Genesis 45

• 1. Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, "Have everyone leave my presence!" So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
• 2. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household heard about it.
• 3. Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still living?" But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
• 4. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me." When they had done so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
• 5. And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
• 6. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.
• 7. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
• 8. "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
• 9. Now hurry back to my father and say to him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don't delay.
• 10. You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me-you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.
• 11. I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.'
• 12. "You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.
• 13. Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly."
• 14. Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.
• 15. And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.
• 16. When the news reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.
• 17. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan,
• 18. and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.'
• 19. "You are also directed to tell them, 'Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come.
• 20. Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.'"
• 21. So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
• 22. To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
• 23. And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.
• 24. Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way!"
• 25. So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
• 26. They told him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt." Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.
• 27. But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
• 28. And Israel said, "I'm convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

Mark 16

• 1. When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
• 2. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
• 3. and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
• 4. But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
• 5. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
• 6. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
• 7. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'"
• 8. Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
• 9. When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
• 10. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.
• 11. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
• 12. Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.
• 13. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
• 14. Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
• 15. He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
• 16. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• 17. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
• 18. they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
• 19. After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
• 20. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

Job 12

• 1. Then Job replied:
• 2. "Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
• 3. But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
• 4. "I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered- a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
• 5. Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
• 6. The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure- those who carry their god in their hands.
• 7. "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
• 8. or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.
• 9. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
• 10. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
• 11. Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
• 12. Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
• 13. "To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
• 14. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.
• 15. If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
• 16. To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.
• 17. He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges.
• 18. He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
• 19. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows men long established.
• 20. He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
• 21. He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
• 22. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
• 23. He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
• 24. He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.
• 25. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

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