(NIV)
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
(ESV)
The
earth was without form and
void, and
darkness was
over the
face of the
deep. And the
Spirit of
God was
hovering over the
face of the
waters.
(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’
(ESV)
And
God said, “Let the
waters swarm with
swarms of
living creatures, and let
birds fly above the
earth across the
expanse of the
heavens.”
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
(ESV)
And
God said, “
Behold, I have
given you every plant yielding seed that is on the
face of
all the
earth, and
every tree with
seed in its fruit. You shall
have them for
food.
(NIV)
but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
(ESV)
and a
mist was
going up from the
land and was
watering the
whole face of the
ground—
(NIV)
So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
(ESV)
So the
Lord God caused a
deep sleep to
fall upon the
man, and while he
slept took one of his
ribs and
closed up its
place with
flesh.
(NIV)
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the
Lord God among the trees of the garden.
(ESV)
And they
heard the
sound of the
Lord God walking in the
garden in the
cool of the
day, and the
man and his
wife hid themselves from the
presence of the
Lord God among the
trees of the
garden.
(NIV)
but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
(ESV)
but for
Cain and his
offering he had
no regard. So
Cain was
very angry, and his
face fell.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
(ESV)
The
Lord said to
Cain, “
Why are you
angry, and
why has your
face fallen?
(NIV)
Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.’
(ESV)
Behold you have
driven me
today away from the
ground, and from your
face I shall be
hidden. I shall be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the
earth and whoever
finds me will
kill me.”
(NIV)
So Cain went out from the
Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
(ESV)
Then
Cain went away from the
presence of the
Lord and
settled in the
land of
Nod,
east of
Eden.
(NIV)
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
(ESV)
When
man began to
multiply on the
face of the
land and
daughters were
born to them,
(NIV)
So the
Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created – and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground – for I regret that I have made them.’
(ESV)
So the
Lord said, “I will
blot out man whom I have
created from the
face of the
land,
man and animals and
creeping things and
birds of the
heavens,
for I am
sorry that I have
made them.”
(NIV)
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
(ESV)
Now the
earth was
corrupt in
God’s sight, and the
earth was
filled with
violence.
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
(ESV)
And
God said to
Noah, “I have
determined to
make an
end of
all flesh, for the
earth is
filled with
violence through them.
Behold, I will
destroy them
with the
earth.
(NIV)
The
Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Noah, “
Go into the
ark, you and all your
household,
for I have
seen that you are
righteous before me in
this generation.
(NIV)
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
(ESV)
and
seven pairs of the
birds of the
heavens also,
male and
female, to keep their
offspring alive on the
face of
all the
earth.
(NIV)
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.’
(ESV)
For in seven days I will send
rain on the
earth forty days and
forty nights and
every living thing that I have
made I will
blot out from the
face of the
ground.”
(NIV)
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
(ESV)
And
Noah and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him went
into the
ark to
escape the
waters of the
flood.
(NIV)
The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
(ESV)
The
waters prevailed and
increased greatly on the
earth, and the
ark floated on the
face of the
waters.
(NIV)
Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
(ESV)
He
blotted out every living thing that was
on the
face of the
ground,
man and animals and creeping things and
birds of the
heavens. They were
blotted out from the
earth.
Only Noah was
left,
and those who were with him in the
ark.
(NIV)
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
(ESV)
But
God remembered Noah and
all the
beasts and
all the
livestock that were with him in the
ark. And
God made a
wind blow over the
earth, and the
waters subsided.
(NIV)
Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.
(ESV)
Then he
sent forth a
dove from him, to
see if the
waters had
subsided from the
face of the
ground.
(NIV)
But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
(ESV)
But the
dove found no place to
set her
foot, and she
returned to him to the
ark,
for the
waters were still
on the
face of the
whole earth. So he put
out his
hand and
took her and
brought her into the
ark with him.
(NIV)
By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
(ESV)
In the
six hundred and
first year, in the
first month, the
first day of the
month, the
waters were
dried from off the
earth. And
Noah removed the
covering of the
ark and
looked, and
behold, the
face of the
ground was
dry.
(NIV)
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
(ESV)
Then
Shem and
Japheth took a
garment,
laid it on
both their
shoulders, and
walked backward and
covered the
nakedness of their
father. Their
faces were
turned backward, and they did
not see their
father’s nakedness.
(NIV)
He was a mighty hunter before the
Lord; that is why it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the
Lord.’
(ESV)
He was a
mighty hunter before the
Lord.
Therefore it is
said, “Like
Nimrod a
mighty hunter before the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’
(ESV)
Then they
said, “
Come, let us
build ourselves a
city and a
tower with its
top in the
heavens, and let us
make a
name for ourselves, lest we be
dispersed over the
face of the whole
earth.”
(NIV)
So the
Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
(ESV)
So the
Lord dispersed them from
there over the
face of
all the
earth, and they
left off building the
city.
(NIV)
That is why it was called Babel – because there the
Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the
Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
(ESV)
Therefore its
name was
called Babel, because there the
Lord confused the
language of
all the
earth. And from
there the
Lord dispersed them over the
face of
all the
earth.
(NIV)
While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
(ESV)
Haran died in the
presence of his
father Terah in the
land of his
kindred, in
Ur of the
Chaldeans.
(NIV)
Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
(ESV)
Abram passed through the
land to the
place at
Shechem, to the
oak of
Moreh. At that time the
Canaanites were in the
land.
