(NIV)
God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
And
God set them in the
expanse of the
heavens to
give light on the
earth,
(NIV)
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
I have
set my
bow in the
cloud, and it shall
be a
sign of the
covenant between me and the
earth.
(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.
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)
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’
And they shall come
back here in the
fourth generation, for the
iniquity of the
Amorites is not
yet complete.”
(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.
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)
Your servant has found favour in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
Behold, your
servant has
found favor in your
sight, and you have
shown me great kindness in
saving my
life. But
I cannot escape to the
hills, lest the
disaster overtake me and I
die.
(NIV)
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.”’”
(NIV)
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.”
(NIV)
Then he prayed, ‘
Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
And he
said, “O
Lord,
God of my
master Abraham,
please grant me
success today and
show steadfast love to my
master Abraham.
(NIV)
May it be that when I say to a young woman, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too” – let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.’
Let the
young woman to whom I shall
say, ‘
Please let
down your
jar that I may
drink,’ and who shall
say, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels’—let her be the one whom you have
appointed for your
servant Isaac.
By this I shall
know that you have
shown steadfast love to
my master.”
(NIV)
saying, ‘Praise be to the
Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the
Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.’
and
said, “
Blessed be the
Lord,
the
God of my
master Abraham,
who has
not forsaken his
steadfast love and his
faithfulness toward my
master. As for me, the
Lord has
led me in the
way to the
house of
my master’s kinsmen.”
(NIV)
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.’
Now then,
if you
are going to
show steadfast love and
faithfulness to my
master,
tell me; and
if not,
tell me, that I may
turn to the
right hand or to the
left.”
(NIV)
Jacob replied, ‘First sell me your birthright.’
Jacob said, “
Sell me your birthright now.”
(NIV)
But Jacob said, ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
Jacob said, “
Swear to me
now.” So he
swore to him and
sold his
birthright to
Jacob.
(NIV)
Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
And she
put the
delicious food and the
bread,
which she had
prepared, into the
hand of
her son Jacob.
(NIV)
That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-coloured lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.
But that
day Laban
removed the
male goats that were
striped and
spotted, and
all the
female goats that were
speckled and
spotted,
every one that had
white on it, and every
lamb that was
black, and
put them in the
charge of
his sons.
(NIV)
Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-coloured animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
And
Jacob separated the
lambs and
set the
faces of the
flocks toward the
striped and
all the
black in the
flock of
Laban. He
put his own
droves apart and did
not put them with
Laban’s flock.
(NIV)
Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
Are we
not regarded by him as
foreigners? For he has
sold us, and he has
indeed devoured our money.
(NIV)
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
I am not worthy of the
least of all the deeds of
steadfast love and
all the
faithfulness that you have
shown to your
servant,
for with only my
staff I
crossed this Jordan, and
now I have
become two camps.
(NIV)
‘No, please!’ said Jacob. ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favourably.
Jacob said, “
No,
please,
if I have
found favor in your
sight, then
accept my
present from my
hand.
For I have
seen your
face, which is like
seeing the
face of
God, and you have
accepted me.
(NIV)
After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
And
Jacob came safely to the
city of
Shechem,
which is in the
land of
Canaan, on his
way from
Paddan-aram, and he
camped before the
city.
(NIV)
‘These men are friendly towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
“
These men are at
peace with us; let them
dwell in the
land and
trade in it, for
behold, the
land is
large enough for them. Let us
take their
daughters as
wives, and let us
give them our
daughters.
(NIV)
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.
(NIV)
So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Then
Midianite traders passed by. And they
drew Joseph up and
lifted him out
of the
pit, and
sold him to the
Ishmaelites for
twenty shekels of
silver. They
took Joseph to
Egypt.
(NIV)
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
Meanwhile the
Midianites had
sold him in
Egypt to
Potiphar, an
officer of
Pharaoh,
the
captain of the
guard.
(NIV)
As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, ‘This one came out first.’
And when she
was in
labor, one
put out a
hand, and the
midwife took and
tied a
scarlet thread on his
hand,
saying, “This
one came out first.”
(NIV)
Joseph found favour in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
So
Joseph found favor in his
sight and
attended him, and he made him
overseer of his
house and
put him in
charge of
all that he
had.
(NIV)
But he refused. ‘With me in charge,’ he told her, ‘my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
But he
refused and
said to his
master’s wife, “
Behold, because of me my
master has
no concern about
anything in the
house, and he has
put everything that he
has in
my charge.
(NIV)
Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison,
And
Joseph’s master took him and
put him into the
prison, the
place where the
king’s prisoners were
confined, and he
was there in
prison.
(NIV)
the
Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warder.
But the
Lord was
with Joseph and
showed him
steadfast love and
gave him
favor in the
sight of the
keeper of the
prison.
(NIV)
So the warder put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.
And the
keeper of the
prison put Joseph in
charge of
all the
prisoners who were in the
prison.
Whatever was
done there, he
was the one who
did it.
