(NIV)
God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.’
And
God blessed them,
saying,
“Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
waters in the
seas, and let
birds multiply on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
And
God blessed them. And
God said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth and
subdue it, and have
dominion over the
fish of the
sea and over the
birds of the
heavens and over
every living thing that
moves on the
earth.”
(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.
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)
He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’
And he
said, “I
heard the
sound of you in the
garden, and I was
afraid,
because I was
naked, and I
hid myself.”
(NIV)
To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, “You must not eat from it,”
‘Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
And to
Adam he
said,
“
Because you have
listened to the
voice of your
wife and have
eaten of the
tree of
which I
commanded you,
‘You shall not
eat of it,’
cursed is the
ground because of you;
in
pain you shall
eat of it
all the
days of your
life;
(NIV)
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’
If you do
well, will you not be
accepted? And
if you do
not do
well,
sin is
crouching at the
door.
Its
desire is contrary to you, but you must
rule over it.”
(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)
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
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.
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)
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)
Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.’
Say you are my
sister, that
it may go well with me because of you, and that my
life may be
spared for your
sake.”
(NIV)
He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
And for her sake he
dealt well with
Abram; and he had
sheep,
oxen, male
donkeys, male
servants,
female servants,
female donkeys, and
camels.
(NIV)
And quarrelling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
and there was
strife between the
herdsmen of
Abram’s livestock and the
herdsmen of
Lot’s livestock. At that time the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites were
dwelling in the
land.
(NIV)
So Abram said to Lot, ‘Let’s not have any quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are close relatives.
Then
Abram said to
Lot,
“Let there
be no strife between you and me, and between your
herdsmen and my
herdsmen,
for
we are
kinsmen.
(NIV)
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
When
Abram heard that his
kinsman had been
taken captive, he
led forth his
trained men,
born in his
house,
318 of them, and went in
pursuit as far as
Dan.
(NIV)
so she said to Abram, ‘The
Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.’
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
And
Sarai said to
Abram, “
Behold now, the
Lord has
prevented me from
bearing children.
Go in to my
servant;
it may be that I shall
obtain children by her.” And
Abram listened to the
voice of
Sarai.
(NIV)
The angel of the
Lord also said to her:
‘You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the
Lord has heard of your misery.
And the
angel of the
Lord said to her,
“
Behold, you are
pregnant and shall
bear a
son.
You shall
call his
name Ishmael,
because the
Lord has
listened to your
affliction.
(NIV)
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have
heard you;
behold, I have
blessed him and will make him
fruitful and
multiply him
greatly. He shall
father twelve princes, and I will
make him into a
great nation.
(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
The
Lord said, “I will
surely return to you about this
time next year, and
Sarah your
wife shall have a
son.” And
Sarah was
listening at the
tent door behind him.
(NIV)
Then Abraham spoke up again: ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
Abraham answered and
said,
“
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord, I
who am but
dust and
ashes.
(NIV)
Abraham said, ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?’
He said, ‘For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.’
He
said, “
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord.
Suppose twenty are
found there.” He
answered, “For the
sake of
twenty I will
not destroy it.”
(NIV)
Sarah said, ‘God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.’
And
Sarah said,
“
God has
made laughter for me; everyone who
hears will
laugh over me.”
(NIV)
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
And
God heard the
voice of the
boy, and the
angel of
God called to
Hagar from
heaven and
said to her, “What troubles you,
Hagar?
Fear not, for
God has
heard the
voice of the
boy where he is.
(NIV)
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
Then
God opened her
eyes, and she
saw a
well of
water. And she
went and
filled the
skin with
water and gave the
boy a
drink.
(NIV)
But Abimelek said, ‘I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.’
Abimelech said, “I do not
know who has
done this
thing; you did
not tell me, and I have
not heard of it
until today.”
(NIV)
‘Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.’
“Hear
us, my
lord; you are a
prince of
God among us.
Bury your
dead in the
choicest of our
tombs.
None of us will
withhold from you his
tomb to hinder you from
burying your
dead.”
(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
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)
‘No, my lord,’ he said. ‘Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.’
“
No, my
lord,
hear me: I
give you the
field, and I
give you the
cave that is in it. In the
sight of the
sons of my
people I
give it to you.
Bury your
dead.”
(NIV)
and he said to Ephron in their hearing, ‘Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so that I can bury my dead there.’
And he
said to
Ephron in the
hearing of the
people of the
land, “But
if you will,
hear me: I
give the
price of the
field.
Accept it from me, that I may
bury my
dead there.”
(NIV)
‘Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.’
“My
lord,
listen to me: a piece of
land worth
four hundred shekels of
silver, what is that
between you and me?
