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            <div class="label">50</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.50.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.50.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.50.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.50.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.50.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh&#8217;s court, &#8220;If I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.50.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8216;My father made me swear an oath and said, &#8220;I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.&#8221; Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.50.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.50.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said, &#8220;Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.50.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.50.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh&#8217;s officials accompanied him&#8212;the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.50.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">besides all the members of Joseph&#8217;s household and his brothers and those belonging to his father&#8217;s household. Only their children and their flocks and herds were left in Goshen. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.50.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Chariots and horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> also went up with him. It was a very large company.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.50.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.50.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.50.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, &#8220;The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.&#8221; That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:11 </span><span class="fq">Abel Mizraim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">mourning </span><span class="fqa">of the </span><span class="fq">Egyptians</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.50.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.50.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So Jacob&#8217;s sons did as he had commanded them: </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.50.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.50.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Reassures His Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.50.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.50.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Joseph&#8217;s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, &#8220;What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.50.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they sent word to Joseph, saying, &#8220;Your father left these instructions before he died: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.&#8217; Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.&#8221; When their message came to him, Joseph wept.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. &#8220;We are your slaves,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.50.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Joseph said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.50.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.50.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So then, don&#8217;t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.&#8221; And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Joseph</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.50.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.50.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father&#8217;s family. He lived a hundred and ten years </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.50.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and saw the third generation of Ephraim&#8217;s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph&#8217;s knees.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, were counted as his</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.50.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.50.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to his brothers, &#8220;I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.50.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.50.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.50.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar&#8212;when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be filled in,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">The crooked roads shall become straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">the rough ways smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And all people will see God&#8217;s salvation.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3-5</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;What should we do then?&#8221; the crowd asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">John answered, &#8220;Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even tax collectors came to be baptized. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t collect any more than you are required to,&#8221; he told them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then some soldiers asked him, &#8220;And what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t extort money and don&#8217;t accuse people falsely&#8212;be content with your pay.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">John answered them all, &#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother&#8217;s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: &#8220;You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="content">the son of Heli, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Levi, the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Naggai, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the son of Maath,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Josek, the son of Joda,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Neri, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Levi, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the son of Simeon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the son of Melea, the son of Menna,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of David, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">the son of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Salmon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:32 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Sala</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts vary widely.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the son of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">the son of Serug, the son of Reu,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Shelah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the son of Cainan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Kenan, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the son of Enosh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of Seth, the son of Adam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of God.</span></span></div>
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Two-Year Bible Reading Plan: Volume 1Sample

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