Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3   Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4   Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5   them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 12 Q. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Acts 5

Today's passage helps form the basis for the classic hymn Not What My Hands Have Done (especially v4-5) Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Point 5

When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5  Then Sarai said to Abram, “You You shall name him Ishmael,  for the L ORD  has heard of your misery. 12  He will be a wild donkey of

were by nature deserving of wrath. 4  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5   in the sending of Jesus Christ 3 - The Preaching of the Gospel 4 - A Twofold Response to the Gospel 5 Today: Acts 5

She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther Mordecai, 11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.” 12 When Esther’s words were reported

He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” . 5   “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The serpent exploited the woman’s weakness: theology.

and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. 5  It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12  And the gold of closed up its place with flesh. 22  And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman 23  Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman second chapter that sets the stage for the rest of scripture as it introduces us to ourselves - man and woman

man who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.  5   assembly. 11  Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. 12

lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it. 5 I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire. 12