Bury your
dead.”
(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.
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.
(NIV)
The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
The
young woman was
very attractive in
appearance, a
maiden whom no
man had
known. She
went down to the
spring and
filled her
jar and
came up.
(NIV)
As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
As soon as he
saw the
ring and the
bracelets on his
sister’s arms, and
heard the
words of
Rebekah his
sister, “
Thus the
man spoke to me,” he
went to the
man. And
behold, he was
standing by the
camels at the
spring.
(NIV)
When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the
Lord.
When
Abraham’s servant heard their
words,
he
bowed himself to the
earth before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
Abraham breathed his
last and
died in a
good old age, an
old man and
full of years, and was
gathered to his
people.
(NIV)
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.
(NIV)
So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
(Now the
Philistines had
stopped and
filled with
earth all the
wells that his
father’s servants had
dug in the
days of
Abraham his
father.)
(NIV)
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, ‘The water is ours!’ So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
the
herdsmen of
Gerar quarreled with
Isaac’s herdsmen,
saying, “The
water is ours.” So he
called the
name of the
well Esek, because they
contended with him.
(NIV)
Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
Then they
dug another well, and they
quarreled over that
also, so he
called its
name Sitnah.
(NIV)
He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarrelled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, ‘Now the
Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.’
And he
moved from there and
dug another well, and they did not
quarrel over it. So he
called its
name Rehoboth,
saying, “For
now the
Lord has
made room for us, and we shall be
fruitful in the
land.”
(NIV)
Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,
Now
Rebekah was
listening when
Isaac spoke to his
son Esau. So when
Esau went to the
field to
hunt for
game and
bring it,
(NIV)
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,
Rebekah said to her
son Jacob, “I
heard your
father speak to your
brother Esau,
(NIV)
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’
As soon as
Esau heard the
words of his
father,
he
cried out with an exceedingly great and
bitter cry and said to his
father, “
Bless me, even me
also, O my
father!”
(NIV)
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
As soon as
Laban heard the
news about
Jacob, his
sister’s son,
he
ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
kissed him and
brought him to his
house. Jacob
told Laban all these
things,
(NIV)
Then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.’
Then
Jacob said to
Laban, “
Give me my
wife that I may
go in to her, for my
time is
completed.”
(NIV)
Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.’
Complete the
week of
this one, and we will
give you the
other also in
return for
serving me
another seven years.”
(NIV)
And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
Jacob did so, and
completed her
week. Then Laban
gave him his
daughter Rachel to be his
wife.
(NIV)
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Because the
Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.’ So she named him Simeon.
She
conceived again and
bore a
son, and
said, “
Because the
Lord has
heard that I am
hated, he has
given me
this son
also.” And she
called his
name Simeon.
(NIV)
Then Rachel said, ‘God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.’ Because of this she named him Dan.
Then
Rachel said, “
God has
judged me, and has also
heard my
voice and
given me a
son.”
Therefore she
called his
name Dan.
(NIV)
God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
And
God listened to
Leah, and she
conceived and
bore Jacob a
fifth son.
(NIV)
Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
Then
God remembered Rachel, and
God listened to her and
opened her
womb.
(NIV)
Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, ‘Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.’
Now Jacob
heard that the
sons of
Laban were
saying, “
Jacob has
taken all that was our
father’s, and
from what was our
father’s he has
gained all this wealth.”
(NIV)
Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. ‘What is my crime?’ he asked Laban. ‘How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?
Then
Jacob became
angry and
berated Laban.
Jacob said to
Laban, “
What is my
offense?
What is my
sin,
that you have
hotly pursued me?
(NIV)
Then Jacob prayed, ‘O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac,
Lord, you who said to me, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,”
And
Jacob said,
“O
God of my
father Abraham and
God of my
father Isaac, O
Lord who
said to me, ‘
Return to your
country and to your
kindred, that I may do you
good,’
(NIV)
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.’”
(NIV)
When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
Now
Jacob heard that he had
defiled his
daughter Dinah. But his
sons were with his
livestock in the
field, so
Jacob held his
peace until they
came.
(NIV)
Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter – a thing that should not be done.
The
sons of
Jacob had
come in from the
field as soon as they
heard of it, and the
men were
indignant and
very angry,
because he had
done an
outrageous thing in
Israel by
lying with
Jacob’s daughter,
for such a
thing must
not be
done.
(NIV)
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.’
But
if you will
not listen to us and be
circumcised, then we will
take our
daughter, and we will be
gone.”
(NIV)
Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
Their
words pleased Hamor and
Hamor’s son Shechem.
(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.
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.
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