(NIV)
Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.’
(ESV)
Is not the whole
land before you?
Separate yourself from me. If you take the
left hand, then I will go to the
right, or if you take the
right hand, then I will go to the
left.”
(NIV)
Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan towards Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the
Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
(ESV)
And
Lot lifted up his
eyes and
saw that the
Jordan Valley was
well watered everywhere like the
garden of the
Lord, like the
land of
Egypt, in the
direction of
Zoar. (This was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah.)
(NIV)
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
(ESV)
Now the
Valley of
Siddim was
full of
bitumen pits, and as the
kings of
Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, some
fell into them, and the
rest fled to the
hill country.
(NIV)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
(ESV)
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
(NIV)
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking brazier with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
(ESV)
When the
sun had
gone down and it was
dark,
behold, a
smoking fire pot and a
flaming torch passed between these
pieces.
(NIV)
‘Your slave is in your hands,’ Abram said. ‘Do with her whatever you think best.’ Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar; so she fled from her.
(ESV)
But
Abram said to
Sarai, “
Behold, your
servant is in your
power;
do to her as you
please.”
Then Sarai dealt
harshly with her, and she
fled from her.
(NIV)
And he said, ‘Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?’
‘I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,’ she answered.
(ESV)
And he
said, “
Hagar,
servant of
Sarai, where have you come from and
where are you
going?” She
said, “I am
fleeing from my
mistress Sarai.”
(NIV)
He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
towards all his brothers.’
(ESV)
He shall be a
wild donkey of a
man,
his
hand against
everyone and
everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall
dwell over against all his
kinsmen.”
(NIV)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
(ESV)
When
Abram was
ninety-nine years old the
Lord appeared to
Abram and
said to him, “I am
God Almighty;
walk before me, and be
blameless,
(NIV)
Abram fell face down, and God said to him,
(ESV)
Then
Abram fell on his
face. And
God said to him,
(NIV)
Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’
(ESV)
Then
Abraham fell on his
face and
laughed and
said to
himself, “Shall a child be
born to a man who is a
hundred years old? Shall
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
bear a child?”
(NIV)
And Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!’
(ESV)
And
Abraham said to
God, “Oh
that Ishmael might
live before you!”
(NIV)
He said, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
(ESV)
and
said, “O
Lord, if I have
found favor in your
sight,
do not
pass by your
servant.
(NIV)
Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way – now that you have come to your servant.’
‘Very well,’ they answered, ‘do as you say.’
(ESV)
while I
bring a
morsel of
bread, that you may
refresh yourselves, and
after that you may
pass on— since you have
come to your
servant.” So they
said, “
Do as you have
said.”
(NIV)
He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
(ESV)
Then he
took curds and
milk and the
calf that he had
prepared, and
set it
before them. And he
stood by them
under the
tree while they
ate.
(NIV)
When the men got up to leave, they looked down towards Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
(ESV)
Then the
men set out from there, and they
looked down toward Sodom. And
Abraham went with them to set them on their
way.
(NIV)
The men turned away and went towards Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the
Lord.
(ESV)
So the
men turned from there and
went toward
Sodom, but
Abraham still stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then he said, ‘May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?’
He answered, ‘I will not do it if I find thirty there.’
(ESV)
Then he
said, “
Oh let not the
Lord be
angry, and I will
speak.
Suppose thirty are
found there.” He
answered, “I will
not do it,
if I
find thirty there.”
(NIV)
Then he said, ‘May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?’
He answered, ‘For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.’
(ESV)
Then he
said, “
Oh let not the
Lord be
angry, and I will
speak again but this
once.
Suppose ten are
found there.” He
answered, “For the
sake of
ten I will
not destroy it.”
(NIV)
because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the
Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.’
(ESV)
For
we are about to
destroy this
place,
because the
outcry against its people has become
great before the
Lord, and the
Lord has
sent us to
destroy it.”
(NIV)
He said to him, ‘Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
(ESV)
He
said to him, “
Behold, I
grant you
this favor also, that I will not
overthrow the
city of
which you have
spoken.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the
Lord.
(ESV)
And
Abraham went
early in the
morning to the
place where he had
stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, towards all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
(ESV)
And he
looked down toward Sodom and
Gomorrah and
toward all the
land of the
valley, and he
looked and,
behold, the
smoke of the
land went up like the
smoke of a
furnace.
(NIV)
And Abimelek said, ‘My land is before you; live wherever you like.’
(ESV)
And
Abimelech said, “Behold, my
land is
before you;
dwell where it
pleases you.”
(NIV)
Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
(ESV)
And
Abraham rose up from
before his
dead and
said to the
Hittites,
(NIV)
‘I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so that I can bury my dead.’
(ESV)
“I am a
sojourner and
foreigner among you;
give me
property among you for a
burying place, that I may
bury my
dead out of my
sight.”
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
(ESV)
And he
said to them, “If you
are willing that I should
bury my
dead out of my
sight,
hear me and
entreat for me
Ephron the
son of
Zohar,
(NIV)
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
(ESV)
Then
Abraham bowed down before the
people of the
land.
(NIV)
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
(ESV)
Abraham listened to
Ephron, and
Abraham weighed out for
Ephron the
silver that he had
named in the
hearing of the
Hittites,
four hundred shekels of
silver, according to the
weights current among the
merchants.
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