Friday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). 2Verse 2. Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3Verse 3. and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. 4Verse 4. And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel, 5Verse 5. and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6Verse 6. Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob. 7Verse 7. For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock. 8Verse 8. So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

17Verse 17. When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” 18Verse 18. “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. 19Verse 19. Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.” 30Verse 30. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. 31Verse 31. And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” 32Verse 32. And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33Verse 33. Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood, 34Verse 34. and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time. 35Verse 35. So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. 36Verse 36. At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command. 37Verse 37. Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.” 38Verse 38. Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench. 39Verse 39. When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” 40Verse 40. Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.