Bible: Matthew 2:1-11; 5:44-45; 6:28-32; 10:29-31; 12:38-42; 13:31; 24:29-31; 27:50-54

The Visit of the Wise Men

2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem 1  in Judea, in the time 2  of King Herod, 3  wise men 4  from the East came to Jerusalem 5  2:2 saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose 6  and have come to worship him.” 2:3 When King Herod 7  heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 2:4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, 8  he asked them where the Christ 9  was to be born. 2:5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:

2:6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” 10 

2:7 Then Herod 11  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. 2:8 He 12  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.” 2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again 13  the star they saw when it rose 14  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was. 2:10 When they saw the star they shouted joyfully. 15  2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down 16  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, 17  and myrrh. 18 

From Adam to Noah

5:1 This is the record 1  of the family line 2  of Adam.

When God created humankind, 3  he made them 4  in the likeness of God.

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

6:1 When humankind 1  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 2  to them, 3 

10:29 Ophir, 1  Havilah, 2  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to 3  Sephar in the eastern hills. 10:31 These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

The Obedience of Abram

12:1 Now the Lord said 1  to Abram, 2 

“Go out 3  from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household

to the land that I will show you. 4 

Abram’s Solution to the Strife

13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. 1  He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. 2 

24:29 (Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) 1  Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring. 24:30 When he saw the bracelets on his sister’s wrists and the nose ring 2  and heard his sister Rebekah say, 3  “This is what the man said to me,” he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing 4  by the camels near the spring. 24:31 Laban said to him, 5  “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! 6  Why are you standing out here when I have prepared 7  the house and a place for the camels?”

Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing

27:1 When 1  Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, 2  he called his older 3  son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau 4  replied.

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