Wednesday in Season after Pentecost

16Verse 16. Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. 17Verse 17. During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” 18Verse 18. And with her last breath— for she was dying— she named vvv him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin. 19Verse 19. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20Verse 20. Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day. 21Verse 21. Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder. 22Verse 22. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: 23Verse 23. The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24Verse 24. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. 25Verse 25. The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. 26Verse 26. And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram. 27Verse 27. Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. 28Verse 28. And Isaac lived 180 years. 29Verse 29. Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

1Verse 1. “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people — everyone whose name is found written in the book — will be delivered. 2Verse 2. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3Verse 3. Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. 4Verse 4. But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.” 5Verse 5. Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6Verse 6. One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?” 7Verse 7. And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.” 8Verse 8. I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” 9Verse 9. “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. 10Verse 10. Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand. 11Verse 11. And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12Verse 12. Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. 13Verse 13. But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”