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JANUARY 15
36 Then he put three days’ journey between
himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of
Laban’s flocks.
37 Now Jacob took for himself rods of green 8:3 Your heavens, the work of Your fingers.
poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, The heavens are created by God (Pss. 33:6,9;
102:25; 136:5). The anthropomorphism “Your
peeled white strips in them, and exposed the fingers” miniaturizes the magnitude of the
white which was in the rods. And the rods universe in the presence of the Creator.
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which he had peeled, he set before the flocks
in the gutters, in the watering troughs where 8:4 What is man…? If the whole universe is
the flocks came to drink, so that they should diminutive in the sight of the Divine Creator,
conceive when they came to drink. So the how much less is the significance of mankind!
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flocks conceived before the rods, and the Even the word for “man” used in v. 4 alludes to
flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and his weakness (see Pss. 9:19,20; 90:3a; 103:15,
spotted. Then Jacob separated the lambs, etc.).and the son of man.This phrase also looks
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and made the flocks face toward the streaked upon man as insignificant and transitory (e.g.,
and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he Ps. 90:3b). Yet, the Aramaic counterpart of this
put his own flocks by themselves and did not phrase is found in Daniel 7:13, which has pro-
put them with Laban’s flock. found messianic overtones (see also Jesus’
41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger favorite self-designation in the New Testament,
livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the Son of Man).
rods before the eyes of the livestock in the
gutters, that they might conceive among the Proverbs 3:13–18
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not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
and the stronger Jacob’s. Thus the man be- And the man who gains
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came exceedingly prosperous, and had large understanding;
14 For her proceeds are better than the
flocks, female and male servants, and camels profits of silver,
and donkeys.
And her gain than fine gold.
Psalm 8:1–5 15 She is more precious than rubies,
And all the things you may
To the Chief Musician.
On the instrument of Gath. desire cannot compare
A Psalm of David. with her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand,
LORD, our Lord, In her left hand riches and honor.
O How excellent is Your name 17 Her ways are ways of
in all the earth, pleasantness,
Who have set Your glory above the And all her paths are peace.
heavens! 18 She is a tree of life to those who take
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing
2 hold of her,
infants And happy are all who
You have ordained strength, retain her.
Because of Your enemies, Matthew 10:21–42
That You may silence the enemy and 21
the avenger. “Now brother will deliver up brother to
death, and a father his child; and children
3 When I consider Your heavens, the will rise up against parents and cause them
work of Your fingers, to be put to death. And you will be hated by
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The moon and the stars, which all for My name’s sake. But he who endures
You have ordained, to the end will be saved. When they perse-
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What is man that You are mindful of cute you in this city, flee to another. For
him, assuredly, I say to you, you will not have
And the son of man that You gone through the cities of Israel before the
visit him? Son of Man comes.
For You have made him a little lower “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a
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than the angels, servant above his master. It is enough for a
And You have crowned him with glory disciple that he be like his teacher, and a ser-
and honor. vant like his master. If they have called the
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