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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Cain spoke to Abel his
brother. And when they were in the
field,
Cain rose up against his
brother Abel and
killed him.
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Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.’
Arise,
walk through the
length and the
breadth of the
land, for I will
give it to you.”
(NIV)
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
and
blessed be
God Most High,
who has
delivered your
enemies into your
hand!”
And Abram
gave him a
tenth of everything.
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When the men got up to leave, they looked down towards Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
Then the
men set out from there, and they
looked down toward Sodom. And
Abraham went with them to set them on their
way.
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The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
The
two angels came to
Sodom in the
evening, and
Lot was
sitting in the
gate of
Sodom. When
Lot saw them, he
rose to
meet them and
bowed himself with his
face to the
earth
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So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, ‘Hurry and get out of this place, because the
Lord is about to destroy the city!’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
So
Lot went out and
said to his
sons-in-law, who were to
marry his
daughters,
“
Up!
Get out of
this place, for the
Lord is about to
destroy the
city.” But he
seemed to his
sons-in-law to be
jesting.
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With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.’
As morning dawned, the
angels urged Lot,
saying, “
Up!
Take your
wife and your
two daughters who are
here,
lest you be
swept away in the
punishment of the
city.”
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That night they got their father to drink wine, and the elder daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
So they made their
father drink wine that
night. And the
firstborn went in and
lay with her
father. He did
not know when she
lay down or when she
arose.
(NIV)
So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
So they made their
father drink wine that night also. And the
younger arose and
lay with him, and he did
not know when she
lay down or when she
arose.
(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)
After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
So they
made a
covenant at
Beersheba. Then
Abimelech and
Phicol the
commander of his
army rose up and
returned to the
land of the
Philistines.
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Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took two of his
young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he
cut the
wood for the
burnt offering and
arose and
went to the
place of which
God had
told him.
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I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
I will
surely bless you, and I will
surely multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and as the
sand that is on the
seashore. And your
offspring shall
possess the
gate of his
enemies,
(NIV)
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
So
Abraham returned to his
young men, and they
arose and
went together to
Beersheba. And
Abraham lived at
Beersheba.
(NIV)
Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
And
Abraham rose up from
before his
dead and
said to the
Hittites,
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Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Abraham rose and
bowed to the
Hittites, the
people of the
land.
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Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
Then the
servant took ten of his
master’s camels and
departed,
taking all sorts of
choice gifts from his
master; and he
arose and
went to
Mesopotamia to the
city of
Nahor.
(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.’
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.”
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
‘Our sister, may you increase
to thousands upon thousands;
may your offspring possess
the cities of their enemies.’
And they
blessed Rebekah and
said to her,
“
Our sister, may you
become thousands of
ten thousands,
and may your
offspring possess the
gate of those who
hate him!”
(NIV)
Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
Then
Rebekah and her
young women arose and
rode on the
camels and
followed the man. Thus the
servant took Rebekah and went his
way.
(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.
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 asked them, ‘Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?’
Isaac said to them, “
Why have you
come to me, seeing that you
hate me and have
sent me away from you?”
(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.’
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)
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.’
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)
Now then, my son, do what I say: flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.
Now therefore, my
son,
obey my
voice.
Arise,
flee to
Laban my
brother in
Haran
(NIV)
Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Arise,
go to
Paddan-aram to the
house of
Bethuel your
mother’s father, and
take as your
wife from there one of the
daughters of
Laban your
mother’s brother.
(NIV)
When the
Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.
When the
Lord saw that
Leah was
hated,
he
opened her
womb, but
Rachel was
barren.
(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)
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.”’
I am the
God of
Bethel,
where you
anointed a
pillar and
made a
vow to me. Now
arise,
go out from this
land and
return to the
land of your
kindred.’”
(NIV)
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
So
Jacob arose and
set his
sons and his
wives on
camels.
(NIV)
So he fled with all he had, crossed the River Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
He
fled with
all that he had and
arose and
crossed the
Euphrates, and
set his
face toward the
hill country of
Gilead.
(NIV)
Rachel said to her father, ‘Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.’ So he searched but could not find the household gods.
And she
said to her
father, “Let
not my
lord be
angry that I
cannot rise before you, for the
way of
women is upon me.” So he
searched but did
not find the
household gods.
(NIV)
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
The same
night he
arose and
took his
two wives, his
two female servants, and his
eleven children, and
crossed the
ford of the
Jabbok.
(NIV)
Then God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.’
God said to
Jacob, “
Arise,
go up to
Bethel and
dwell there.
Make an
altar there to the
God who
appeared to you when you
fled from your
brother Esau.”
