(NIV)
God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
(ESV)
And
God set them in the
expanse of the
heavens to
give light on the
earth,
(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)
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.
(ESV)
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)
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)
He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’
(ESV)
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)
The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’
(ESV)
The
man said, “The
woman whom you
gave to be
with me,
she gave me fruit of the
tree, and I
ate.”
(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.
(ESV)
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)
The
Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
(ESV)
And the
Lord said, “
What have you
done? The
voice of your
brother’s blood is
crying to me from the
ground.
(NIV)
When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’
(ESV)
When you
work the
ground, it shall
no longer yield to you its
strength. You shall be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the
earth.”
(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.
(ESV)
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)
The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
(ESV)
The
fear of you and the
dread of you shall be
upon every beast of the
earth and
upon every bird of the
heavens,
upon everything that
creeps on the
ground and
all the
fish of the
sea. Into your
hand they are
delivered.
(NIV)
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
(ESV)
Every moving thing that lives shall be
food for you. And as I gave you the
green plants, I
give you
everything.
(NIV)
And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
(ESV)
And
God said, “
This is the
sign of the
covenant that
I make between me and you and
every living creature that is with you, for all
future generations:
(NIV)
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
(ESV)
I have
set my
bow in the
cloud, and it shall be a
sign of the
covenant between me and the
earth.
(NIV)
The
Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the
Lord, who had appeared to him.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord appeared to
Abram and
said, “To your
offspring I will
give this land.” So he
built there an
altar to the
Lord, who had
appeared to him.
(NIV)
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever.
(ESV)
for all the
land that you
see I will
give to you and to your
offspring forever.
(NIV)
Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.’
(ESV)
Arise,
walk through the
length and the
breadth of the
land, for I will
give it to you.”
(NIV)
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
(ESV)
and
blessed be
God Most High,
who has
delivered your
enemies into your
hand!”
And Abram
gave him a
tenth of everything.
(NIV)
The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.’
(ESV)
And the
king of
Sodom said to
Abram, “
Give me the
persons, but
take the
goods for yourself.”
(NIV)
But Abram said, ‘Sovereign
Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?’
(ESV)
But
Abram said, “O
Lord God,
what will you
give me, for I
continue childless, and the
heir of my
house is
Eliezer of
Damascus?”
(NIV)
And Abram said, ‘You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.’
(ESV)
And
Abram said, “
Behold, you have
given me no
offspring, and a
member of my
household will be my
heir.”
(NIV)
He also said to him, ‘I am the
Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.’
(ESV)
And he
said to him, “I am the
Lord who
brought you out from
Ur of the
Chaldeans to
give you
this land to
possess.”
(NIV)
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
(ESV)
And he
brought him
all these,
cut them in
half, and
laid each half over
against the other. But he did not
cut the
birds in half.
(NIV)
On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –
(ESV)
On
that day the
Lord made a
covenant with
Abram,
saying, “To your
offspring I
give this
land, from the
river of
Egypt to the
great river, the
river Euphrates,
(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.
(ESV)
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)
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
(ESV)
So,
after Abram had
lived ten years in the
land of
Canaan,
Sarai,
Abram’s wife,
took Hagar the
Egyptian, her
servant, and
gave her to
Abram her
husband as a
wife.
(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
(ESV)
And
Sarai said to
Abram, “May the
wrong done to me be on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.’
(ESV)
that I may
make my
covenant between me and you, and may
multiply you
greatly.”
(NIV)
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
(ESV)
No longer shall your
name be
called Abram but your
name shall be
Abraham for I have
made you the
father of a
multitude of
nations.
(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)
The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.’
(ESV)
And I will
give to you and to your
offspring after you the
land of your
sojournings,
all the
land of
Canaan, for an
everlasting possession, and I will be their
God.”
(NIV)
I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
(ESV)
I will
bless her, and
moreover, I will
give you a
son by her. I will
bless her, and she shall become
nations;
kings of
peoples shall come from her.”
