Parashat Lech L’cha
“Go Forth Yourself”

10 Cheshvan 5782
October 16, 2021

Torah Reading

• Genesis 12:1-17:27
Now Adonai said to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country…”
(Genesis 12:1 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Isaiah 40:27-41:16

New Testament Reading

• Acts 7:1-8
• Romans 4:1-25

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 110
Adonai has sworn it, and he will never retract – “You are a cohen forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.” Adonai at your right hand will shatter kings on the day of his anger.
(Psalm 110:4-5 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Genesis 12:1
2. Genesis 12:14
3. Genesis 13:5
4. Genesis 14:1
5. Genesis 14:21
6. Genesis 15:7
7. Genesis 17:7

Maftir: Genesis 17:24

Meditation

Saving faith must be walked to be believed. Saving faith trusts solely in the life-giving power of God the Father to provide for us. God provides for our sins and justifies us by linking Messiah’s death to his resurrection. True belief requires us to walk in those beliefs.
– from Walk Genesis! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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