Chapter 12<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Therefore six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> \"Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?\"<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#9: Haman And Mordecai (Esther 3:1-6, 6:1-14)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> All the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why disobey you the king's commandment?<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told those who he was a Jew.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: why Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.<\/p><\/div>\n

Chapter 6<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> The king said, What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, \"Nothing has been done for him.\"<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> The king said, \"Who is in the court?\" Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> The king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. The king said, Let him come in.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> So Haman came in. The king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> and let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Then took Haman the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#8: Sarai And Hagar (Genesis 16:1-16)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 16<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Sarai said to Abram,\" See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her.\" Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Sarai said to Abram, \"This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.\"<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> But Abram said to Sarai, \"Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.\" Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> He said, \"Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?\" She said, \"I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.\"<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> The angel of Yahweh said to her, \"Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.\"<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> The angel of Yahweh said to her, \"I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude.\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> The angel of Yahweh said to her, \"Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.\"<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, \"You are a God who sees,\" for she said, \"Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?\"<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#7: Joseph And Potiphar\u2019s Wife (Genesis 39:1-23)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 39<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was handsome, and well-favored.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, \"Lie with me.\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> But he refused, and said to his master's wife, \"Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?\"<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> It happened that as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> It happened about this time, that he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> She caught him by his garment, saying, \"Lie with me!\" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> It happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, \"Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside.\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> She spoke to him according to these words, saying, \"The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside.\"<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, \"This is what your servant did to me,\" that his wrath was kindled.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in the custody.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#6: David And Saul (1 Samuel 18:1-16)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 18<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> The women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Saul eyed David from that day and forward.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and was departed from Saul.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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Top 10 Most Difficult Working Relationships\u00a0Honorable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there is anything worse than working with a jerk, it\u2019s working with a difficult family member. For that reason alone, we identified three working relationships between siblings that deserve special recognition for the depths of their dysfunction.<\/p>\n

Solomon And Adonijah (1 Kings 1:1-53) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Therefore his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king didn't know her intimately.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Adonijah killed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Then Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Bath-sheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it:<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't showed to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Then king David answered, Call to me Bath-sheba. She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came before the king.<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow you the trumpet, and say, [Long] live king Solomon.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so [too].<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.<\/p>

39<\/small><\/span> Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.<\/p>

40<\/small><\/span> All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.<\/p>

41<\/small><\/span> Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?<\/p>

42<\/small><\/span> While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.<\/p>

43<\/small><\/span> Jonathan answered Adonijah, Most assuredly our lord king David has made Solomon king:<\/p>

44<\/small><\/span> and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule;<\/p>

45<\/small><\/span> and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.<\/p>

46<\/small><\/span> Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.<\/p>

47<\/small><\/span> Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne: and the king bowed himself on the bed.<\/p>

48<\/small><\/span> Also thus said the king, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.<\/p>

49<\/small><\/span> All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.<\/p>

50<\/small><\/span> Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.<\/p>

51<\/small><\/span> It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.<\/p>

52<\/small><\/span> Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.<\/p>

53<\/small><\/span> So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

Joseph And His brothers (Genesis 37:1-36)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 37<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> He said to them, \"Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> His brothers said to him, \"Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?\" They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, \"Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.\"<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, \"What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?\"<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> His brothers envied him; but his father kept this saying in mind.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Israel said to Joseph, \"Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.\" He said to him, \"Here I am.\"<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> He said to him, \"Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.\" So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, \"What are you looking for?\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> He said, \"I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.\"<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> The man said, \"They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'\" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> They said one to another, \"Behold, this dreamer comes.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.\"<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, \"Let's not take his life.\"<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Reuben said to them, \"Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him\" - that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Judah said to his brothers, \"What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.\" His brothers listened to him.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> He returned to his brothers, and said, \"The child is no more; and I, where will I go?\"<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, \"We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not.\"<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> He recognized it, and said, \"It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.\"<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, \"For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.\" His father wept for him.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

Moses, Aaron And Miriam (Numbers 12:1-15)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 12<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. They three came out.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#5: Jacob And Laban (Genesis 29:14-30)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 29<\/h4>

14<\/small><\/span> Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Laban said to Jacob, \"Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Jacob loved Rachel. He said, \"I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.\"<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Laban said, \"It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.\"<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Jacob said to Laban, \"Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.\"<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, \"What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?\"<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Laban said, \"It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first born.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years.\"<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation:\u00a0World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#4: King Nebuchadnezzar And Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego (Daniel 3:1-30)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> and whoever doesn't fall down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> and whoever doesn't fall down and worships, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they don't serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to you fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Didn't we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, True, O king.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#3: King Darius, The Satraps And Daniel (Daniel 6:1-28)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 6<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict: Haven't you signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, save to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you, O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#2: The King Of Egypt, His Cupbearer And Baker (Genesis 40:1-23)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 40<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Pharaoh was angry against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and, saw that they were sad.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, \"Why do you look so sad today?\"<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> They said to him, \"We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.\" Joseph said to them, \"Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.\"<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> The chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, \"In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought forth ripe grapes.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.\"<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Joseph said to him, \"This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his butler.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.\"<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, \"I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> In the uppermost basket there was of all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.\"<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Joseph answered, \"This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.\"<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> He restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Yet the chief butler didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#1: King Nebuchadnezzar And His Magicians, Enchanters, Sorcerers And Astrologers (Daniel 2:1-49)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> But if you show the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation of it.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me the interpretation of it.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation of it?<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> You, O king, saw, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and the aspect of it was awesome.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold.<\/p>

39<\/small><\/span> After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.<\/p>

40<\/small><\/span> The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.<\/p>

41<\/small><\/span> Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.<\/p>

42<\/small><\/span> As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.<\/p>

43<\/small><\/span> Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.<\/p>

44<\/small><\/span> In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.<\/p>

45<\/small><\/span> Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.<\/p>

46<\/small><\/span> Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.<\/p>

47<\/small><\/span> The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret.<\/p>

48<\/small><\/span> Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.<\/p>

49<\/small><\/span> Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.<\/p><\/div>\n

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