Genesis 17,7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 17,8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.' 17,9 And God said unto Abraham: 'And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. 17,10 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. 17,11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you. 17,12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed. 17,13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 17,14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.' {S} 17,15 And God said unto Abraham: 'As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 17,16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.' 17,17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart: 'Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?' 17,18 And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!' 17,19 And God said: 'Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 17,20 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. 17,21 But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.' 17,22 And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 17,23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 17,24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17,25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 17,26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 17,27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him. {P} Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Forum Cocoon Ministries Blog Facebook |
Scripture Today (Parsha 3.vi)
| Genesis 15,7 And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.' 15,8 And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' 15,9 And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.' 15,10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not. 15,11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 15,12 And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him. 15,13 And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15,14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15,15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 15,16 And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' 15,17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 15,18 In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates; 15,19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 15,20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 15,21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.' {S} 16,1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 16,2 And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 16,3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 16,4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 16,5 And Sarai said unto Abram: 'My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.' 16,6 But Abram said unto Sarai: 'Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.' And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face. 16,7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 16,8 And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' 16,9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.' 16,10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 16,11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 16,12 And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.' 16,13 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art a God of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?' 16,14 Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 16,15 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16,16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. {S} 17,1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: 'I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted. 17,2 And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.' 17,3 And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying: 17,4 'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. 17,5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 17,6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Forum Cocoon Ministries Blog Facebook |
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10/29/2009
Scripture Today
| Genesis 14,21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.' 14,22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, 14,23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; 14,24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.' {S} 15,1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' 15,2 And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' 15,3 And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.' 15,4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.' 15,5 And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.' 15,6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness. Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Forum Cocoon Ministries Blog Facebook |
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10/27/2009
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10/26/2009
ScriptureToday
Torah Reading for Lech-Lecha Genesis 12:1-17:27 Chapter 12 14. And it came to pass when Abram came to Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very pretty. יד. וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אַבְרָם מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִּצְרִים אֶת הָאִשָּׁה כִּי יָפָה הִוא מְאֹד: 15. And Pharaoh's princes saw her, and they praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh. טו. וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתָהּ שָׂרֵי פַרְעֹה וַיְהַלְלוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל פַּרְעֹה וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה: 16. And he benefited Abram for her sake, and he had flocks and cattle and he donkeys and men servants and maid servants, and she donkeys and camels. טז. וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַיְהִי לוֹ צֹאן וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּים: 17. And the Lord plagued Pharaoh [with] great plagues as well as his household, on account of Sarai, Abram's wife. יז. וַיְנַגַּע יְ־הֹוָ־ה אֶת פַּרְעֹה נְגָעִים גְּדֹלִים וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹ עַל דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם: 18. And Pharaoh summoned Abram, and he said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? יח. וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר מַה זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי לָמָּה לֹא הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא: 19. Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to myself for a wife? And now, here is your wife; take [her] and go." יט. לָמָה אָמַרְתָּ אֲחֹתִי הִוא וָאֶקַּח אֹתָהּ לִי לְאִשָּׁה וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ קַח וָלֵךְ: 20. And Pharaoh commanded men on his behalf, and they escorted him and his wife and all that was his. כ. וַיְצַו עָלָיו פַּרְעֹה אֲנָשִׁים וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ: Chapter 13 1. And Abram came up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that was his, and Lot with him, to the south. א. וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וְלוֹט עִמּוֹ הַנֶּגְבָּה: 2. And Abram was very heavy with cattle, with silver, and with gold. ב. וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב: 3. And he went on his journeys, from the south and until Beth el, until the place where his tent had been previously, between Beth el and between Ai. ג. וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד בֵּית אֵל עַד הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הָיָה שָׁם אָהֳלֹה בַּתְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּית אֵל וּבֵין הָעָי: 4. To the place of the altar that he had made at first, and Abram called there in the name of the Lord. ד. אֶל מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְ־הֹוָ־ה: Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Forum Cocoon Ministries Blog Facebook |
10/18/2009
Scriptures This Week
GENESIS 6,9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God. 6,10 And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6,11 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 6,12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. {S} 6,13 And God said unto Noah: 'The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 6,14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 6,15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 6,16 A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 6,17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish. 6,18 But I will establish My covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 6,19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 6,20 Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 6,21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.' 6,22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7,1 And the LORD said unto Noah: 'Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation. 7,2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate; 7,3 of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 7,4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.' 7,5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 7,6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7,7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 7,8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground, 7,9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 7,10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 7,11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 7,12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 7,13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 7,14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort. 7,15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. 