The  Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

The  Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’

The angel of the  Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

Then the  Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

Then the  Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,

And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.

And she added, ‘We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.’

She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.”

The  Lord said to her,

‘Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the elder will serve the younger.’

And the  Lord said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
the older shall serve the younger.”

He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

May God give you heaven’s dew
and earth’s richness –
an abundance of grain and new wine.

May God give you of the dew of heaven
and of the fatness of the earth
and plenty of grain and wine.

The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the  Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?’

For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the  Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”

In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

But you have said, “I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.”’

But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

But Esau said, ‘I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.’

But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.

For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt,

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.

but after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.

and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.

Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years.

During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.

During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly,

The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,

The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end,

And Israel said, ‘I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.’

And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

the Angel who has delivered me from all harm
– may he bless these boys.
May they be called by my name
and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,
and may they increase greatly
on the earth.’

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

‘Look,’ he said to his people, ‘the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.

And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Then Pharaoh said, ‘Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.’

And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”

Pray to the  Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.’

Plead with the  Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.

‘In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.

In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble.

and the  Lord said to him, ‘Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the  Lord and many of them perish.

And the  Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the  Lord to look and many of them perish.

‘Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,

But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.

I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The  Lord, the  Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

The  Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The  Lord, the  Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

‘“When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.

“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.

When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops.

If the years are many, you shall increase the price, and if the years are few, you shall reduce the price, for it is the number of the crops that he is selling to you.

If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them.

If there are still many years left, he shall pay proportionately for his redemption some of his sale price.

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the  Lord’s order and did not set out.

Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the  Lord and did not set out.

But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the  Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the  Lord was kindled against the people, and the  Lord struck down the people with a very great plague.

See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

“The  Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

‘The  Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, ‘You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the  Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the  Lord’s assembly?’

They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the  Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the  Lord?”

and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the  Lord. The man the  Lord chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!’

put fire in them and put incense on them before the  Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the  Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!”

Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians ill-treated us and our ancestors,

how our fathers went down to Egypt and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.

Then the  Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

Then the  Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.

And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.

Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.

Water will flow from their buckets;
their seed will have abundant water.
‘Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.

Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.

To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.

To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list.

Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.’

Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.

Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.

Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.’

And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.”

The  Lord our God said to us at Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

“The  Lord our God said to us in Horeb ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

The  Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

The  Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.

And so you stayed in Kadesh many days – all the time you spent there.

So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there.

Then we turned back and set out towards the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea, as the  Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.

“Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea as the  Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir.

‘You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.

‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward