Bible: Isa. 41:8; 42:1; 44:4; 49:7

The Lord Encourages His People

41:8You, my servant Israel,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

offspring of Abraham my friend, 1 

Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt

42:1 When Jacob heard 1  there was grain in Egypt, he 2  said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other? 3 

44:4 They had not gone very far from the city 1  when Joseph said 2  to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! 3  When you overtake 4  them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce,

and their fury, for it was cruel.

I will divide them in Jacob,

and scatter them in Israel! 1 

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