7,16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and the LORD shut him in. 7,17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 7,18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 7,19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. 7,20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 7,21 And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth, and every man; 7,22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died. 7,23 And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. 7,24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. 8,1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 8,2 the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 8,3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 8,4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 8,5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 8,6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. 8,7 And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8,8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 8,9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 8,10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. 8,11 And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 8,12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more. 8,13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried. 8,14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. {S} 8,15 And God spoke unto Noah, saying: 8,16 'Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 8,17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.' 8,18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him; 8,19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark. 8,20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 8,21 And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 8,22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' 9,1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. 9,2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered. 9,3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. 9,4 Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 9,5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 9,6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man. 9,7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.' {S} 9,8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying: 9,9 'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 9,10 and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 9,11 And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.' 9,12 And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 9,13 I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. 9,14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud, 9,15 that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 9,16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.' 9,17 And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.' {P} 9,18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan. 9,19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread. 9,20 And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. 9,21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 9,22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 9,23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 9,24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. 9,25 And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 9,26 And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant. 9,27 God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant. 9,28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 9,29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died. {P} 10,1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood. 10,2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 10,3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 10,4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 10,5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 10,6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 10,7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. 10,8 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 10,9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.' 10,10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 10,11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 10,12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah--the same is the great city. 10,13 And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 10,14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim--whence went forth the Philistines--and Caphtorim. {S} 10,15 And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; 10,16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 10,17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite; 10,18 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. 10,19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 10,20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. {S} 10,21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. 10,22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 10,23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 10,24 And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. 10,25 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 10,26 And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; 10,27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; 10,28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba; 10,29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 10,30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east. 10,31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 10,32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. {P} 11,1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 11,2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 11,3 And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 11,4 And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.' 11,5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 11,6 And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 11,7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.' 11,8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city. 11,9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. {P} 11,10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11,11 And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah. 11,13 And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 11,15 And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg. 11,17 And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 11,19 And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug. 11,21 And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 11,23 And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah. 11,25 And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. {S} 11,26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 11,27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot. 11,28 And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 11,29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 11,30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child. 11,31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 11,32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran. {P} WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
10/15/2009
Scriptures Today
| Genesis 4,19 And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 4,20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. 4,21 And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. 4,22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 4,23 And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; 4,24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 4,25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.' 4,26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
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10/14/2009
Today's Scripture (Parsha 1.iv)
Genesis 3,22 And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.' 3,23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 3,24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life. {S} 4,1 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: 'I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.' 4,2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 4,3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4,4 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; 4,5 but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 4,6 And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 4,7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.' 4,8 And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 4,9 And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?' 4,10 And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. 4,11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 4,12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.' 4,13 And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear. 4,14 Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.' 4,15 And the LORD said unto him: 'Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.' And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him. 4,16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 4,17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. 4,18 And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech. WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
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10/12/2009
Message for enemies
