(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.
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.
(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.
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.
(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.
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.
(NIV)
And the
Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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.’
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”?’
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,
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.”’
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.’
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.
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?’
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.’
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.’
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.’
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)
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
Every moving thing that lives shall be
food for you. And as I gave you the
green plants, I
give you
everything.
(NIV)
‘But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
But you shall
not eat flesh with its
life, that is, its
blood.
(NIV)
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
So the enemy
took all the
possessions of
Sodom and
Gomorrah, and all their
provisions, and went their
way.
(NIV)
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
And
Melchizedek king of
Salem brought out bread and
wine. (He was
priest of
God Most High.)
(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.’
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)
Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way – now that you have come to your servant.’
‘Very well,’ they answered, ‘do as you say.’
while I
bring a
morsel of
bread, that you may
refresh yourselves, and
after that you may
pass on— since you have
come to your
servant.” So they
said, “
Do as you have
said.”
(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.
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.
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)
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning and
took bread and a
skin of
water and
gave it to
Hagar,
putting it on her
shoulder, along with the
child, and
sent her away. And she
departed and
wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
(NIV)
And she added, ‘We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.’
She
added, “We have
plenty of
both straw and
fodder,
and room to spend the
night.”
(NIV)
So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.
So the
man came to the
house and
unharnessed the
camels, and
gave straw and
fodder to the
camels, and there was
water to
wash his
feet and the
feet of the
men who were with him.
(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.
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.’
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)
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
Once when
Jacob was
cooking stew,
Esau came in from the
field, and he was
exhausted.
(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 then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
So he
made them a
feast, and they
ate and
drank.
(NIV)
Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
Now then,
take your
weapons, your
quiver and your
bow, and
go out to the
field and
hunt game for me,
(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.’
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.”
‘
Bring me
game and
prepare for me
delicious food, that I may
eat it and
bless you
before the
Lord before I
die.’
(NIV)
go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.
Go to the
flock and
bring me
two good young goats, so that I may
prepare from them
delicious food for your
father, such as he
loves.
(NIV)
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’
And you shall
bring it to your
father to
eat,
so that he may
bless you
before he
dies.”
(NIV)
So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
So he
went and
took them and
brought them to his
mother, and his
mother prepared delicious food,
such as his
father loved.
(NIV)
Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
And she
put the
delicious food and the
bread, which she had
prepared, into the
hand of her
son Jacob.
(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)
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.
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)
May God give you heaven’s dew
and earth’s richness –
an abundance of grain and new wine.
May
God give you of the
dew of
heaven and of the
fatness of the
earth and
plenty of
grain and
wine.
(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)
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!’
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)
Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’
Isaac answered and
said to
Esau, “
Behold,
I have
made him
lord over you, and
all his
brothers I have
given to him for
servants, and with
grain and
wine I have
sustained him.
What then can I
do for
you, my
son?”
(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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
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.’
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,
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.’
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.”
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