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Gen 1:29

(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.

Gen 1:30

(NIV)
And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.’ And it was so.
(ESV)
And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Gen 2:9

(NIV)
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

(ESV)
And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 2:16

(NIV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
(ESV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Gen 2:17

(NIV)
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’

(ESV)
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Gen 3:1

(NIV)
Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’

(ESV)
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

Gen 3:2

(NIV)
The woman said to the snake, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
(ESV)
And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,

Gen 3:3

(NIV)
but God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”’

(ESV)
but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Gen 3:5

(NIV)
‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’

(ESV)
For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Gen 3:6

(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.

Gen 3:11

(NIV)
And he said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?’

(ESV)
He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Gen 3:12

(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.”

Gen 3:13

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

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

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 3:14

(NIV)
So the Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this,

‘Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
(ESV)
The Lord God said to the serpent,

Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.

Gen 3:17

(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;

Gen 3:18

(NIV)
It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
(ESV)
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Gen 3:19

(NIV)
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.’
(ESV)
By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”

Gen 3:22

(NIV)
And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever.’
(ESV)
Then the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”

Gen 4:2

(NIV)
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
(ESV)
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

Gen 6:21

(NIV)
You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.’

(ESV)
Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”

Gen 9:3

(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.

Gen 9:4

(NIV)
‘But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
(ESV)
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Gen 9:21

(NIV)
When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
(ESV)
He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

Gen 13:7

(NIV)
And quarrelling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

(ESV)
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.

Gen 13:8

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 14:11

(NIV)
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
(ESV)
So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.

Gen 14:24

(NIV)
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me – to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.’

(ESV)
I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”

Gen 18:8

(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.

Gen 19:3

(NIV)
But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
(ESV)
But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Gen 24:14

(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.’

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 24:18

(NIV)
‘Drink, my lord,’ she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

(ESV)
She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.

Gen 24:19

(NIV)
After she had given him a drink, she said, ‘I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.’
(ESV)
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”

Gen 24:22

(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.
(ESV)
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,

Gen 24:33

(NIV)
Then food was set before him, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.’

‘Then tell us,’ Laban said.

(ESV)
Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” He said, “Speak on.”

Gen 24:44

(NIV)
and if she says to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,’ let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.”

(ESV)
and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,” let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

Gen 24:46

(NIV)
‘She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.” So I drank, and she watered the camels also.

(ESV)
She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.

Gen 24:54

(NIV)
Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.

When they got up the next morning, he said, ‘Send me on my way to my master.’

(ESV)
And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.”

Gen 25:30

(NIV)
He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!’ (That is why he was also called Edom. )

(ESV)
And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. )

Gen 25:34

(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.

Gen 26:20

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 26:30

(NIV)
Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
(ESV)
So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

Gen 27:4

(NIV)
Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.’

(ESV)
and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Gen 27:7

(NIV)
“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.”
(ESV)
Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’

Gen 27:10

(NIV)
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’

(ESV)
And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

Gen 27:19

(NIV)
Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’

(ESV)
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

Gen 27:25

(NIV)
Then he said, ‘My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.’

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.
(ESV)
Then he said, “Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

Gen 27:31

(NIV)
He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’

(ESV)
He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”

Gen 27:33

(NIV)
Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’

(ESV)
Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

Gen 28:20

(NIV)
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
(ESV)
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

Gen 29:7

(NIV)
‘Look,’ he said, ‘the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.’

(ESV)
He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go, pasture them.”

Gen 29:9

(NIV)
While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
(ESV)
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Gen 30:31

(NIV)
‘What shall I give you?’ he asked.

‘Don’t give me anything,’ Jacob replied. ‘But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
(ESV)
He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:

Gen 30:36

(NIV)
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.

(ESV)
And he set a distance of three daysjourney between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock.

Gen 30:38

(NIV)
Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
(ESV)
He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,

Gen 31:15

(NIV)
Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
(ESV)
Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has indeed devoured our money.

Gen 31:38

(NIV)
‘I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
(ESV)
These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.

Gen 31:40

(NIV)
This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
(ESV)
There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Gen 31:46

(NIV)
He said to his relatives, ‘Gather some stones.’ So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
(ESV)
And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Gen 31:54

(NIV)
He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

(ESV)
and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

Gen 32:32

(NIV)
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.

(ESV)
Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh.

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