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.

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.

The man said,

‘This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called “woman”,
for she was taken out of man.’

Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Then the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with humans for ever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.’

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”

God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

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.

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.

I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.

On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.

They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.

And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.

Every living thing that moved on land perished – birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.

Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you – the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground – so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.’

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

‘But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.’

I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’

When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

So God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.’

God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.

Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.’

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.

Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.

That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

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.”

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Then Laban said to him, ‘You are my own flesh and blood.’

After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,

and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.

Jacob became angry with her and said, ‘Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?’

Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.’ His brothers agreed.

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.’

In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”

when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.

and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass.

After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the river-bank.

And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

And the ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.

Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.

After them, seven other cows came up – scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.

Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, ‘We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

And when that year was ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land.

And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.’

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

‘Now put it back into your cloak,’ he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.

Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your cloak.” So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.

That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.

They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

‘Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.

And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.

At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.

At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

‘It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.

It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.

And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.

And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.’

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.”

The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat round pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.’

and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

Moses also said, ‘You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.’

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him— what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”

‘I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, “At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”’

“I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

‘If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible.

“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.

‘You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.

“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.

and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

‘Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh.

You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;

But burn the bull’s flesh and its hide and its intestines outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

‘Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.

“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

At the entrance to the tent of meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting.

And if any of the meat of the ordination ram or any bread is left over till morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.

And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred.

It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines –

But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung—