Today's Readings and not much stuff -- Friday, 18 January 2019

Not much "stuff" today.  It appeared likely that Wife had now contracted the very nasty influenza that is "going around".  Sick most of yesterday and all night.  Today was not looking great.  She was up and down in the night, on the recliner most of it in order have the head elevated, but came to bed around 05:00 and slept until around 10:00.  Niece -- who had probably "given it" to her -- told me that is was a "24 hour bug".   Well, that 24 hours wasn't even close, but as the day has progressed she's been getting a little better, bit by bit.  Up moving around now, which she wasn't able to do yesterday or last night, not a bit.  So we'll take the improvements.

And, naturally, we have one of those nasty heavy snowstorms in progress starting in a couple of hours.  Just what we (didn't) need.  The forecasts have been varying all over for days, from a low of around 6 inches to a high of around 18 inches.  So much for the "experts" and "settled science".
The snow storm forecasts were so awful that I got word late yesterday afternoon that Sunday worship services would not be held, just in the interests of safety. Probably the right decision.  Some of the people live practically next door, others a block away, definitely within what I call easy walking distance.  I have a little bit of a drive, and in a 19-year-old vehicle approaching the quarter-million-mile point, and 5-year-old tires, chancing it is a bit dicey.
Wife has a doctor appointment set for Monday (and another on Wednesday, at the far edge of the county south of here, just in time for the next snow storm), but at this point the chances aren't looking too good.  We shall see.

But I'm likely to be giving her my attention over the next few days.  Sorry.

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Genesis 35

1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

2Then 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:

3And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

7And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth.

9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Paddan–aram, and blessed him.

10And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

13And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth–el.

16And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.

20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Paddan–aram.

27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 36  
this passage is from the Holman Christian Standard Bible.

Esau’s Family

1These are the family records  of Esau (that is, Edom ). 2Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite,  Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter  of Zibeon the Hivite, 3and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.  4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, 5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were Esau’s sons, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob. 7For their possessions were too many for them to live together,  and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.  8So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir. 

9These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

10These are the names of Esau’s sons: 

Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah,

and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

11The sons of Eliphaz were

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

12Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz,

bore Amalek to Eliphaz.

These were the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.

13These are Reuel’s sons:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

These were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

14These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah

daughter of Anah and granddaughter  of Zibeon:

She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Edom.

15These are the chiefs of Esau’s sons:

the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn:

Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

16Korah,  Gatam, and Amalek.

These are the chiefs of Eliphaz

in the land of Edom.

These are the sons of Adah.

17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son:

Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

These are the chiefs of Reuel

in the land of Edom.

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

18These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:

Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

These are the chiefs of Esau’s wife Oholibamah

daughter of Anah.

19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom),

and these are their chiefs.

Seir’s Family

20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, 

the inhabitants of the land:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

These are the chiefs of the Horites,

the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman.

Timna was Lotan’s sister.

23These are Shobal’s sons:

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

24These are Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah.

This was the Anah who found the hot springs  in the wilderness

while he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

25These are the children of Anah:

Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

26These are Dishon’s sons:

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

27These are Ezer’s sons:

Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

28These are Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran.

29These are the chiefs of the Horites:

Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

These are the chiefs of the Horites,

according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

Rulers of Edom

31These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom 

before any king ruled over the Israelites:

32Bela son of Beor ruled in Edom;

the name of his city was Dinhabah.

33When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.

34When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place.

He defeated Midian in the field of Moab;

the name of his city was Avith.

36When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah became king in his place.

37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.

38When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor became king in his place.

39When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar  became king in his place.

His city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel

daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.

40These are the names of Esau’s chiefs,

according to their families and their localities,

by their names:

Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

43Magdiel, and Iram.

These are Edom’s chiefs,

according to their settlements in the land they possessed.

Esau  was father of the Edomites.

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This deserves a lot of focus.
There are those who, oddly, believe and teach that people are naturally good, just corrupted by bad associations, etc.  Nope.  No truth to that.

Psalm 14

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.

7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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Matthew 14

1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

6But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

18He said, Bring them hither to me.

19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

23And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

25And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

26And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

27But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

32And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

34And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

35And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.