(NIV)
Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the
Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
When no
bush of the
field was
yet in the
land and
no small
plant of the
field had
yet sprung up—
for the
Lord God had
not caused it to
rain on the
land, and there was
no man to
work the
ground,
(NIV)
The
Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
The
Lord God took the
man and
put him in the
garden of
Eden to
work it and
keep it.
(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)
So the
Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
therefore the
Lord God sent him out from the
garden of
Eden to
work the
ground from
which he was
taken.
(NIV)
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
And
again, she
bore his
brother Abel. Now
Abel was a
keeper of
sheep, and
Cain a
worker of 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.’
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.
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)
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)
Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
So
Abimelech rose
early in the
morning and
called all his
servants and
told them all these
things. And the
men were very
much afraid.
(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)
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)
Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Now
Ephron was
sitting among the
Hittites, and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the
hearing of the
Hittites, of all who
went in at the
gate of his
city,
(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)
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
When the
camels had
finished drinking, the
man took a
gold ring weighing a
half shekel, and
two bracelets for her
arms weighing ten gold shekels,
(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)
‘I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?”
‘She said, “The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.”
‘Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
Then I
asked her, ‘
Whose daughter are you?’ She
said, ‘The
daughter of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s son, whom
Milcah bore to him.’ So I
put the
ring on her
nose and the
bracelets on her
arms.
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
(NIV)
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
So they
gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods that they
had, and the
rings that were in their
ears.
Jacob hid them
under the
terebinth tree that was near
Shechem.
(NIV)
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
While
Israel lived in that
land,
Reuben went and
lay with
Bilhah his
father’s concubine. And
Israel heard of it.
Now the
sons of
Jacob were
twelve.
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘Listen to this dream I had:
He
said to them, “
Hear this dream that I have
dreamed:
(NIV)
‘They have moved on from here,’ the man answered. ‘I heard them say, “Let’s go to Dothan.”’
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.
And the
man said, “They have
gone away, for I
heard them
say, ‘Let us
go to
Dothan.’” So
Joseph went after his
brothers and
found them at
Dothan.
(NIV)
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. ‘Let’s not take his life,’ he said.
But when
Reuben heard it, he
rescued him out of their
hands,
saying, “Let us
not take his
life.”
(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)
And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even to be with her.
And as she
spoke to
Joseph day after
day, he would
not listen to her, to
lie beside her or to be with her.
(NIV)
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
And as soon as he
heard that I
lifted up my
voice and
cried out, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled and
got out of the house.”
(NIV)
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, ‘This is how your slave treated me,’ he burned with anger.
As soon as his
master heard the
words that his
wife spoke to him, “This is the
way your
servant treated me,” his
anger was
kindled.
(NIV)
He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
And he
fell asleep and
dreamed a
second time. And
behold,
seven ears of grain,
plump and
good, were
growing on
one stalk.
(NIV)
After them, seven other ears of corn sprouted – thin and scorched by the east wind.
And
behold,
after them sprouted seven ears,
thin and
blighted by the
east wind.
(NIV)
The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
And the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven plump,
full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a
dream.
(NIV)
Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’
And
Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “I have
had a
dream, and there is no
one who
can interpret it. I have
heard it
said of you that when you
hear a
dream you
can interpret it.”
(NIV)
‘In my dream I saw seven ears of corn, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
I also
saw in my
dream seven ears growing on
one stalk,
full and
good.
(NIV)
After them, seven other ears sprouted – withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
Seven ears,
withered,
thin, and
blighted by the
east wind,
sprouted after them,
(NIV)
The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven good ears. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.’
and the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven good ears. And I
told it to the
magicians, but there was no
one who
could explain it to me.”
(NIV)
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of corn are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
The
seven good cows are
seven years, and the
seven good ears are
seven years; the
dreams are
one.
(NIV)
The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterwards are seven years, and so are the seven worthless ears of corn scorched by the east wind: they are seven years of famine.
The
seven lean and
ugly cows that
came up after them are
seven years, and the
seven empty ears blighted by the
east wind are also
seven years of
famine.
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