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J A N U A R Y
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Break the arms of these wicked,
evil people!
Go after them until the last one
is destroyed.
10:7 Greek version reads cursing and bitterness.
Compare Rom 3:14.
PROVERBS 3:7-8
Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn
away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your
bones.
J A N U A R Y
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JANUARY
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GENESIS 26:17–27:46
So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley,
where he set up their tents and settled
down. 18He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had
filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac
also restored the names Abraham had
given them.
19 Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar
Valley and discovered a well of fresh water. 20But then the shepherds from Gerar
came and claimed the spring. “This is our
water,” they said, and they argued over it
with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named
the well Esek (which means “argument”).
21Isaac’s men then dug another well, but
again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac
named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”). 22 Abandoning that one, Isaac
moved on and dug another well. This
time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac
named the place Rehoboth (which
means “open space”), for he said, “At last
the Lord has created enough space for us
to prosper in this land.”
23From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, 24 where the Lord appeared to
him on the night of his arrival. “I am the
God of your father, Abraham,” he said.
“Do not be afraid, for I am with you and
will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great
nation. I will do this because of my
promise to Abraham, my servant.”
25 Then Isaac built an altar there and
worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp
at that place, and his servants dug another well.
26 One day King Abimelech came
from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath,
and also Phicol, his army commander.
27 “Why have you come here?” Isaac
asked. “You obviously hate me, since
you kicked me off your land.”
28They replied, “We can plainly see
that the Lord is with you. So we want to
enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s
make a covenant. 29 Swear that you will
not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you
well, and we sent you away from us in
peace. And now look how the Lord has
blessed you!”
30So Isaac prepared a covenant feast
to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and
drank together. 31Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to
interfere with each other. Then Isaac
sent them home again, and they left him
in peace.
32 That very day Isaac’s servants came
and told him about a new well they had
dug. “We’ve found water!” they exclaimed. 33 So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this
day the town that grew up there is called
Beersheba (which means “well of the
oath”).
34At the age of forty, Esau married two
Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of
Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of
Elon. 35 But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
27:1One
day when Isaac was old and
turning blind, he called for Esau, his
older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
2“I am an old man now,” Isaac said,
“and I don’t know when I may die.
3 Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country
