(NIV)
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Therefore a
man shall
leave his
father and his
mother and
hold fast to his
wife, and they shall become
one flesh.
(NIV)
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.’
I will
put enmity between you and the
woman,
and
between your
offspring and her
offspring;
he shall
bruise your
head,
and you shall
bruise his
heel.”
(NIV)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the
father of those who
dwell in
tents and have
livestock.
(NIV)
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
His
brother’s name was
Jubal; he was the
father of
all those who
play the
lyre and
pipe.
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’
And
Adam knew his
wife again, and she
bore a
son and
called his
name Seth, for she said, “
God has
appointed for me
another offspring instead of
Abel,
for Cain killed him.”
(NIV)
The
Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Then the
Lord said to
Noah,
“
Go into the
ark, you and all your
household,
for I have
seen that you are
righteous before me in
this generation.
(NIV)
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
and
seven pairs of the
birds of the
heavens also,
male and
female, to keep their
offspring alive on the
face of
all the
earth.
(NIV)
All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds – everything that moves on land – came out of the ark, one kind after another.
Every beast,
every creeping thing, and
every bird,
everything that
moves on the
earth,
went out by
families from the
ark.
(NIV)
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
And
for your
lifeblood I will require a
reckoning:
from every beast I will
require it and
from man.
From his
fellow man I will require a
reckoning for the
life of
man.
(NIV)
‘I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
“
Behold,
I
establish my
covenant with you and your
offspring after you,
(NIV)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
(NIV)
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
And
Ham, the
father of
Canaan,
saw the
nakedness of his
father and
told his
two brothers outside.
(NIV)
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
Then
Shem and
Japheth took a
garment,
laid it on
both their
shoulders, and
walked backward and
covered the
nakedness of their
father. Their
faces were
turned backward, and they did
not see their
father’s nakedness.
(NIV)
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
From
these the
coastland peoples spread in their
lands,
each with his own
language, by their
clans, in their
nations.
(NIV)
Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered
the
Arvadites, the
Zemarites, and the
Hamathites.
Afterward the
clans of the
Canaanites dispersed.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Ham, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
(NIV)
Sons were also born to Shem, whose elder brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
To
Shem also, the
father of
all the
children of
Eber, the
elder brother of
Japheth, children were
born.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Shem, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
(NIV)
These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
These are the
clans of the
sons of
Noah, according to their
genealogies, in their
nations,
and from these the
nations spread abroad on the
earth after the
flood.
(NIV)
While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
Haran died in the
presence of his
father Terah in the
land of his
kindred, in
Ur of the
Chaldeans.
(NIV)
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives. The
name of
Abram’s wife was
Sarai, and the
name of
Nahor’s wife,
Milcah, the
daughter of
Haran the
father of
Milcah and Iscah.
(NIV)
The
Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
Now the
Lord said to
Abram, “
Go from your
country and your
kindred and your
father’s house to the
land that I will
show you.
(NIV)
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.’
I will
bless those who
bless you, and him who
dishonors you I will
curse, and in you all the
families of the
earth shall be
blessed.”
(NIV)
The
Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the
Lord, who had appeared to him.
Then the
Lord appeared to
Abram and
said,
“To your
offspring I will
give this land.” So he
built there an
altar to the
Lord, who had
appeared to him.
(NIV)
And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
And when the
princes of
Pharaoh saw her, they
praised her
to Pharaoh. And the
woman was
taken into
Pharaoh’s house.
(NIV)
But the
Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
But the
Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his
house with
great plagues because
of Sarai,
Abram’s wife.
(NIV)
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever.
for all the
land that you
see I will
give to you and to your
offspring forever.
(NIV)
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
I will
make your
offspring as the
dust of the
earth,
so that if
one can count the
dust of the
earth, your
offspring also can be
counted.
(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)
But Abram said, ‘Sovereign
Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?’
But
Abram said, “O
Lord God,
what will you
give me, for I
continue childless, and the
heir of my
house is
Eliezer of
Damascus?”
(NIV)
And Abram said, ‘You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.’
And
Abram said, “
Behold, you have
given me no
offspring, and a
member of my
household will be my
heir.”
