A wise man will hear and increase learning And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel

A wise man will hear and increase learning And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward So Samuel arose and went to Ramah

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward So Samuel arose and went to Ramah

Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles And their offspring among the people All who see them shall acknowledge them That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed

Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles And their offspring among the people All who see them shall acknowledge them That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed

ldquo Joseph is a fruitful bough A fruitful bough by a well His branches run over the wall The archers have bitterly grieved him Shot at him and hated him But his bow remained in strength And the arms of his hands were a made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob From there is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel By the God of your father who will help you And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above Blessings of the deep that lies beneath Blessings of the breasts and of the womb The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills They shall be on the head of Joseph And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers ldquo Benjamin is a ravenous wolf In the morning he shall devour the prey And at night he shall divide the spoil rdquo All these are the twelve tribes of Israel and this is what their father spoke to them And he blessed them he blessed each one according to his own blessing

ldquo Joseph is a fruitful bough A fruitful bough by a well His branches run over the wall The archers have bitterly grieved him Shot at him and hated him But his bow remained in strength And the arms of his hands were a made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob From there is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel By the God of your father who will help you And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above Blessings of the deep that lies beneath Blessings of the breasts and of the womb The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills They shall be on the head of Joseph And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers ldquo Benjamin is a ravenous wolf In the morning he shall devour the prey And at night he shall divide the spoil rdquo All these are the twelve tribes of Israel and this is what their father spoke to them And he blessed them he blessed each one according to his own blessing

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers and his mother called his name Jabez saying ldquo Because I bore him in pain rdquo And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying ldquo Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory that Your hand would be with me and that You would keep me from evil that I may not cause pain rdquo So God granted him what he requested

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers and his mother called his name Jabez saying ldquo Because I bore him in pain rdquo And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying ldquo Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory that Your hand would be with me and that You would keep me from evil that I may not cause pain rdquo So God granted him what he requested