Daily Bible Reading

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 5:19-29: Today’s reading continues with Jesus’s response to the religious leaders who challenge his authority. He speaks of his relationship with God the Father and says that those who believe in him will have eternal life. Scripture Reading The Authority of the Son 19 So Jesus answered them, […]

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 5:1-18: Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath, and his action angers the Jewish authorities who are now determined to kill him. The man who had been healed is upbraided by the Jewish authorities for carrying his mat since carrying one’s bedding (or mat) on the Sabbath was […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 50:15-26: After Jacob is buried, everyone returns to Egypt and Joseph reassures his brothers that he will take care of them and their families. Joseph dies in Egypt at the age of 110. Today’s reading concludes the book of Genesis, and the relocation of Jacob’s descendants […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 49:29—50:14: After blessing his sons (see 49:1-28), Jacob dies and Joseph arranges for his father’s body to be embalmed and then buried in Canaan. Scripture Reading The Death and Burial of Jacob 29 Then Jacob commanded his sons, “Now that I am going to join my […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 48:1-22: In blessing Manasseh and Ephraim, Jacob bestows on his grandsons a status that is equal to his own sons and thus legitimizes their descendants as being numbered among the recognized twelve tribes of Israel (see Numbers 26; Joshua 13—19). Jacob crosses his hands, placing his […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 47:13-31: As the famine becomes more severe, Joseph administers the distribution of grain. Jacob and his family remain in Egypt; and as Jacob approaches death, Joseph promises his father that he will bury Jacob with his ancestors. Scripture Reading The Famine 13 The famine was so […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 46:28—47:12: Joseph is reunited with his father, and Jacob and his family settle in Egypt in the region of Goshen, the northeastern part of Egypt in the Nile Delta. Scripture Reading Jacob and His Family in Egypt 28 Jacob sent Judah ahead to ask Joseph to […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 46:1-27: Jacob and his family prepare to relocate to Egypt. Today’s reading lists the names of the family members who accompanied Jacob. They are listed according to the offspring of each of Jacob’s four wives. Scripture Reading Jacob and His Family Go to Egypt 46 Jacob […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 45:1-28: After Judah pleads with Joseph for the release of Benjamin, Joseph is no longer able to control his feelings and he reveals his identity to his brothers. Joseph tells them to return home and then to come back to Egypt with their father Jacob, their […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 44:18-34: Judah pleads for Benjamin and offers to become Joseph’s slave in place of Benjamin. Scripture Reading Judah Pleads for Benjamin 18 Judah went up to Joseph and said, “Please, sir, allow me to speak with you freely. Don’t be angry with me; you are like […]