ESV: M'Cheyne Reading Plan
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Based on the M'Cheyne reading system, this plan features 4 different readings for use in both family and personal devotions. Each day has two passages from the Old Testament, one from the New Testament, and one from either the Psalms or the Gospels.
In one year, you’ll read the Old Testament once and the New Testament and Psalms twice.
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March 11: Exodus 22; John 1; Job 40; 2 Corinthians 10
March 11, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.49 MBWith family: Exodus 22; John 1 Exodus 22 (Listen) 22 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 1 If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3 but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He2 shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the stolen beast is found alive in his...
March 10: Exodus 21; Luke 24; Job 39; 2 Corinthians 9
March 10, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.57 MBWith family: Exodus 21; Luke 24 Exodus 21 (Listen) Laws About Slaves 21 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave,1 he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and...
March 9: Exodus 20; Luke 23; Job 38; 2 Corinthians 8
March 09, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.84 MBWith family: Exodus 20; Luke 23 Exodus 20 (Listen) The Ten Commandments 20 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before1 me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or ...
March 8: Exodus 19; Luke 22; Job 37; 2 Corinthians 7
March 08, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.96 MBWith family: Exodus 19; Luke 22 Exodus 19 (Listen) Israel at Mount Sinai 19 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, 3 while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the hous...
March 7: Exodus 18; Luke 21; Job 36; 2 Corinthians 6
March 07, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.2 MBWith family: Exodus 18; Luke 21 Exodus 18 (Listen) Jethro’s Advice 18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her home, 3 along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a sojourner1 in a foreign land”), 4 and the name of th...
March 6: Exodus 17; Luke 20; Job 35; 2 Corinthians 5
March 06, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.9 MBWith family: Exodus 17; Luke 20 Exodus 17 (Listen) Water from the Rock 17 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” 3 But the people thirsted there f...
March 5: Exodus 16; Luke 19; Job 34; 2 Corinthians 4
March 05, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.94 MBWith family: Exodus 16; Luke 19 Exodus 16 (Listen) Bread from Heaven 16 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by th...
March 4: Exodus 15; Luke 18; Job 33; 2 Corinthians 3
March 04, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.41 MBWith family: Exodus 15; Luke 18 Exodus 15 (Listen) The Song of Moses 15 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider1 he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his...
March 3: Exodus 14; Luke 17; Job 32; 2 Corinthians 2
March 03, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.14 MBWith family: Exodus 14; Luke 17 Exodus 14 (Listen) Crossing the Red Sea 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory ...
March 2: Exodus 13; Luke 16; Job 31; 2 Corinthians 1
March 02, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.54 MBWith family: Exodus 13; Luke 16 Exodus 13 (Listen) Consecration of the Firstborn 13 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” The Feast of Unleavened Bread 3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened b...
March 1: Exodus 12; Luke 15; Job 30; 1 Corinthians 16
March 01, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.96 MBWith family: Exodus 12; Luke 15 Exodus 12 (Listen) The Passover 12 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor sha...
February 28: Exodus 11–12:21; Luke 14; Job 29; 1 Corinthians 15
February 28, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.37 MBWith family: Exodus 11–12:21; Luke 14 Exodus 11–12:21 (Listen) A Final Plague Threatened 11 The LORD said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.” 3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of...
February 27: Exodus 10; Luke 13; Job 28; 1 Corinthians 14
February 27, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 3.99 MBWith family: Exodus 10; Luke 13 Exodus 10 (Listen) The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” 3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh ...
February 26: Exodus 9; Luke 12; Job 27; 1 Corinthians 13
February 26, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.94 MBWith family: Exodus 9; Luke 12 Exodus 9 (Listen) The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die 9 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them, 3 behold, the hand of the LORD will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. ...
February 25: Exodus 8; Luke 11; Job 25–26; 1 Corinthians 12
February 25, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.16 MBWith family: Exodus 8; Luke 11 Exodus 8 (Listen) The Second Plague: Frogs 8 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. 3 The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people,2 and into your ovens...
