials, the captain of the guard.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, &#8220;Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Haven&#8217;t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread&#8212;which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Or haven&#8217;t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you had known what these words mean, &#8216;I desire mercy, not sacrifice,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:7 </span><span class="ft">Hosea 6:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you would not have condemned the innocent.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, &#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he said to the man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Chosen Servant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He warned them not to tell others about him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is my servant whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.12.18"><span class="content">the one I love, in whom I delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.12.18"><span class="content">I will put my Spirit on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.12.18"><span class="content">and he will proclaim justice to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He will not quarrel or cry out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.12.19"><span class="content">no one will hear his voice in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A bruised reed he will not break,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.12.20"><span class="content">and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.12.20"><span class="content">till he has brought justice through to victory.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In his name the nations will put their hope.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:21 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 42:1-4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus and Beelzebul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All the people were astonished and said, &#8220;Could this be the Son of David?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, &#8220;It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man&#8217;s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.12.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.12.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sign of Jonah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.12.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, &#8220;Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.12.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon&#8217;s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.12.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then it says, &#8216;I will return to the house I left.&#8217; When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus&#8217; Mother and Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.12.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Someone told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.12.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He replied to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Pointing to his disciples, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here are my mother and my brothers.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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