January 15: Genesis 16; Matthew 15; Nehemiah 5; Acts 15
With family: Genesis 16; Matthew 15 Genesis 16 (Listen)Sarai and Hagar16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to...
View ArticleJanuary 16: Genesis 17; Matthew 16; Nehemiah 6; Acts 16
With family: Genesis 17; Matthew 16 Genesis 17 (Listen)Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;1...
View ArticleJanuary 17: Genesis 18; Matthew 17; Nehemiah 7; Acts 17
With family: Genesis 18; Matthew 17 Genesis 18 (Listen)18 And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks1 of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and...
View ArticleJanuary 18: Genesis 19; Matthew 18; Nehemiah 8; Acts 18
With family: Genesis 19; Matthew 18 Genesis 19 (Listen)God Rescues Lot19 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them...
View ArticleJanuary 19: Genesis 20; Matthew 19; Nehemiah 9; Acts 19
With family: Genesis 20; Matthew 19 Genesis 20 (Listen)Abraham and Abimelech20 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in...
View ArticleJanuary 20: Genesis 21; Matthew 20; Nehemiah 10; Acts 20
With family: Genesis 21; Matthew 20 Genesis 21 (Listen)The Birth of Isaac21 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham...
View ArticleJanuary 21: Genesis 22; Matthew 21; Nehemiah 11; Acts 21
With family: Genesis 22; Matthew 21 Genesis 22 (Listen)The Sacrifice of Isaac22 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son,...
View ArticleJanuary 22: Genesis 23; Matthew 22; Nehemiah 12; Acts 22
With family: Genesis 23; Matthew 22 Genesis 23 (Listen)Sarah’s Death and Burial23 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron)...
View ArticleJanuary 23: Genesis 24; Matthew 23; Nehemiah 13; Acts 23
With family: Genesis 24; Matthew 23 Genesis 24 (Listen)Isaac and Rebekah24 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his...
View ArticleJanuary 24: Genesis 25; Matthew 24; Esther 1; Acts 24
With family: Genesis 25; Matthew 24 Genesis 25 (Listen)Abraham’s Death and His Descendants25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak,...
View ArticleJanuary 25: Genesis 26; Matthew 25; Esther 2; Acts 25
With family: Genesis 26; Matthew 25 Genesis 26 (Listen)God’s Promise to Isaac26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar...
View ArticleJanuary 26: Genesis 27; Matthew 26; Esther 3; Acts 26
With family: Genesis 27; Matthew 26 Genesis 27 (Listen)Isaac Blesses Jacob27 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”;...
View ArticleJanuary 27: Genesis 28; Matthew 27; Esther 4; Acts 27
With family: Genesis 28; Matthew 27 Genesis 28 (Listen)Jacob Sent to Laban28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 Arise, go...
View ArticleJanuary 28: Genesis 29; Matthew 28; Esther 5; Acts 28
With family: Genesis 29; Matthew 28 Genesis 29 (Listen)Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel29 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...
View ArticleJanuary 29: Genesis 30; Mark 1; Esther 6; Romans 1
With 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...
View ArticleJanuary 30: Genesis 31; Mark 2; Esther 7; Romans 2
With family: Genesis 31; Mark 2 Genesis 31 (Listen)Jacob Flees from Laban31 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our...
View ArticleJanuary 31: Genesis 32; Mark 3; Esther 8; Romans 3
With family: Genesis 32; Mark 3 Genesis 32 (Listen)Jacob Fears Esau32 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...
View ArticleFebruary 1: Genesis 33; Mark 4; Esther 9–10; Romans 4
With family: Genesis 33; Mark 4 Genesis 33 (Listen)Jacob Meets Esau33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children...
View ArticleFebruary 2: Genesis 34; Mark 5; Job 1; Romans 5
With family: Genesis 34; Mark 5 Genesis 34 (Listen)The Defiling of Dinah34 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...
View ArticleFebruary 3: Genesis 35–36; Mark 6; Job 2; Romans 6
With family: Genesis 35–36; Mark 6 Genesis 35–36 (Listen)God Blesses and Renames Jacob35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you...
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