February 24: Exodus 7; Luke 10; Job 24; 1 Corinthians 11
February 24, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.73 MBWith family: Exodus 7; Luke 10 Exodus 7 (Listen) Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 7 And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I...
February 23: Exodus 6; Luke 9; Job 23; 1 Corinthians 10
February 23, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.13 MBWith family: Exodus 6; Luke 9 Exodus 6 (Listen) God Promises Deliverance 6 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty,1 but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant wi...
February 22: Exodus 5; Luke 8; Job 22; 1 Corinthians 9
February 22, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.1 MBWith family: Exodus 5; Luke 8 Exodus 5 (Listen) Making Bricks Without Straw 5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a t...
February 21: Exodus 4; Luke 7; Job 21; 1 Corinthians 8
February 21, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.75 MBWith family: Exodus 4; Luke 7 Exodus 4 (Listen) Moses Given Powerful Signs 4 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’” 2 The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” 3 And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. 4 But the LORD said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the...
February 20: Exodus 3; Luke 6; Job 20; 1 Corinthians 7
February 20, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.49 MBWith family: Exodus 3; Luke 6 Exodus 3 (Listen) The Burning Bush 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why...
February 19: Exodus 2; Luke 5; Job 19; 1 Corinthians 6
February 19, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.29 MBWith family: Exodus 2; Luke 5 Exodus 2 (Listen) The Birth of Moses 2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes1 and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a d...
February 18: Exodus 1; Luke 4; Job 18; 1 Corinthians 5
February 18, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 2.7 MBWith family: Exodus 1; Luke 4 Exodus 1 (Listen) Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the people of Israel were fruitfu...
February 17: Genesis 50; Luke 3; Job 16–17; 1 Corinthians 4
February 17, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.72 MBWith family: Genesis 50; Luke 3 Genesis 50 (Listen) 50 Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. 4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I...
February 16: Genesis 49; Luke 2; Job 15; 1 Corinthians 3
February 16, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.85 MBWith family: Genesis 49; Luke 2 Genesis 49 (Listen) Jacob Blesses His Sons 49 Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come. 2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father. 3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. 4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminenc...
February 15: Genesis 48; Luke 1:39–80; Job 14; 1 Corinthians 2
February 15, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 2.79 MBWith family: Genesis 48; Luke 1:39–80 Genesis 48 (Listen) Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48 After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty1 appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you ...
February 14: Genesis 47; Luke 1:1–38; Job 13; 1 Corinthians 1
February 14, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.72 MBWith family: Genesis 47; Luke 1:1–38 Genesis 47 (Listen) Jacob’s Family Settles in Goshen 47 So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” 2 And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepher...
February 13: Genesis 46; Mark 16; Job 12; Romans 16
February 13, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.94 MBWith family: Genesis 46; Mark 16 Genesis 46 (Listen) Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go ...
February 12: Genesis 45; Mark 15; Job 11; Romans 15
February 12, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.66 MBWith family: Genesis 45; Mark 15 Genesis 45 (Listen) Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family 45 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers...
February 11: Genesis 44; Mark 14; Job 10; Romans 14
February 11, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.41 MBWith family: Genesis 44; Mark 14 Genesis 44 (Listen) Joseph Tests His Brothers 44 Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, 2 and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys. 4 They had gone on...
February 10: Genesis 43; Mark 13; Job 9; Romans 13
February 10, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.46 MBWith family: Genesis 43; Mark 13 Genesis 43 (Listen) Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt 43 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” 3 But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. 5 But if you wil...
February 9: Genesis 42; Mark 12; Job 8; Romans 12
February 09, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.73 MBWith family: Genesis 42; Mark 12 Genesis 42 (Listen) Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42 When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” 3 So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his broth...
February 8: Genesis 41; Mark 11; Job 7; Romans 11
February 08, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.27 MBWith family: Genesis 41; Mark 11 Genesis 41 (Listen) Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams 41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4 And the ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump co...
February 7: Genesis 40; Mark 10; Job 6; Romans 10
February 07, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.49 MBWith family: Genesis 40; Mark 10 Genesis 40 (Listen) Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams 40 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to ...
