Formation Journal Reading Plan

46:1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

46:2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

46:3 He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

46:4 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes.”

46:5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

46:6 They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his seed with him,

46:7 his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt.

46:8 These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

46:9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

46:12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

46:13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.

46:14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

46:16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

46:17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

46:19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

46:20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

46:21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

46:23 The son of Dan: Hushim.

46:24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

46:26 All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.

46:27 The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

46:28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

46:29 Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

46:30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”

46:31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

46:32 These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’

46:33 It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’

46:34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”

37:21 The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

37:22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

37:23 A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

37:24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

37:25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

37:27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

37:28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

37:30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

37:31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

37:32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

37:33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

37:38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

37:40 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

15:1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

15:3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

15:4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

15:6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

15:7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

15:10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

15:11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

15:12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”

15:13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

15:15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

15:16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

15:18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

15:19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

15:20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”