(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.
(ESV)
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 he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
(ESV)
And
Abraham ran to the
herd and
took a
calf,
tender and
good, and
gave it to a
young man, who
prepared it
quickly.
(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)
Then the
Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said, “Because the
outcry against
Sodom and
Gomorrah is
great and their
sin is
very grave,
(NIV)
that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.’
(ESV)
I will
go down to
see whether they have
done altogether according to the
outcry that has
come to me. And
if not I will
know.”
(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)
Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
(ESV)
Then
God said to him in the
dream, “
Yes, I
know that you have
done this in the
integrity of your
heart, and it was I who
kept you from
sinning against me. Therefore I did not
let you
touch her.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
(ESV)
Then
Abimelech took sheep and
oxen, and male
servants and
female servants, and
gave them to
Abraham, and
returned Sarah his
wife to him.
(NIV)
To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’
(ESV)
To
Sarah he
said, “Behold, I have
given your
brother a
thousand pieces of
silver. It is a sign of your
innocence in the
eyes of
all who are
with you, and before
everyone you are
vindicated.”
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
(ESV)
But
God said to
Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for through
Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
(ESV)
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning and
took bread and a
skin of
water and
gave it to
Hagar,
putting it on her
shoulder, along with the
child, and
sent her away. And she
departed and
wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
(NIV)
Then she went off and sat down about a bow-shot away, for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ And as she sat there, she began to sob.
(ESV)
Then she
went and
sat down opposite him a good
way off, about the distance of a
bowshot, for she
said, “Let me not
look on the
death of the
child.” And as she
sat opposite him, she
lifted up her
voice and
wept.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
(ESV)
So
Abraham took sheep and
oxen and
gave them to
Abimelech, and the
two men made a
covenant.
(NIV)
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.’
(ESV)
and in your
offspring shall all the
nations of the
earth be
blessed,
because you have
obeyed my
voice.”
(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)
so that he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.’
(ESV)
that he may
give me the
cave of
Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the
end of his
field. For the
full price let him
give it to me in your
presence as
property for a
burying place.”
(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.’
(ESV)
“
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.’
(ESV)
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)
‘The
Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, “To your offspring I will give this land” – he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
(ESV)
The
Lord, the
God of
heaven, who
took me from my
father’s house and from the
land of my
kindred, and who
spoke to me and
swore to me, ‘To your
offspring I will
give this
land,’ he will
send his
angel before you, and you shall
take a
wife for my
son from there.
(NIV)
So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.
(ESV)
So the
man came to the
house and
unharnessed the
camels, and
gave straw and
fodder to the
camels, and there was
water to
wash his
feet and the
feet of the
men who were with him.
(NIV)
The
Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
(ESV)
The
Lord has
greatly blessed my
master, and he has become
great. He has
given him
flocks and
herds,
silver and
gold, male
servants and
female servants,
camels and
donkeys.
(NIV)
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
(ESV)
And
Sarah my
master’s wife bore a
son to my
master when she was
old, and to him he has
given all that he has.
(NIV)
You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you – then you will be released from my oath.’
(ESV)
Then you will be
free from my
oath, when you
come to my
clan. And if they will not
give her to you, you will be
free from my
oath.’
(NIV)
Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
(ESV)
And the
servant brought out jewelry of
silver and
of gold, and
garments, and
gave them to
Rebekah.
He also gave to her
brother and to her
mother costly ornaments.
(NIV)
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
(ESV)
Abraham gave all he had to
Isaac.
(NIV)
But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
(ESV)
But to the
sons of his
concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still
living he
sent them away from his
son Isaac,
eastward to the
east country.
(NIV)
Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his birthright.
(ESV)
Then
Jacob gave Esau bread and
lentil stew, and he
ate and
drank and
rose and went his
way. Thus
Esau despised his
birthright.
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