(NIV)
He took him outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’
And he
brought him
outside and
said, “
Look toward
heaven, and
number the
stars,
if you are
able to
number them.” Then he
said to him, “
So shall your
offspring be.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to him, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and ill-treated there.
Then the
Lord said to
Abram, “
Know for
certain that your
offspring will be
sojourners in a
land that is
not theirs and will be
servants there, and they will be
afflicted for
four hundred years.
(NIV)
You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
As for you, you shall
go to your
fathers in
peace;
you shall be
buried in a
good old age.
(NIV)
On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –
On
that day the
Lord made a
covenant with
Abram,
saying,
“To your
offspring I
give this
land, from the
river of
Egypt to the
great river, the
river Euphrates,
(NIV)
The angel added, ‘I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.’
The
angel of the
Lord also
said to her, “I will
surely multiply your
offspring so that they
cannot be
numbered for
multitude.”
(NIV)
‘As for me, this is my covenant with you: you will be the father of many nations.
“
Behold,
my covenant is with you, and you shall be the
father of a
multitude of
nations.
(NIV)
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
No longer shall your
name be
called Abram but your
name shall be
Abraham for I have
made you the
father of a
multitude of
nations.
(NIV)
I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
And I will
establish my
covenant between me and you and your
offspring after you throughout their
generations for an
everlasting covenant,
to be
God to you and to your
offspring after you.
(NIV)
The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.’
And I will
give to you and to your
offspring after you the
land of your
sojournings,
all the
land of
Canaan, for an
everlasting possession, and I will be their
God.”
(NIV)
Then God said to Abraham, ‘As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
And
God said to
Abraham, “As for you, you shall
keep my
covenant, you and your
offspring after you throughout their
generations.
(NIV)
This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
This is my
covenant,
which you shall
keep,
between me and you and your
offspring after you:
Every male among you shall be
circumcised.
(NIV)
For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring.
He who is
eight days old among you shall be
circumcised.
Every male throughout your
generations, whether
born in your
house or
bought with your
money from any
foreigner who is not of your
offspring,
(NIV)
Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
both he who is
born in your
house and he who is
bought with your
money, shall
surely be
circumcised. So shall my
covenant be in your
flesh an
everlasting covenant.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
God said, “
No, but
Sarah your
wife shall
bear you a
son, and you shall
call his
name Isaac. I will
establish my
covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
Then
Abraham took Ishmael his
son and
all those
born in his
house or
bought with his
money,
every male among the
men of
Abraham’s house, and he
circumcised the
flesh of their
foreskins that
very day, as
God had
said to him.
(NIV)
And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
And
all the
men of his
house, those
born in the
house and those
bought with
money from a
foreigner, were
circumcised with him.
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(NIV)
One day the elder daughter said to the younger, ‘Our father is old, and there is no man round here to give us children – as is the custom all over the earth.
And the
firstborn said to the
younger, “Our
father is
old, and there is not a
man on
earth to
come in to us after the
manner of all the
earth.
(NIV)
Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.’
Come, let us make our
father drink wine, and we will
lie with him, that we may
preserve offspring from our
father.”
(NIV)
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)
The next day the elder daughter said to the younger, ‘Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.’
The next
day, the
firstborn said to the
younger, “
Behold, I
lay last night with my
father. Let us make him
drink wine tonight also. Then you
go in and
lie with him, that we may
preserve offspring from our
father.”
(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)
So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
Thus
both the
daughters of
Lot became pregnant by their
father.
(NIV)
The elder daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
The
firstborn bore a
son and
called his
name Moab.
He is the
father of the
Moabites to this
day.
(NIV)
The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
The
younger also
bore a
son and
called his
name Ben-ammi. He is the
father of the
Ammonites to this
day.
(NIV)
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
Besides, she is
indeed my
sister, the
daughter of my
father though not the
daughter of my
mother, and she became my
wife.
(NIV)
And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”’
And when
God caused me to
wander from my
father’s house, I
said to her, ‘This is the
kindness you must
do me: at every
place to which we
come,
say of me, “He is my
brother.”’”
(NIV)
for the
Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
For the
Lord had closed all the
wombs of the
house of
Abimelech because of
Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
But
God said to
Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for through
Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
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