(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,
(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.”
(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’?”
(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,
(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.’”
(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.”
(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)
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?”
(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)
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.”
(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.
(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)
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.
(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.”
(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—”
(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.”
(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.
(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.”
(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)
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.
(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.”
(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.”
(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. )
(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.
(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.
(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.”
(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.’
(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.”
(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.”
(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.
(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.”
(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.”
(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,
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(NIV)
‘Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.’
(ESV)
Come now let us
kill him and
throw him into
one of the
pits. Then we will
say that a
fierce animal has
devoured him, and we will
see what will become of his
dreams.”
(NIV)
As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.
(ESV)
Then they
sat down to
eat. And
looking up they
saw a
caravan of
Ishmaelites coming from
Gilead, with their
camels bearing gum,
balm, and
myrrh, on their
way to carry it
down to
Egypt.
(NIV)
He recognised it and said, ‘It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.’
(ESV)
And he
identified it and
said, “It is my
son’s robe. A
fierce animal has
devoured him.
Joseph is
without doubt torn to
pieces.”
(NIV)
So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
(ESV)
So he
left all that he had in
Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had
no concern about
anything but the
food he
ate.
Now
Joseph was
handsome in
form and
appearance.
(NIV)
In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.’
(ESV)
and in the
uppermost basket there were
all sorts of
baked food for
Pharaoh, but the
birds were
eating it out of the
basket on my
head.”
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.’
(ESV)
In
three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head—
from you!—and
hang you on a
tree. And the
birds will
eat the
flesh from you.”
(NIV)
And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
(ESV)
And the
ugly,
thin cows ate up the
seven attractive,
plump cows. And
Pharaoh awoke.
(NIV)
The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.
(ESV)
And the
thin,
ugly cows ate up the
first seven plump cows,
(NIV)
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, ‘Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.’
(ESV)
When
Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he
said to the
steward of his
house, “
Bring the
men into the
house, and
slaughter an
animal and make
ready, for the
men are to
dine with me at
noon.”
(NIV)
They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
(ESV)
they
prepared the
present for Joseph’s coming at
noon, for they
heard that they should
eat bread there.
(NIV)
They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians.
(ESV)
They
served him by
himself, and them by
themselves, and the
Egyptians who
ate with him by
themselves, because the
Egyptians could not eat with the
Hebrews, for that is an
abomination to the
Egyptians.
(NIV)
and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.”
(ESV)
and
take your
father and your
households, and
come to me, and I will
give you the
best of the
land of
Egypt, and you shall
eat the
fat of the
land.’
(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.
(ESV)
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)
But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.’
(ESV)
And at the
harvests you shall
give a
fifth to
Pharaoh, and
four fifths shall be your own, as
seed for the
field and as
food for yourselves and your
households, and as
food for your
little ones.”
(NIV)
‘Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
in the morning he devours the prey,
in the evening he divides the plunder.’
(ESV)
“
Benjamin is a
ravenous wolf,
in the
morning devouring the
prey and at
evening dividing the
spoil.”
(NIV)
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.’
(ESV)
Come let us
deal shrewdly with them,
lest they
multiply, and, if
war breaks out,
they join our
enemies and
fight against us and
escape from the
land.”
(NIV)
‘And where is he?’ Reuel asked his daughters. ‘Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.’
(ESV)
He
said to his
daughters, “Then
where is he?
Why have you
left the
man?
Call him, that he may
eat bread.”
(NIV)
There the angel of the
Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
(ESV)
And the
angel of the
Lord appeared to him in a
flame of
fire out of the
midst of a
bush. He
looked, and
behold, the
bush was
burning,
yet it was not
consumed.
(NIV)
They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.
(ESV)
and they shall
cover the
face of the
land, so that no
one can see the
land. And they shall
eat what is
left to
you after the
hail, and they shall
eat every tree of yours that
grows in the
field,
(NIV)
And the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.’
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Moses, “Stretch
out your
hand over the
land of
Egypt for the
locusts, so that they may
come upon the
land of
Egypt and
eat every plant in the
land,
all that the
hail has
left.”
(NIV)
They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail – everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
(ESV)
They
covered the
face of the
whole land, so that the
land was
darkened, and they
ate all the
plants in the
land and
all the
fruit of the
trees that the
hail had
left.
Not a
green thing remained, neither
tree nor
plant of the
field, through
all the
land of
Egypt.
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