| TRIPLETS FOR FATHER WHO LOST THREE SONS TO TERRORISM by Hillel Fendel Seven years after Boaz Shabo lost his wife and three of his seven children in a terrorist attack, he and his second wife are the proud parents of new-born triplets. The babies, two boys and a girl, are currently hospitalized in the preemie ward of Tel HaShomer Hospital. The murderous attack occurred in June 2002 – ending a tragic week in which no fewer than 38 Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists, including 19 on a bus outside the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem and seven in a French Hill bus stop bombing. On Thursday evening, June 20, 2002, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the Shomron (Samaria) town of Itamar and began shooting in all directions. He then ran to the Shabo family house, which he entered and began his murderous spree. Soldiers and Border Guard police encircled the house, and the exchange of fire continued even after some soldiers bravely entered the house. They forced the terrorist upstairs while they rescued the four surviving children inside, two of whom were hurt. The terrorist was shot and killed when he jumped from the second floor - but not before the house caught fire when a bullet hit a gas canister. The house was largely destroyed. Boaz's wife Rachel, 40, and three of their seven children - Neriah, 15, Tzvikah, 12 and Avishai, 5 - were murdered in the attack. Itamar resident and emergency team member Yossi Tuito was also murdered when he arrived at the home in an effort to help. Boaz and his remaining four children moved to nearby Kedumim shortly after the attack. He explained that his relatives lived there, and "in any event, we had no house to return to…" Nearly two years ago, Boaz remarried, and Hila and her five children joined Boaz and two of his; his two elder children are now married and have, between them, four children of their own. Born on the Sukkot Holiday The triplets were born on last Sunday, the second day of the Sukkot holiday, and are expected to be released from the hospital within 2-3 weeks. "We knew that we could expect twins," Boaz later said, "but when they turned out to be triplets, it was a total surprise – something so symbolic that only G-d can understand or explain it. Though it's impossible to forget those who were killed, this is a very joyous occasion for all of us." The Ultimate Condolence Call; Volunteering in Sderot Boaz has been in the news more than once since the tragedy. He paid a condolence call to David Hatuel in May 2004 when the latter lost his entire family – his pregnant wife and four daughters – in a terrorist shooting attack in Gush Katif. Relatives said that Boaz seemed to be the only one who could offer him consolation at the time. In addition, during the rocket onslaught on the Negev city of Sderot, Boaz – a truck driver who has been a volunteer medic with Magen David Adom for over 20 years – volunteered to fill in for medics there. Asked by Arutz-7's Benny Toker how he was able to rehabilitate himself and his family, Boaz said, "The way to rebuild is by getting married again… There cannot be a 100% recovery from something like what happened to us; we are always shadowed by the loss of a mother and three children. But with love and with faith, a decision like this brings much joy… Our house is now full of children and life." It's also a message to our enemies, he said: "They should know that they will not be able to defeat us. As the Torah says, the more they oppress us, the more we will prosper." Asked how he will now be able to start dealing with three little babies, Boaz said, "It won't be easy – but a lot of things have not been easy over the past few years. I tried to look at everything from the positive, optimistic side, and put the difficulties aside; I think that 50% of the problems are psychological. If a person says that it will be hard, then it will be hard. But if you decide to try to get up in the morning with a smile, and know you are headed in the right direction, then it will be much easier for you. You can't let the obstacles stop you; put them aside." "I just want to emphasize," Boaz said in closing, "that everyone must know: Never give in to despair. There is always a light at the top, even if it might involve a hard climb. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel, at which can be found light, happiness, faith, and all of our goals." WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
10/11/2009
Today's Scripture (Parsha 1.i)
Genesis 1,1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 1,2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 1,3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. 1,4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 1,5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P} 1,6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' 1,7 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. 1,8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. {P} 1,9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. 1,10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good. 1,11 And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so. 1,12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 1,13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. {P} 1,14 And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 1,15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so. 1,16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. 1,17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 1,18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 1,19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. {P} 1,20 And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' 1,21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 1,22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.' 1,23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. {P} 1,24 And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so. 1,25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 1,26 And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 1,27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. 1,28 And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 1,29 And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food; 1,30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so. 1,31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. {P} 2,1 And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2,2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 2,3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made. {P} WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
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| DIPLOMACY EXPERT CALLS OBAMA NOBEL PRIZE AWARD 'CURIOUS' by Gil Ronen Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S President Barack Obama was a "very curious" decision, according to former Israeli envoy in Washington Yoram Ettinger. "Obama has no achievement which justifies the awarding of the prize," Ettinger told Arutz Sheva's Hebrew service. "In the international arena, Obama has failed thus far, both in the struggle against Iran which is constantly threatening and ignoring his calls, and regarding North Korea which is also hurling insults at him and continuing to threaten world peace," Ettinger said. "As for Al Qaeda – the fighting in Afghanistan is getting fiercer since he entered the White House and the situation in Iraq has not improved. In addition, [Russian strongman Vladimir] Putin is advancing his aspirations which threaten the republics." In the Israeli-Arab arena, the former diplomat noted, Obama has had no achievements either. "Obama has succeeded in making the Arabs' unrealistic expectations of Israel even more extreme," he explained. "The only reason I can give for such strange awarding of the prize is that political considerations have taken over the award process," Ettinger said. "They see Obama as the president who intends to (…) be guided more by a world view which is favored in the U.N and Europe, a world view that is shared by the leaders in the Nobel award committee." "When they see him diving in U.S opinion polls they hope to improve his standing," he explained. WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
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10/02/2009
Scriptures Today and Tomorrow (Parsha 54.vi,vii)
| Final Parsha. Day 6 10-02-09 33,27 The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.' 33,28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew. 33,29 Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. Seventh Day 10-03-09 {S} 34,1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; 34,2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea; 34,3 and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar. 34,4 And the LORD said unto him: 'This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.' 34,5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 34,6 And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 34,7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 34,8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. 34,9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 34,10 And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face; 34,11 in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; 34,12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel. {P} WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
10/01/2009
Today's Scripture
| Day 5 10-0-09 {S} 33,22 And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan. 33,23 And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the sea and the south. {S} 33,24 And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favoured of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 33,25 Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 33,26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies. WeeklyBread Read This Book Cocoon Ministries Cocoon Ministries Blog Miditations Photos |
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- Freelance Minister. Licensed Minister. Counselor. Ordained Pastor and Messianic Rabbi. Police Chaplain. Hospital Chaplain. Came to know G-D 7/6/1972. Founded cocoonministries.wotmf.
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