(NIV)
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
(ESV)
The
earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own
kinds, and
trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.’ And it was so.
(ESV)
And
God said, “Let the
earth bring forth living creatures according to their
kinds—
livestock and
creeping things and
beasts of the
earth according to their
kinds.” And it
was so.
(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)
and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
(ESV)
and
sent forth a
raven. It
went to and
fro until the
waters were
dried up from the
earth.
(NIV)
‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
(ESV)
“
Go out from the
ark,
you and your
wife, and your
sons and
your sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
(ESV)
So
Noah went out, and his
sons and his
wife and
his sons’
wives with him.
(NIV)
All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds – everything that moves on land – came out of the ark, one kind after another.
(ESV)
Every beast,
every creeping thing, and
every bird,
everything that
moves on the
earth,
went out by
families from the
ark.
(NIV)
and with every living creature that was with you – the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature on earth.
(ESV)
and
with every living creature that is
with you, the
birds, the
livestock, and
every beast of the
earth with you, as
many as came out of the
ark; it is for
every beast of the
earth.
(NIV)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
(ESV)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
(NIV)
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
(ESV)
From that
land he went into
Assyria and
built Nineveh,
Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah, and
(NIV)
Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
(ESV)
Pathrusim,
Casluhim (from whom the
Philistines came), and
Caphtorim.
(NIV)
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
(ESV)
Terah took Abram his
son and
Lot the
son of
Haran, his
grandson, and
Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his
son Abram’s wife, and they
went forth together from Ur of the
Chaldeans to
go into the
land of
Canaan, but when they
came to
Haran, they
settled there.
(NIV)
So Abram went, as the
Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
(ESV)
So
Abram went, as the
Lord had
told him, and
Lot went with him.
Abram was
seventy-five years old when he
departed from
Haran.
(NIV)
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
(ESV)
And
Abram took Sarai his
wife, and
Lot his
brother’s son, and
all their
possessions that they had
gathered, and the
people that they had
acquired in
Haran, and they
set out to
go to the
land of
Canaan. When they
came to the
land of
Canaan,
(NIV)
these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
(ESV)
these kings
made war with Bera king of
Sodom,
Birsha king of
Gomorrah,
Shinab king of
Admah,
Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the
king of
Bela (that
is,
Zoar).
(NIV)
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim
(ESV)
Then the
king of
Sodom, the
king of
Gomorrah, the
king of
Admah, the
king of
Zeboiim, and the
king of
Bela (that
is,
Zoar)
went out, and they
joined battle in the
Valley of
Siddim
(NIV)
After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
(ESV)
After his
return from the
defeat of
Chedorlaomer and the
kings who were with him, the
king of
Sodom went out to
meet him at the
Valley of
Shaveh (that
is, the
King’s Valley).
(NIV)
Then the word of the
Lord came to him: ‘This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.’
(ESV)
And
behold, the
word of the
Lord came
to him: “
This man shall
not be your
heir;
your very own
son shall be your
heir.”
(NIV)
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterwards they will come out with great possessions.
(ESV)
But I will
bring judgment on the
nation that they
serve, and
afterward they shall
come out with
great possessions.
(NIV)
I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
(ESV)
I will make you
exceedingly fruitful, and I will
make you into
nations, and
kings shall
come from you.
(NIV)
Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
(ESV)
Lot went out to the men at the
entrance,
shut the
door after him,
(NIV)
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, ‘Hurry and get out of this place, because the
Lord is about to destroy the city!’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
(ESV)
So
Lot went out and
said to his
sons-in-law, who were to
marry his
daughters,
“
Up!
Get out of
this place, for the
Lord is about to
destroy the
city.” But he
seemed to
his sons-in-law to
be jesting.
(NIV)
The servant asked him, ‘What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?’
(ESV)
The
servant said to him, “
Perhaps the
woman may
not be
willing to
follow me to this
land. Must I then
take your
son back to the
land from which you
came?”
(NIV)
He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was towards evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
(ESV)
And he made the
camels kneel down outside the
city by the
well of
water at the
time of
evening, the
time when women
go out to
draw water.
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
(ESV)
Behold,
I am
standing by the
spring of
water, and the
daughters of the
men of the
city are
coming out to
draw water.
(NIV)
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
(ESV)
Before
he had
finished speaking,
behold,
Rebekah,
who was
born to
Bethuel the
son of
Milcah, the
wife of
Nahor,
Abraham’s brother,
came out with her
water jar on
her shoulder.
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
(ESV)
behold,
I am
standing by the
spring of
water. Let the
virgin who
comes out to
draw water, to whom I shall
say, “
Please give me a
little water from
your jar to drink,”
(NIV)
‘Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, “Please give me a drink.”
(ESV)
“
Before I had
finished speaking in my
heart, behold,
Rebekah came out with her
water jar on her
shoulder, and she
went down to the
spring and
drew water. I
said to her, ‘
Please let me
drink.’
(NIV)
Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘This is from the
Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
(ESV)
Then
Laban and
Bethuel answered and
said, “The
thing has
come from the
Lord; we
cannot speak to you
bad or good.
(NIV)
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
(ESV)
And
Isaac went out to meditate in the
field toward evening. And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw, and
behold, there were
camels coming.
(NIV)
The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.
(ESV)
The
first came out red,
all his body like a
hairy cloak, so they
called his
name Esau.
(NIV)
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
(ESV)
Afterward his
brother came out with
his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his
name was
called Jacob.
