Sermon on the Mount VIII

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his - right eye shall be utterly darkened.

And if thy right eye offend thee, - pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee - that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And Joseph took them - both, - Ephraim in his right hand - toward Israel's left hand, and Man-as-seth in his left hand - toward Israel's - right hand, and brought them - near unto him.

And Israel - stretched out his right hand, and - laid it upon Ephraim's head, - who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, - guiding his - hands wittingly; for Manasseth was the firstborn.

And Joseph said - unto his father, Not so, my father: 

for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

And his father refused, and said,

I know it,

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That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! . . .

. . . Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?

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my son, I know it:

he also shall become a people,

and he also shall be great:

but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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And he blessed them that day, saying, - In thee shall Israel bless, saying, - God make thee as Eph-raim and as Man-as-seth: and he - set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there - a well of springing water. . . .

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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? - or thy work, He hath no hands?

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What be-gettest thou? - or to the work-man, What hast thou - brought forth? . . .

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And God said, Let us make man in our im-age, -after our likeness:

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Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, - Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye - me.

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build - my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and - they shall be thine: they shall come - after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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  And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them - four hundred years;

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And he removed - from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now - the Lord hath made room - for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And he went up - from thence to Beersheba. . . .

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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

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And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed - for my servant Abraham's sake.

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, - and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Then Abimelech went to him - from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

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He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

  

And if thy right hand - offend thee, - cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy - whole body should be cast into hell.

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