THE COVENANT OF LABAN AND JACOB.

"Come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee." And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, "Gather stones;" and they took stones, and made an heap and they did eat there upon the heap. And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between me and thee this day." Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; and Mizpah; for he said, "The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another."

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Genesis xxxi. 17 to end.

THE MEETING OF ESAU AND JACOB.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and

kissed him and they wept.

Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee;
May we in Thy name agree;
Let us for each other care,
Joy or grief together share.

Genesis xxxiii.

Make us one in heart and mind,
Courteous, pitiful, and kind,

Lowly, meek, in thought and word,
That we may be like our Lord.

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak.

Heavenly Father, hear our prayer,
Make our youthful souls Thy care;
From this time be Thou our Guide,
Ever keep us near Thy side.

Genesis xxxv. 1-15.

So when death shall close our eyes,
Upward shall our spirits rise;
And, on our Redeemer's breast,
Find an everlasting rest.

JOSEPH PUT INTO A PIT.

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; and they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Genesis xxxvii. 13-24.

JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BRETHREN.

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis xxxvii. 28.

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