Bible: Isaiah 11:6-10; 13:6-13; 14:8; 24:1-6

11:6 A wolf will reside 1  with a lamb,

and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;

an ox and a young lion will graze together, 2 

as a small child leads them along.

11:7 A cow and a bear will graze together,

their young will lie down together. 3 

A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

11:8 A baby 4  will play

over the hole of a snake; 5 

over the nest 6  of a serpent

an infant 7  will put his hand. 8 

11:9 They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain. 9 

For there will be universal submission to the Lord’s sovereignty,

just as the waters completely cover the sea. 10 

Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited

11:10 At that time 11  a root from Jesse 12  will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, 13  and his residence will be majestic.

13:6 But the land could 1  not support them while they were living side by side. 2  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live 3  alongside one another. 13:7 So there were quarrels 4  between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. 5  (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) 6 

13:8 Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives. 7  13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go 8  to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

13:10 Lot looked up and saw 9  the whole region 10  of the Jordan. He noticed 11  that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated 12  Sodom and Gomorrah) 13  like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, 14  all the way to Zoar. 13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled 15  toward the east.

So the relatives separated from each other. 16  13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain 17  and pitched his tents next to Sodom. 13:13 (Now 18  the people 19  of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.) 20 

14:8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and prepared for battle. In the Valley of Siddim they met 1 

The Wife for Isaac

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, 1  and the Lord had blessed him 2  in everything. 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one 3  in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh 4  24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise 5  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire 6  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living. 24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives 7  to find 8  a wife for my son Isaac.”

24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me 9  to this land? Must I then 10  take your son back to the land from which you came?

24:6Be careful 11  never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him. 12 

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