Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’

The woman said, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’

May God enlarge Japheth
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.”

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’

But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’

But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”’

And when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

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.

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.

Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness that I have shown to you.’

Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.”

What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.’

Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”

But he said, ‘Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.’

But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”

Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: he took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?’

Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, ‘What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?’

And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-coloured, will be considered stolen.’

So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”

yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean, by not telling him that he intended to flee.

Then Laban said to Jacob, ‘What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.

And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword?

Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so that I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps?

Why did you flee secretly and trick me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?’

And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.’ Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.

Anyone with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our kinsmen point out what I have that is yours, and take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.

What was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you. I bore the loss of it myself. From my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, ‘What are you looking for?’

And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”

But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.’

For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”

We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Behold the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.’

Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

Moses answered, ‘As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord :

‘I will sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,

“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

Miriam sang to them:

‘Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.’

And Miriam sang to them:

“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

‘You shall not steal.

“You shall not steal.

‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

‘Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.

‘Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

‘If anyone gives a neighbour silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbour’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found he shall pay double.

But if the animal was stolen from the neighbour, restitution must be made to the owner.

But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

‘If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.

Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

‘“If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realise their guilt

“If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt

They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.

He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.

‘If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbour about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbour,

“If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit –

or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby—

when they sin in any of these ways and realise their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,

if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found

or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.

or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt.

‘“Do not steal.

‘“Do not lie.

‘“Do not deceive one another.

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

‘“Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

‘“Do not defraud or rob your neighbour.

‘“Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

‘“Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses –

“But if you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses,

The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.

And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfil?

God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.’

for they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

‘You shall not steal.

“‘And you shall not steal.

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;

The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,

The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,

If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.

“If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

“You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.

‘Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

“‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you.

A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labour produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.

A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,

Blessed are you, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights.’

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.