(NIV)
and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
and he
put them in
custody in the
house of the
captain of the
guard, in the
prison where Joseph was
confined.
(NIV)
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.’
Pharaoh’s cup was in my
hand, and I
took the
grapes and
pressed them into
Pharaoh’s cup and
placed the
cup in
Pharaoh’s hand.”
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
In three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head and
restore you to your
office, and you shall
place Pharaoh’s cup in his
hand as
formerly, when you were
his cupbearer.
(NIV)
But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.
Only remember me, when it is
well with you, and
please do me the
kindness to
mention me
to Pharaoh, and so
get me out of
this house.
(NIV)
He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand –
He
restored the
chief cupbearer to his
position, and
he placed the
cup in
Pharaoh’s hand.
(NIV)
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.
When
Pharaoh was
angry with his
servants and
put me and the
chief baker in
custody in the
house of the
captain of the
guard,
(NIV)
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.’
And
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “
See,
I have
set you
over all the
land of
Egypt.”
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain round his neck.
Then
Pharaoh took his
signet ring from his
hand and
put it on
Joseph’s hand, and
clothed him in
garments of fine
linen and
put a
gold chain about
his neck.
(NIV)
He made him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, ‘Make way !’ Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
And he made him
ride in his
second chariot.
And they
called out before him, “Bow the
knee!” Thus he
set him
over all the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.
and he
gathered up all the
food of these
seven years,
which occurred in the
land of
Egypt, and
put the
food in the
cities. He
put in
every city the
food from the
fields around it.
(NIV)
Then Reuben said to his father, ‘You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.’
Then
Reuben said to his
father, “
Kill my
two sons if I do
not bring him
back to you.
Put him in my
hands, and
I will bring him
back to you.”
(NIV)
‘It’s all right,’ he said. ‘Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.’ Then he brought Simeon out to them.
He
replied, “
Peace to you, do
not be
afraid. Your
God and the
God of your
father has
put treasure in your
sacks for you. I
received your
money.” Then he
brought Simeon out to them.
(NIV)
Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come close to me.’ When they had done so, he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!
So
Joseph said to his
brothers, “Come
near to me,
please.” And they came
near. And he
said, “I am your
brother,
Joseph,
whom you
sold into
Egypt.
(NIV)
And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
And
now do
not be
distressed or
angry with
yourselves because you
sold me
here,
for
God sent me
before you to
preserve life.
(NIV)
So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
So
Joseph bought all the
land of
Egypt for
Pharaoh,
for all the
Egyptians sold their
fields,
because the
famine was
severe on them. The
land became
Pharaoh’s.
(NIV)
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.
As for the
people, he
made servants of them from one
end of
Egypt to the
other.
(NIV)
However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allowance Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
Only the
land of the
priests he did
not buy,
for the
priests had a fixed
allowance from
Pharaoh and
lived on the
allowance that
Pharaoh gave them;
therefore they did
not sell their land.
(NIV)
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
And when the
time drew
near that
Israel must
die, he
called his
son Joseph and
said to him, “
If now I have
found favor in your
sight,
put your
hand under my
thigh and promise to
deal kindly and
truly with me. Do
not bury me in
Egypt,
(NIV)
and they said, ‘May the
Lord look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.’
and they
said to them, “The
Lord look on you and
judge, because you have
made us
stink in the
sight of
Pharaoh and his
servants, and have
put a
sword in their
hand to
kill us.”
(NIV)
he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
Pharaoh will
not listen to you. Then I will
lay my
hand on
Egypt and bring my
hosts, my
people the
children of
Israel,
out of the
land of
Egypt by
great acts of
judgment.
(NIV)
Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the door-frames of the houses where they eat the lambs.
“Then they shall
take some of the
blood and
put it
on the
two doorposts and the
lintel of the
houses in
which they
eat it.
(NIV)
you are to give over to the
Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the
Lord.
you shall
set apart to the
Lord all that
first opens the
womb.
All the
firstborn of your
animals that
are males shall be the
Lord’s.
(NIV)
In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
to your holy dwelling.
“You have
led in your
steadfast love the
people whom you have
redeemed;
you have
guided them by your
strength to
your holy abode.
(NIV)
but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
but
showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who
love me and
keep my commandments.
(NIV)
‘If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
“When a
man sells his
daughter as a
slave, she shall
not go out as the
male slaves do.
(NIV)
If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.
If she does not
please her
master, who has
designated her for himself, then he shall let her be
redeemed. He shall have
no right to
sell her to a
foreign people, since he has broken
faith with her.
(NIV)
‘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.
(NIV)
If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death.
But
if the
ox has been accustomed to
gore in the
past, and its
owner has been
warned but has
not kept it
in, and it
kills a
man or a
woman, the
ox shall be
stoned, and its
owner also shall be
put to death.
(NIV)
‘If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.
“
When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it
dies, then they shall
sell the
live ox and
share its
price, and the
dead beast also they shall
share.
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