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Friday
First Lesson
Genesis 42:1-26, 29a, 35-38
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt:
get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may
live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that
sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came,
and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the
earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto
them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan
to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them,
and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are
thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are
no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons
of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is
this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall
not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall
be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there
be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye
are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the
house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your
houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words
be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning
our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress
come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying,
Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,
behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake
unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned
to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon,
and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to
restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision
for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they
and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved
of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will
take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons,
if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will
bring him to thee again.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother
is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the
way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs
with sorrow to the grave.
1st Lesson Questions -
Would I have reacted any differently upon seeing the brothers? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that
ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18 For
first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that
there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which
are approved may be made manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not
to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper:
and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise
ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall
I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered
unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was
betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance
of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,
saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye,
as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye
do show the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup
of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood
of the Lord.
28 But
let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread,
and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep.
31 For
if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that
we should not be condemned with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry
one for another.
34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not
together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order
when I come.
2nd Lesson Questions -
When I go to Church, do I contribute unity or dissension? (V. 18) Do I always examine myself before receiving the Sacrament, or do I sometimes not take the time to do so? (Vs. 28, 29) How and why is verse 31 true? When was the last time I fully and truly judged myself? What changed in my life because of that examination? RESOLVE.