(NIV)
So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
So the
Lord God caused a
deep sleep to
fall upon the
man, and while he
slept took one of his
ribs and
closed up its place with
flesh.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
The
Lord said to Cain, “
Why are you
angry, and
why has
your face fallen?
(NIV)
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
Now the
Valley of
Siddim was
full of
bitumen pits, and as the
kings of
Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, some
fell into them, and the
rest fled to the
hill country.
(NIV)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
And
Sarai said to Abram, “May the
wrong done to
me be
on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
Abram fell face down, and God said to him,
Then
Abram fell on his
face. And
God said to him,
(NIV)
Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’
Then
Abraham fell on his
face and
laughed and
said to
himself, “Shall a child be
born to a man who is a
hundred years old? Shall
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
bear a child?”
(NIV)
When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the
Lord was merciful to them.
But he
lingered. So the
men seized him and his
wife and his
two daughters by the
hand,
the
Lord being
merciful to him, and they
brought him out and
set him outside the
city.
(NIV)
Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.’
Up! Lift
up the
boy, and hold him
fast with your
hand, for I will
make him into a
great nation.”
(NIV)
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
And
Abraham lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
behind him was a
ram,
caught in a
thicket by his
horns. And
Abraham went and
took the
ram and
offered it up as a
burnt offering instead of
his son.
(NIV)
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
And
Rebekah lifted up her
eyes, and when she
saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the
camel
(NIV)
His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go towards Ashur. And they lived in hostility towards all the tribes related to them.
They
settled from
Havilah to
Shur,
which is
opposite Egypt in the
direction of
Assyria. He
settled over against all his
kinsmen.
(NIV)
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
Afterward his
brother came out with
his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his
name was
called Jacob.
Isaac was
sixty years old when she
bore them.
(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)
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
But
Esau ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
fell on his
neck and
kissed him, and they
wept.
(NIV)
You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.’
You shall
dwell with us, and the
land shall
be open to
you.
Dwell and
trade in it, and
get property in
it.”
(NIV)
Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, ‘We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.’
And the
men were
afraid because they were
brought to
Joseph’s house, and they
said, “It is
because of the
money, which was
replaced in our
sacks the
first time, that
we are
brought in, so that he may
assault us and
fall upon us to make us
servants and
seize our donkeys.”
(NIV)
Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping.
Then he
fell upon his
brother Benjamin’s neck and
wept, and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
(NIV)
Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.
Then
Joseph prepared his
chariot and
went up to
meet Israel his
father in
Goshen. He
presented himself
to him and
fell on his
neck and
wept on his
neck a
good while.
(NIV)
Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.
Thus
Israel settled in the
land of
Egypt,
in the
land of
Goshen.
And they
gained possessions in it, and were
fruitful and
multiplied greatly.
(NIV)
Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
Now the
eyes of
Israel were
dim with age, so that he
could not see. So Joseph brought them
near him, and he
kissed them and
embraced them.
(NIV)
Dan will be a snake by the roadside,
a viper along the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that its rider tumbles backwards.
Dan shall be a
serpent in the
way,
a
viper by the
path,
that
bites the
horse’s heelsso that his
rider falls backward.
(NIV)
Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
Then
Joseph fell on his
father’s face and
wept over him and
kissed him.
(NIV)
His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. ‘We are your slaves,’ they said.
His
brothers also came and
fell down before him and
said, “
Behold, we are your
servants.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to him, ‘Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.’ So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
But the
Lord said to Moses, “Put
out your
hand and
catch it by the
tail”—so he put
out his
hand and
caught it, and it
became a
staff in
his hand—
(NIV)
If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,
For if you
refuse to let them
go and still
hold them,
(NIV)
The nations will hear and tremble;
anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
The
peoples have
heard; they
tremble;
pangs have
seized the
inhabitants of
Philistia.
(NIV)
The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people of Canaan will melt away;
Now are the
chiefs of
Edom dismayed;
trembling seizes the
leaders of
Moab;
all the
inhabitants of
Canaan have
melted away.
(NIV)
terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone –
until your people pass by,
Lord,
until the people you bought pass by.
Terror and
dread fall upon them;
because of the
greatness of your
arm, they are
still as a
stone,
till your
people, O
Lord,
pass by,
till the
people pass by whom you have
purchased.
(NIV)
‘If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,
“When
men quarrel and
one strikes the
other with a
stone or with his
fist and the man does
not die but
takes to his
bed,
(NIV)
‘If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
“
When a
man opens a
pit,
or when a
man digs a
pit and does
not cover it, and an
ox or a
donkey falls into it,
(NIV)
Fire came out from the presence of the
Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell face down.
And
fire came out from
before the
Lord and
consumed the
burnt offering and the pieces of
fat on the
altar, and when
all the
people saw it, they
shouted and
fell on
their faces.
(NIV)
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.
And
anything on which any of them
falls when they are
dead shall be
unclean, whether it is an
article of
wood or a
garment or a
skin or a
sack,
any article that is
used for any
purpose.
It must be
put into
water, and it shall be
unclean until the
evening; then it shall be
clean.