February 6: Genesis 39; Mark 9; Job 5; Romans 9
February 06, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.74 MBWith family: Genesis 39; Mark 9 Genesis 39 (Listen) Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed ...
February 5: Genesis 38; Mark 8; Job 4; Romans 8
February 05, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.91 MBWith family: Genesis 38; Mark 8 Genesis 38 (Listen) Judah and Tamar 38 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, 3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. 4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. 5 Yet again she bore a son, and she ...
February 4: Genesis 37; Mark 7; Job 3; Romans 7
February 04, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.57 MBWith family: Genesis 37; Mark 7 Genesis 37 (Listen) Joseph’s Dreams 37 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son ...
February 3: Genesis 35–36; Mark 6; Job 2; Romans 6
February 03, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 4.89 MBWith family: Genesis 35–36; Mark 6 Genesis 35–36 (Listen) God Blesses and Renames Jacob 35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar ...
February 2: Genesis 34; Mark 5; Job 1; Romans 5
February 02, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.64 MBWith family: Genesis 34; Mark 5 Genesis 34 (Listen) The Defiling of Dinah 34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. 3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me...
February 1: Genesis 33; Mark 4; Esther 9–10; Romans 4
February 01, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.91 MBWith family: Genesis 33; Mark 4 Genesis 33 (Listen) Jacob Meets Esau 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. 2 And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. 3 He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his ...
January 31: Genesis 32; Mark 3; Esther 8; Romans 3
January 31, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.54 MBWith family: Genesis 32; Mark 3 Genesis 32 (Listen) Jacob Fears Esau 32 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.1 3 And Jacob sent2 messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. 5 ...
January 30: Genesis 31; Mark 2; Esther 7; Romans 2
January 30, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.94 MBWith family: Genesis 31; Mark 2 Genesis 31 (Listen) Jacob Flees from Laban 31 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. 3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” 4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the fi...
January 29: Genesis 30; Mark 1; Esther 6; Romans 1
January 29, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.12 MBWith family: Genesis 30; Mark 1 Genesis 30 (Listen) 30 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf,1 that even I may have children2 through her.” 4 So she gav...
January 28: Genesis 29; Matthew 28; Esther 5; Acts 28
January 28, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.2 MBWith family: Genesis 29; Matthew 28 Genesis 29 (Listen) Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. 2 As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large, 3 and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the ...
January 27: Genesis 28; Matthew 27; Esther 4; Acts 27
January 27, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.52 MBWith family: Genesis 28; Matthew 27 Genesis 28 (Listen) Jacob Sent to Laban 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 God Almighty1 bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4 May he give the...
January 26: Genesis 27; Matthew 26; Esther 3; Acts 26
January 26, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 5.53 MBWith family: Genesis 27; Matthew 26 Genesis 27 (Listen) Isaac Blesses Jacob 27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, 4 and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me s...
January 25: Genesis 26; Matthew 25; Esther 2; Acts 25
January 25, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.24 MBWith family: Genesis 26; Matthew 25 Genesis 26 (Listen) God’s Promise to Isaac 26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these ...
January 24: Genesis 25; Matthew 24; Esther 1; Acts 24
January 24, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.97 MBWith family: Genesis 25; Matthew 24 Genesis 25 (Listen) Abraham’s Death and His Descendants 25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. 6 But to the sons of his c...
January 23: Genesis 24; Matthew 23; Nehemiah 13; Acts 23
January 23, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 5.55 MBWith family: Genesis 24; Matthew 23 Genesis 24 (Listen) Isaac and Rebekah 24 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I ...
January 22: Genesis 23; Matthew 22; Nehemiah 12; Acts 22
January 22, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.01 MBWith family: Genesis 23; Matthew 22 Genesis 23 (Listen) Sarah’s Death and Burial 23 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,1 4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead ou...
January 21: Genesis 22; Matthew 21; Nehemiah 11; Acts 21
January 21, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.53 MBWith family: Genesis 22; Matthew 21 Genesis 22 (Listen) The Sacrifice of Isaac 22 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Is...