Genesis chapter 36. Esau's Descendants. These are the generations of Esau that is Edom. Esau took his wives from the Canaanites. Ada, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite. Ohol Ilbama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Zabean, the Hivite. In Basamat, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nibboyot, and Ada Bordeisa, Eliphaz, Basemet Bor, Ruel, and Ohol Ilbama, Moriyesh, Yalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob, for their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock, so Esau settled in the hill country of Sayir. These are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Sayir. These are the names of Esau's sons. Esau was the son of Ada, the wife of Esau. Ruel the son of Basamat, the wife of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz were Taman, Omar, Zepho, Gautam, and Knaaz. Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz. Esau's son, Shibor Amalek, to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Ada, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Ruel, Nahath, Zera, Shama, and Missa. These are the sons of Basamat, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Oholabama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Zibyan, Esau's wife. Shibor to Esau, Yaiish, Yalem, and Korah. These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, the chiefs Taman, Omar, Zepho, Gnaaz, Korah, Gautam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Ada. These are the sons of Ruel, Esau's sons. The chiefs Nahath, Zera, Shama, and Missa. These are the chiefs of Ruel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basamat, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Oholabama, Esau's wife. The chiefs Yaiish, Yalem, and Korah. These are the chiefs born of Oholabama, the daughter of Ana, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Esau that is Edom, and these are their chiefs. These are the sons of Sayyir, the Hore, the inhabitants of the land. These are the chiefs of the Hurraids, the sons of Sayyir in the land of Edom. The sons of Lotten were Hurri and Hamam. The Lotten sisters were Timna. These are the sons of Shobal, Alvin, Mnahath, Ebel, Shepho, and Onam. These are the sons of Zibyan, Eya, and Ana. He is the Ana who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he passured the donkeys of Zibyan his father. These are the children of Ana, Dishon, and Holy Abama, the daughter of Ana. These are the sons of Dishon, Hemdan, Ashban, Yithran, and Shatan. These are the sons of Isar, Bilhan, Javan, and Akan. These are the sons of Dishon, Uus, and Aran. These are the chiefs of the Hurraids, the chiefs Lotten, Shobal, Zibyan, Ana, Dishon, Ezhar, and Dishnon. These are the chiefs of the Hurraids, chief by chief, and the land of Sayyir. These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites. Bela, the son of Bior, reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinaba. Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zera and Basra, reigned in his place. Jobab died, and Hasham of the land of the Timonites, reigned in his place. Hasham died and Haddad, the son of Barad, who defeated Midian and the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. Haddad died, and Samla of Mazraqah, reigned in his place. Samla died, and Shaul of Reykaboth, on the Afraidis, reigned in his place. Shaul died, and Balhanan, the son of Akbar, reigned in his place. Balhanan, the son of Akbar, died, and Hadar, reigned in his place, the name of the city being Pa'u. And his wife's name was Mahe Tabael, the daughter of Matrad, daughter of Meza Hav. These are the names of the chiefs of Isa, according to their clans and their dwelling places by their names. The chiefs Timna, Alva, Yethith, Oholibama, Ella, Piyan, Kenaz, Timon, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, that is Isa, the father of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. Genesis Chapter 37 Joseph's Dreams Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being 17 years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpha, his father's wives, and Joseph brought a bad report to them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. He said to them, Hear this dream that I have dreamed. Behold we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf. His brothers said to him, Are you indeed to reign over us, or are you indeed to rule over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers and said, Behold I have dreamed another dream. Behold the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me. But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you? And his brothers were jealous of him. But his father kept the saying in mind. Joseph sold by his brothers. Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem, and Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am. So he said to him, Go now, See if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock, and bring me word. So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a man found him wandering in the fields, and the man asked him, What are you seeking? I am seeking my brothers, he said. Tell me, please, where are they pasturing the flock? And the man said, They have gone away, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan. They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams. But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, throw him into this pit, here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him. That he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it. Then they sat down to eat, and looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. With their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, What prophet is it we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh, and his brothers listen to him. Then Midianite traders passed by, and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes and returned to his brothers and said, The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go? Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood, and they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father, and said, This we have found, please identify whether it is your son's robe or not, and he identified it and said, It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces. Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard. Matthew chapter 13 verses 18 through 35, The parable of the sower explained. More than the parable of the sower, when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. Yet, he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation and persecution rises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, and another sixty, and in another thirty. The parable of the weeds. He put another parable before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds, among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also, and the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds? He said to them, An enemy has done this. So the servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them? But he said, No. Lesson gathering the weeds, you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time, I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first, and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn. The mustard seed and the leaven. He put another parable before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. He told them another parable, The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flower, till it was all leavened. Prophecy and parables. All these things Jesus said to the crowds and parables. Indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet. I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world. Psalm 14. The fool says there is no God. The fool says in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand who seek after God. They have all turned aside. Together they have become corrupt. There is none who does good, not even one. Have they no knowledge? All the evil doers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord? There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. Oh, the salvation for Israel would come out of Zion when the Lord restores the fortunes of his people. Let Jacob rejoice. Let Israel be glad.
