Lenten Lectionary Á-? The Second Week of Great Lent - Page of 24
Wednesday in the Second Week - At Vespers
Reader:
The Prokeimenon, Psalm 31, in the 6th Tone:
Be
glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.
Stichos:
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven.
Deacon:
Wisdom!
Reader:
The reading
is from Genesis.
Deacon:
Let us
attend!
Gen 4:16-26
Reader:
16.
So Cain went forth from the presence of God and
dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.
17.
And Cain
knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and
he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his
son, Enoch.
18.
And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad
begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and
Mathusala begot Lamech.
19.
And Lamech took to himself
two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of
the second Sella.
20.
And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father
of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
21.
And the name
of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the
psaltery and harp.
22.
And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a
smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron: and the
sister of Thobel was Noma.
23.
And Lamech said to his
wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech,
consider my words, because I have slain a man to my
sorrow and a youth to my grief.
24.
Because vengeance has
been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it
shall be seventy times seven.
25.
And Adam knew Eve his
wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his
name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another