(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so.
And
God said, “Let the
earth sprout vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind, on the
earth.” And it was
so.
(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.
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)
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.
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)
The woman said to the snake, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
And the
woman said to the
serpent, “We may
eat of the
fruit of the
trees in the
garden,
(NIV)
but God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”’
but
God said, ‘You shall
not eat of the
fruit of the
tree that is in the
midst of the
garden,
neither shall you
touch it,
lest you
die.’”
(NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
So when the
woman saw that the
tree was
good for
food, and that
it was a
delight to the
eyes, and that the
tree was to be
desired to make
one wise, she
took of its
fruit and
ate, and she
also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he
ate.
(NIV)
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.’
I will
put enmity between you and the
woman,
and
between your
offspring and her
offspring;
he shall
bruise your
head,
and you shall
bruise his
heel.”
(NIV)
To the woman he said,
‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.’
To the
woman he
said,
“I will
surely multiply your
pain in
childbearing;
in
pain you shall
bring forth children.
Your
desire shall be contrary to your
husband,
but he shall
rule over you.”
(NIV)
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the
Lord.
In the
course of
time Cain brought to the
Lord an
offering of the
fruit of the
ground,
(NIV)
Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
Cain knew his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Enoch. When he
built a
city, he
called the
name of the
city after the
name of his
son,
Enoch.
(NIV)
Lamech said to his wives,
‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
Lamech said to his
wives:
“
Adah and
Zillah,
hear my
voice;
you
wives of
Lamech,
listen to what I
say:
I have
killed a
man for
wounding me,
a
young man for
striking me.
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’
And
Adam knew his
wife again, and she
bore a
son and
called his
name Seth, for she said, “
God has
appointed for me
another offspring instead of
Abel,
for Cain killed him.”
(NIV)
Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.
At that time people began to call on the name of the
Lord.
To
Seth also a
son was
born, and he
called his
name Enosh. At that
time people
began to
call upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
The
days of
Adam after he
fathered Seth were
800 years; and he
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
Seth lived after he
fathered Enosh 807 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
Enosh lived after he
fathered Kenan 815 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
Kenan lived after he
fathered Mahalalel 840 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Mahalalel lived after he
fathered Jared 830 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Jared lived after he
fathered Enoch 800 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Enoch walked with God after he
fathered Methuselah 300 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Methuselah lived after he
fathered Lamech 782 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
When
Lamech had
lived 182 years, he
fathered a
son
(NIV)
After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Lamech lived after he
fathered Noah 595 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
After
Noah was
500 years old,
Noah fathered Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
(NIV)
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
the
sons of
God saw that the
daughters of
man were
attractive. And they
took as their
wives any they
chose.
(NIV)
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterwards – when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
The
Nephilim were on the
earth in those
days, and also
afterward,
when the
sons of
God came in to the
daughters of
man and they
bore children to them.
These were the
mighty men who were of
old, the
men of
renown.
(NIV)
Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
And
Noah had three sons,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
(NIV)
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark – you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
But I will
establish my
covenant with you, and you shall
come into the
ark, you,
your sons, your
wife, and your
sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
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)
Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
Noah was
six hundred years old when the
flood of
waters came
upon the
earth.
(NIV)
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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)
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,
(NIV)
‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
“
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.
So
Noah went out, and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him.
(NIV)
‘As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.’
While the
earth remains,
seedtime and
harvest,
cold and
heat,
summer and
winter day and
night, shall
not cease.”
(NIV)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
And
God blessed Noah and his
sons and
said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth.
(NIV)
Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
Then
God said to
Noah and to his
sons with him,
(NIV)
‘I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
“
Behold I
establish my
covenant with you and your
offspring after you,
(NIV)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
(NIV)
These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
These three were the
sons of
Noah, and
from these the people of the
whole earth were
dispersed.
(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
(NIV)
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
These are the
generations of the
sons of
Noah,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
Sons were
born to them
after the
flood.
(NIV)
The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
The
sons of
Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech, and
Tiras.
(NIV)
The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
The
sons of
Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath, and
Togarmah.
(NIV)
The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
The
sons of
Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim, and
Dodanim.
(NIV)
The sons of Ham:
Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
The
sons of
Ham:
Cush,
Egypt,
Put, and
Canaan.
(NIV)
The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
The
sons of
Cush:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah, and
Sabteca. The
sons of
Raamah:
Sheba and
Dedan.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Ham, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
(NIV)
Sons were also born to Shem, whose elder brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
To
Shem also, the
father of
all the
children of
Eber, the
elder brother of
Japheth, children were
born.
(NIV)
The sons of Shem:
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
The
sons of
Shem:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud, and
Aram.
(NIV)
The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
The
sons of
Aram:
Uz,
Hul,
Gether, and
Mash.
(NIV)
Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
To
Eber were
born two sons: the
name of the
one was
Peleg for in his
days the
earth was
divided, and his
brother’s name was
Joktan.
(NIV)
Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
Ophir,
Havilah, and
Jobab;
all these were the
sons of
Joktan.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Shem, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
(NIV)
These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
These are the
clans of the
sons of
Noah, according to their
genealogies, in their
nations and from these the
nations spread abroad on the
earth after the
flood.
(NIV)
But the
Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
And the
Lord came down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
man had
built.
(NIV)
This is the account of Shem’s family line.
Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
These are the
generations of
Shem. When
Shem was
100 years old, he
fathered Arpachshad two
years after the
flood.
(NIV)
And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Shem lived after he
fathered Arpachshad 500 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Arpachshad lived after he
fathered Shelah 403 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Shelah lived after he
fathered Eber 403 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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