Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 16, Year A (track one)
First Reading Exodus 1:8–2:10 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 13, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 32:22–31 (vs. 32 added in italics just because it completes the paragraph.) The same night he (Jacob) arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 14, Year A (track one)
To those of my readers who called my attention to my mistake in posting Proper 15 when I should have been posting Proper 14, THANK YOU! First Reading Genesis 37:1–4, 12-28 (omitted verses included in italics) Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 15, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 45:1–15 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard […]
Divergence on the Lectionary, Feast of the Transfiguration
First Reading Exodus 34:29–35 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 12, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 29:15–28 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 11, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 28:10–19a Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 10, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 25:19–34 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 9, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 (omitted verses included in italics below) So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys. And Sarah my master’s wife bore […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 8, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 22:1–14 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 7, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 21:8–21 And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 6, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 18:1–15 (21:1–7) And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 5, Year A (track one)
First Reading Genesis 12:1–9 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday, Year A
First Reading Genesis 1:1-2:4a (last half of verse 4 added in italics) In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Day of Pentecost, All Years
First Reading Acts 2:1–21 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A
First Reading Acts 1:6–14 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy […]
