Invocation
P In
the name of the Father and of the T Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
Collect
Heavenly
Father, we thank You for the gift of food You have provided and for
all those whose labor brings Your blessings to our table. We pray
that at this meal we may be strengthened for Your service and
together may await with joy the feast You have prepared for all the
faithful in Your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Reading
Genesis 47:1—48:22
So
Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with
their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the
land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” And from among
his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. Pharaoh
said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to
Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.” They
said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is
no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in
the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the
land of Goshen.” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and
your brothers have come to you. The land of Egypt is before you.
Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let
them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among
them, put them in charge of my livestock.”
Then
Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and
Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the
days of the years of your life?” And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have
been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to
the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
sojourning.” And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the
presence of Pharaoh. Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers
and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the
land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph
provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household
with food, according to the number of their dependents.
Now
there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so
that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of
the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in
the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the
grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s
house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in
the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give
us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.”
And Joseph answered, “Give your livestock, and I will give you food
in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.” So they
brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in
exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He
supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that
year. And when that year was ended, they came to him the following
year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money
is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is
nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why
should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our
land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And
give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not
be desolate.”
So
Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the
Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them.
The land became Pharaoh’s. As for the people, he made servants of
them from one end of Egypt to the other. Only the land of the priests
he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh
and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did
not sell their land.
Then
Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and
your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow
the land. And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and
four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for
yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”
And they said, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we
will be servants to Pharaoh.” So Joseph made it a statute
concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh
should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become
Pharaoh’s.
Thus
Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they
gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of
Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.
And
when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son
Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight,
put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly
with me. Do not bury me in Egypt, but let me lie with my fathers.
Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He
answered, “I will do as you have said.” And he said, “Swear to
me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head
of his bed.
After
this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And it was told to
Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned
his strength and sat up in bed. And Jacob said to Joseph, “God
Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you,
and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land
to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ And now
your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I
came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine,
as Reuben and Simeon are. And the children that you fathered after
them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their
brothers in their inheritance. As for me, when I came from Paddan, to
my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there
was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on
the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
When
Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” Joseph said
to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.”
And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”
Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see.
So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced
them. And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your
face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” Then
Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his
face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand
toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him. And Israel
stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who
was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing
his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). And he blessed Joseph and
said,
“The
God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the
God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
the
angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and
in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac;
and
let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
When
Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move
it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said to his
father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn,
put your right hand on his head.” But his father refused and said,
“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also
shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.” So
he blessed them that day, saying,
“By
you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
‘God
make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus
he put Ephraim before Manasseh. Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold,
I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again
to the land of your fathers. Moreover, I have given to you rather
than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of
the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”
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Apostles'
Creed
C I
believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker
of heaven and earth.
And
in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried.
He
descended into hell.
The
third day He rose again from the dead.
He
ascended into heaven
and
sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From
thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the
holy Christian Church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and
the life T everlasting.
Amen.
Holy
Baptism - Third
How
can water do such great things?
Certainly
not just water, but the word of God in and with the water does these
things, along with the faith which trusts this Word of God in the
water. For without God's word the water is plain water and no
Baptism. But with the word of God it is a Baptism, that is, a
life-giving water, rich in grace, and a washing of the new birth in
the Holy Spirit, as St. Paul says in Titus, chapter three, "He
saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy
Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become
heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying."
(Titus 3:5–8)
Lord's
Prayer
C Our
Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Luther's
Evening Prayer
C I
thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would
forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep
me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and
soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil
foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Luther's
Morning Prayer
C I
thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray
that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that
all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend
myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be
with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Benediction
(Pauline)
P The
grace of the Lord T Jesus Christ and
the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.
C Amen.
Acknowledgments
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