Isaac was
sixty years old when she
bore them.
(NIV)
Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
(ESV)
Now then,
take your
weapons, your
quiver and your
bow, and
go out to the
field and
hunt game for me,
(NIV)
After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
(ESV)
As soon as
Isaac had
finished blessing Jacob, when
Jacob had
scarcely gone out from the
presence of
Isaac his
father,
Esau his
brother came in from
his hunting.
(NIV)
So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. ‘You must sleep with me,’ she said. ‘I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.’ So he slept with her that night.
(ESV)
When
Jacob came from the
field in the
evening,
Leah went out to
meet him and
said, “You must
come in to me,
for I have
hired you with my
son’s mandrakes.” So he
lay with her
that night.
(NIV)
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.”’
(ESV)
I am the
God of
Bethel,
where you
anointed a
pillar and
made a
vow to me.
Now arise,
go out from this
land and
return to the
land of
your kindred.’”
(NIV)
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.
(ESV)
So
Laban went
into Jacob’s tent and into
Leah’s tent and into the
tent of the
two female servants, but he did
not find them. And he
went out of
Leah’s tent and
entered Rachel’s.
(NIV)
When Jacob saw them, he said, ‘This is the camp of God!’ So he named that place Mahanaim.
(ESV)
And when
Jacob saw them he
said, “
This is
God’s camp!” So he
called the
name of that
place Mahanaim.
(NIV)
In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
(ESV)
Then
Jacob was
greatly afraid and
distressed. He
divided the
people who were
with him, and the
flocks and
herds and
camels, into
two camps,
(NIV)
He thought, ‘If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.’
(ESV)
thinking, “
If Esau comes to the
one camp and
attacks it, then the
camp that is
left will
escape.”
(NIV)
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
(ESV)
I am not worthy of the
least of all the deeds of
steadfast love and
all the
faithfulness that you have
shown to your
servant,
for with only my
staff I
crossed this Jordan, and
now I have
become two camps.
(NIV)
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
(ESV)
So the
present passed on ahead
of him, and
he himself
stayed that
night in the
camp.
(NIV)
Esau asked, ‘What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?’
‘To find favour in your eyes, my lord,’ he said.
(ESV)
Esau
said, “
What do you mean by
all this
company that I
met?” Jacob
answered,
“
To find favor in the
sight of
my lord.”
(NIV)
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
(ESV)
Now
Dinah the
daughter of
Leah,
whom she had
borne to
Jacob,
went out to
see the
women of the
land.
(NIV)
Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
(ESV)
And
Hamor the
father of
Shechem went out to Jacob to
speak with him.
(NIV)
All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
(ESV)
And
all who
went out of the
gate of his
city listened to Hamor and his
son Shechem, and
every male was
circumcised,
all who
went out of the
gate of
his city.
(NIV)
They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
(ESV)
They killed Hamor and his
son Shechem with the
sword and
took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house and
went away.
(NIV)
And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
(ESV)
And
God said to him, “
I am
God Almighty: be
fruitful and
multiply.
A
nation and a
company of
nations shall come
from you, and
kings shall
come from your own
body.
(NIV)
As she breathed her last – for she was dying – she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
(ESV)
And as her
soul was departing (for she was
dying), she
called his
name Ben-oni; but his
father called him
Benjamin.
(NIV)
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, ‘This one came out first.’
(ESV)
And when she
was in
labor, one
put out a
hand, and the
midwife took and
tied a
scarlet thread on his
hand,
saying, “This
one came out first.”
(NIV)
But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, ‘So this is how you have broken out!’ And he was named Perez.
(ESV)
But as he drew
back his
hand,
behold, his
brother came out. And she
said, “
What a
breach you have
made for yourself!” Therefore his
name was
called Perez.
(NIV)
Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah.
(ESV)
Afterward his
brother came out with the
scarlet thread on his
hand, and his
name was
called Zerah.
(NIV)
She caught him by his cloak and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’ But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
(ESV)
she
caught him by his
garment,
saying, “
Lie with me.” But he
left his
garment in her
hand and
fled and
got out of the house.
(NIV)
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
(ESV)
And as soon as he
heard that I
lifted up my
voice and
cried out, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled and
got out of the house.”
(NIV)
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
(ESV)
And
Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he
gave him in
marriage Asenath, the
daughter of
Potiphera priest of
On. So
Joseph went out over the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and travelled throughout Egypt.
(ESV)
Joseph was
thirty years old when he
entered the
service of
Pharaoh king of
Egypt. And
Joseph went out from the
presence of
Pharaoh and went
through all the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
And this is how you will be tested: as surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
(ESV)
By this you shall be
tested: by the
life of
Pharaoh, you shall
not go from this
place unless your
youngest brother comes here.
(NIV)
After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, ‘Serve the food.’
(ESV)
Then he
washed his
face and
came out. And
controlling himself he
said, “
Serve the
food.”
(NIV)
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, ‘Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, “Why have you repaid good with evil?
(ESV)
They had
gone only a
short distance from the
city. Now
Joseph said to his
steward, “
Up,
follow after the
men, and when you
overtake them,
say to them, ‘
Why have you
repaid evil for
good?
(NIV)
One of them went away from me, and I said, ‘He has surely been torn to pieces.’ And I have not seen him since.
(ESV)
One left me, and I
said,
“
Surely he has been torn to
pieces,” and I have
never seen him since.
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