(NIV)
Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’
Then let us
arise and
go up to
Bethel, so that I may
make there an
altar to the
God who
answers me in the
day of my
distress and has been with me
wherever I have
gone.”
(NIV)
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
But when his
brothers saw that their
father loved him more
than all his
brothers, they
hated him and
could not speak peacefully to him.
(NIV)
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
Now
Joseph had a
dream, and when he
told it to his
brothers they
hated him even
more.
(NIV)
We were binding sheaves of corn out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered round mine and bowed down to it.’
Behold, we were
binding sheaves in the
field, and
behold,
my
sheaf arose and stood upright. And
behold, your
sheaves gathered around it and bowed
down to my
sheaf.”
(NIV)
His brothers said to him, ‘Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?’ And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.
His
brothers said to him, “Are you
indeed to
reign over us?
Or are you
indeed to
rule over us?” So they
hated him even
more for his
dreams and for his
words.
(NIV)
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.’ So his father wept for him.
All his
sons and
all his
daughters rose up to
comfort him, but he
refused to be
comforted and
said, “
No,
I shall
go down to
Sheol to my
son,
mourning.” Thus his
father wept for him.
(NIV)
After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes again.
Then she
arose and
went away, and
taking off her
veil she
put on the
garments of her
widowhood.
(NIV)
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
but
after them there will
arise seven years of
famine, and
all the
plenty will be
forgotten in the
land of
Egypt.
The
famine will
consume the
land,
(NIV)
Then Judah said to Israel his father, ‘Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.
And
Judah said to
Israel his
father, “
Send the
boy with me, and we will
arise and
go, that we may
live and
not die, both we and you and
also our
little ones.
(NIV)
Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.
Take also your
brother, and
arise, go
again to the
man.
(NIV)
So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
So the
men took this present, and they
took double the
money with them, and
Benjamin. They
arose and
went down to
Egypt and
stood before Joseph.
(NIV)
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, ‘Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, “Why have you repaid good with evil?
They had
gone only a
short distance from the
city. Now
Joseph said to his
steward, “
Up,
follow after the
men, and when you
overtake them,
say to them, ‘
Why have you
repaid evil for
good?
(NIV)
Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.
Then
Jacob set out from
Beersheba. The
sons of
Israel carried Jacob their
father, their
little ones, and their
wives, in the
wagons that Pharaoh had
sent to
carry him.
(NIV)
When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, ‘Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.’
And when the
money was all
spent in the
land of
Egypt and in the
land of
Canaan,
all the
Egyptians came to
Joseph and
said, “
Give us
food.
Why should we
die before your
eyes?
For our
money is
gone.”
(NIV)
When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, ‘We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
And when that
year was
ended, they
came to him the
following year and
said to him, “We will
not hide from my
lord that our
money is all
spent. The
herds of
livestock are my
lord’s. There is
nothing left in the
sight of my
lord but our
bodies and our
land.
(NIV)
‘Judah, your brothers will praise you;
your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons will bow down to you.
“
Judah,
your
brothers shall
praise you;
your
hand shall be on the
neck of your
enemies;
your
father’s sons shall
bow down before you.
(NIV)
You are a lion’s cub, Judah;
you return from the prey, my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
like a lioness – who dares to rouse him?
Judah is a
lion’s cub;
from the
prey, my
son, you have gone
up.
He
stooped down; he
crouched as a
lion and as a
lioness; who
dares rouse him?
(NIV)
Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.
Now there
arose a
new king over
Egypt,
who did not
know Joseph.
(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.’
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)
Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.
The
shepherds came and drove them
away, but
Moses stood
up and
saved them, and
watered their
flock.
(NIV)
No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
They did
not see one another,
nor did
anyone rise from his
place for
three days, but
all the
people of
Israel had
light where they
lived.
(NIV)
Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
And
Pharaoh rose up in the
night, he and
all his
servants and
all the
Egyptians. And there was a
great cry in
Egypt, for there was
not a
house where someone was
not dead.
(NIV)
During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the
Lord as you have requested.
Then he
summoned Moses and
Aaron by
night and
said, “
Up,
go out from
among my
people,
both you and the
people of
Israel; and
go,
serve the
Lord, as you have
said.
(NIV)
So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.
So the
people took their
dough before it was
leavened, their
kneading bowls being
bound up in their
cloaks on their
shoulders.
(NIV)
Your right hand,
Lord,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand,
Lord,
shattered the enemy.
Your
right hand, O
Lord,
glorious in
power,
your
right hand, O
Lord,
shatters the
enemy.
(NIV)
‘In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
In the
greatness of your
majesty you
overthrow your
adversaries;
you
send out your
fury; it
consumes them like
stubble.
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