They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They used brick instead of stone, and bitumen for mortar.

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’

Come let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.

And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.

Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love – Isaac – and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will show you.’

He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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.”

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.

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.

Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, ‘I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.’

Jacob loved Rachel. And he said “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, ‘It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.’

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

It was also called Mizpah, because he said, ‘May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

and Mizpah for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight.

His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

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.

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.

In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her.

The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.

And we answered, “We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.”

And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, ‘Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?’

When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?”

Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbours for articles of silver and gold.’

Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.”

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.’

when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

‘But if the servant declares, “I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,”

But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

‘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,

‘If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.

“When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share.

‘If anyone gives a neighbour silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbour’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found he shall pay double.

But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property.

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, “This is mine,” both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

‘If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbour for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,

“If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without anyone seeing it,

the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the Lord that the neighbour did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.

an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.

‘If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbour and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution.

“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.

If you take your neighbour’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,

If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

Then he said to them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbour.”’

And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’”

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

‘“Do not defraud or rob your neighbour.

‘“Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

‘“Do not go about spreading slander among your people.

‘“Do not do anything that endangers your neighbour’s life. I am the Lord.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

‘“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

‘“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife – with the wife of his neighbour – both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.

“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,

to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbour without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.

that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

“‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbour’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’

“‘And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land – your corn, new wine and oil – the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you.

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

“And now, Israel what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God to walk in all his ways to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations – as it is today.

Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.

“You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.

So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today – to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul –

“And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow – to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him –

For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,