Two sons II

riotous living

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them,

These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

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Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

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And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

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And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

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And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

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Two sons I

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

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And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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And I will put enmity - between thee - and the work-man, and between - thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee,

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And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,

but Sarah shall her name be.

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And I will bless her, and give thee a son - also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto - him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with - him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after - him.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

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And he said, A certain man had two sons:

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

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And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

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And he divided unto them his living.

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The Marriage VI

and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

But unto Cain and to his offering - he had not respect.

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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;

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Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which - had not on a wedding garment:

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And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither - again:

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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, - the seed of Abraham my friend.

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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

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And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; - there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Many - there be which say of my soul, - There is no help - for him in God. Selah.

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For many are called, but few are chosen.

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Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

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The Marriage III

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between - those pieces.

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And he overthrew - those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the work-men and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;

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And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord,

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And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

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And thy servant - my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

And the one - went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

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So those servants - went out into the highways, and gathered together all - as many as - they found, both bad - and good:

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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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and the wedding was furnished with guests.

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