WEEK 4 READINGS: Jan 26th Class

Day 1:

• Genesis 31    Jacob and family leave Laban and return to Canaan
• Matthew 10    Jesus sends out the Twelve.

Day 2:

• Genesis 32-33    Jacob wrestles with God before meeting Esau.
• Matthew 11    Jesus speaks about John the Baptist, the judgment of the unrepentant, and reveals the Father
• Psalm 131    A song of the humble

Day 3:

• Genesis 34    Jacob's daughter Dinah is defiled.  Her brothers seek revenge.
• Matthew 12    Pharisees and Jesus
• Psalm 164    Appeal for aid against enemies

Day 4:

• Genesis 35    Jacob returns to Bethel.  Isaac (Jacob's father) and Rachel (Jacob's wife) both die.
• Matthew 13    Parables and explanations (4 soils, wheat and the tares, mustard seed, leaven, treasure).  Jesus rejected at Nazareth.

Day 5:

• Genesis 36    Esau's descendants, Kings of Edom
• Matthew 14    John the Baptist is killed, and Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist (raised from the dead).