Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be obedient to what you call us to do, and put nothing in your way 

35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there.
Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

² Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him,
“Put away the foreign gods that are among you,
purify yourselves, change your garments. 
³ Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel.
I…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to dwell with you today, particularly in our struggles, so that we may be blessed

⁹ God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. 
¹⁰ God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel (Wrestles-with-God). 
He named him Israel. 
¹¹ God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply.
A nation and a company…

Heavenly Father
give us grace when faced with sorrow to be nourished by thankfulness

¹⁶ They travelled from Bethel. [House of God]
There was still some distance to come to Ephrath [Fruitful],
and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour. 
¹⁷ When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

¹⁸ As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni [Son of my sorrow], 
but his…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to do what is right (unlike Reuben in this story and Simeon and Levi in the the previous chapter), and thank you for the peace and harmony which results from our desire to be at peace with our brother (like Esau and Jacob)

²¹ Israel [other name of Jacob] travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 
²² While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ^23…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to be at peace with those who are outside our family, race and nation.

¹ Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 
² Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan:
⁶ Esau took all the members of his household, his livestock, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ⁷ For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to avoid hurting others when we are motivated by love (like Jacob)
give us grace to avoid being negative to others whatever the cause (unlike Joseph’s brothers) 

¹ Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. 
² This is the history of the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers.
He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives.
Joseph brought an evil report of them t…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to hear what you are saying to us, even in our dreams
give us grace to be careful how we communicate this to others.

⁵ Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. 
⁶ He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 
⁷ for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold,
my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold,
your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
⁸ His…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to do what is good particularly when others are not (like Reuben)

¹² His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 
¹³ Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.”
He said to him, “Here I am.”
¹⁴ He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.”
So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 
^15…

Heavenly father
give us grace not to lose hope, giving thanks for your provision through people going about their business (ishmaelites)

 ²³ When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic of many colours ; 
²⁴ and they took him, and threw him into the pit which was empty.
²⁵ They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites
bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 
²⁶ Judah said to his…

Heavenly father
give us grace not to lose hope in grief and mourning, thanking you that you are working your purposes out. 

²⁹ Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 
³⁰ He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?” 
³¹ They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 
³² They took the tunic of many colours, and they brought it to their father, and said,…