(NIV)
If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.
And if any of them
falls into any
earthenware vessel,
all that is in it shall be
unclean, and you shall
break it.
(NIV)
Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.
And
everything on
which any part of their
carcass falls shall be
unclean. Whether
oven or
stove, it shall be broken in
pieces. They are
unclean and shall
remain unclean for
you.
(NIV)
If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.
And
if any part of their
carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be
sown,
it is
clean,
(NIV)
But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
but if
water is
put on the
seed and any part of their
carcass falls on it,
it is
unclean to
you.
(NIV)
here the priest is to put the woman under this curse – ‘may the
Lord cause you to become a curse among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.
then’ (let the
priest make the
woman take the
oath of the
curse,
and say to the
woman)
‘the
Lord make you a
curse and an
oath among your
people, when the
Lord makes your
thigh fall
away and your
body swell.
(NIV)
May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.’
‘“Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen. So be it.’
May
this water that brings the
curse pass into your
bowels and make your
womb swell and your
thigh fall
away.’ And the
woman shall
say,
‘
Amen,
Amen.’
(NIV)
If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: when she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.
And when he has made her
drink the
water, then,
if she has
defiled herself and has
broken faith with her
husband, the
water that brings the
curse shall
enter into her and cause
bitter pain, and her
womb shall
swell, and her
thigh shall fall
away, and the
woman shall become a
curse among her people.
(NIV)
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?
Did
I conceive all this people? Did
I give them
birth,
that you should
say to me, ‘
Carry them in your
bosom, as a
nurse carries a
nursing child,’ to the
land that you
swore to give
their fathers?
(NIV)
Then Moses and Aaron fell face down in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there.
Then
Moses and
Aaron fell on their
faces before all the
assembly of the
congregation of the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
When Moses heard this, he fell face down.
When
Moses heard it, he
fell on his face,
(NIV)
But Moses and Aaron fell face down and cried out, ‘O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?’
And they
fell on their
faces and
said, “O
God,
the
God of the
spirits of
all flesh,
shall
one man sin, and will you be
angry with all the
congregation?”
(NIV)
‘Get away from this assembly so that I can put an end to them at once.’ And they fell face down.
“
Get away from the
midst of this
congregation, that I may
consume them in a
moment.” And they
fell on their faces.
(NIV)
Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell face down, and the glory of the
Lord appeared to them.
Then
Moses and
Aaron went from the
presence of the
assembly to the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting and
fell on their
faces.
And the
glory of the
Lord appeared to them,
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
and
knows the
knowledge of the
Most High,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the
Lord’s tabernacle.’
And
from the
people of
Israel’s half you shall
take one drawn out of every
fifty,
of the
people,
of the
oxen, of the
donkeys, and
of the
flocks, of
all the
cattle, and
give them to the
Levites who
keep guard over the
tabernacle of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the
Lord commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the
Lord’s tabernacle.
from the
people of
Israel’s half Moses took one of every 50, both
of persons and of
beasts, and
gave them to the
Levites who
kept guard over the
tabernacle of the
Lord,
as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(NIV)
But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.’
However,
if they will
not pass
over with you
armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the
land of
Canaan.”
(NIV)
or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended,
or used a
stone that could cause
death, and
without seeing him
dropped it
on him, so that he
died, though
he was
not his
enemy and
did not
seek his harm,
(NIV)
Then once again I fell prostrate before the
Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the
Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger.
Then I
lay prostrate before the
Lord as before,
forty days and
forty nights. I
neither ate bread nor drank water, because of
all the
sin that you had
committed,
in doing what was
evil in the
sight of the
Lord to
provoke him to anger.
(NIV)
I lay prostrate before the
Lord those forty days and forty nights because the
Lord had said he would destroy you.
“So I
lay prostrate
before the
Lord for these
forty days and
forty nights,
because the
Lord had
said he would
destroy you.
(NIV)
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,
“
If your
brother, the
son of your
mother,
or your
son or your
daughter or the
wife you
embrace or your
friend who is as your own
soul entices you
secretly,
saying, ‘Let us
go and
serve other gods,’
which neither you nor
your fathers have
known,
(NIV)
When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.
“When you
build a
new house, you shall
make a
parapet for your
roof, that you may
not bring the guilt of
blood upon your
house,
if anyone should
fall from it.
(NIV)
But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
“But
if in the open
country a
man meets a
young woman who is
betrothed, and the
man seizes her and
lies with her, then only the
man who lay with her shall
die.
(NIV)
If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,
then
if the
guilty man deserves to be
beaten, the
judge shall cause him to lie
down and be
beaten in his
presence with a number of
stripes in
proportion to his
offense.
(NIV)
If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,
“When
men fight with
one another and the
wife of the
one draws
near to
rescue her
husband from the
hand of him who is
beating him and puts
out her
hand and
seizes him by the
private parts,
(NIV)
Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,
The
man who is the
most tender and
refined among you will
begrudge food to his
brother, to the
wife he
embraces, and to the
last of the
children whom he has
left,
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