(NIV)
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the
Lord.
(ESV)
In the
course of
time Cain brought to the
Lord an
offering of the
fruit of the
ground,
(NIV)
But Abel also brought an offering – fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The
Lord looked with favour on Abel and his offering,
(ESV)
and
Abel also brought of the
firstborn of his
flock and of their
fat portions. And the
Lord had
regard for Abel and his
offering,
(NIV)
but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
(ESV)
but for
Cain and his
offering he had
no regard. So
Cain was
very angry, and his
face fell.
(NIV)
Cain said to the
Lord, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear.
(ESV)
Cain said to the
Lord, “My
punishment is
greater than I can
bear.
(NIV)
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
(ESV)
The
flood continued
forty days on the
earth. The
waters increased and
bore up the
ark, and it
rose high above the
earth.
(NIV)
But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
(ESV)
so that the
land could not
support both of them
dwelling together; for their
possessions were so
great that they
could not
dwell together,
(NIV)
Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan towards Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the
Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
(ESV)
And
Lot lifted up his
eyes and
saw that the
Jordan Valley was
well watered everywhere like the
garden of the
Lord, like the
land of
Egypt, in the
direction of
Zoar. (This was before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah.)
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, ‘Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.
(ESV)
The
Lord said to
Abram,
after Lot had
separated from him, “Lift
up your
eyes and
look from the
place where you are,
northward and
southward and
eastward and
westward,
(NIV)
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
(ESV)
He
lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
three men were
standing in
front of him. When he
saw them, he
ran from the
tent door to
meet them and
bowed himself to the
earth
(NIV)
What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
(ESV)
Suppose there
are fifty righteous within the
city. Will you then sweep away the
place and
not spare it for the
fifty righteous who are in
it?
(NIV)
The
Lord said, ‘If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.’
(ESV)
And the
Lord said, “
If I
find at
Sodom fifty righteous in the
city, I will
spare the
whole place for their
sake.”
(NIV)
He said to him, ‘Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
(ESV)
He
said to him, “
Behold, I
grant you
this favor also, that I will not
overthrow the
city of
which you have
spoken.
(NIV)
Then she went off and sat down about a bow-shot away, for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ And as she sat there, she began to sob.
(ESV)
Then she
went and
sat down opposite him a good
way off, about the distance of a
bowshot, for she
said, “Let me not
look on the
death of the
child.” And as she
sat opposite him, she
lifted up her
voice and
wept.
(NIV)
Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.’
(ESV)
Up! Lift
up the
boy, and hold him
fast with your
hand, for I will
make him into a
great nation.”
(NIV)
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
(ESV)
On the
third day Abraham lifted up his
eyes and
saw the
place from
afar.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
(ESV)
And
Isaac went out to
meditate in the
field toward evening. And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw, and
behold, there were
camels coming.
(NIV)
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
(ESV)
And
Rebekah lifted up her
eyes, and when she
saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the
camel
(NIV)
But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
(ESV)
But to the
sons of his
concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still
living he
sent them away from his
son Isaac,
eastward to the
east country.
(NIV)
Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
(ESV)
Now then,
take your
weapons, your
quiver and your
bow, and
go out to the
field and
hunt game for me,
(NIV)
Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!’ Then Esau wept aloud.
(ESV)
Esau said to his
father, “Have you but
one blessing, my
father?
Bless me, even me
also, O my
father.” And
Esau lifted up his
voice and
wept.
(NIV)
Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.
(ESV)
Then
Jacob went on his
journey and
came to the
land of the
people of the
east.
(NIV)
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
(ESV)
Then
Jacob kissed Rachel and
wept aloud.
(NIV)
‘In the breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.
(ESV)
In the
breeding season of the
flock I
lifted up my
eyes and
saw in a
dream that the
goats that
mated with the
flock were
striped,
spotted, and
mottled.
(NIV)
And he said, “Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
(ESV)
And he
said, ‘Lift
up your
eyes and
see,
all the
goats that
mate with the
flock are
striped,
spotted, and
mottled, for I have
seen all that
Laban is
doing to you.
(NIV)
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
(ESV)
So
Jacob arose and
set his
sons and his
wives on
camels.
(NIV)
He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
(ESV)
So he
stayed there that
night, and from what he
had with him he
took a
present for his
brother Esau,
(NIV)
then you are to say, “They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.”’
(ESV)
then you shall
say, ‘They belong to your
servant Jacob. They are a
present sent to my
lord Esau. And
moreover, he is
behind us.’”
(NIV)
And be sure to say, “Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.”’ For he thought, ‘I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.’
(ESV)
and you shall
say, ‘
Moreover, your
servant Jacob is
behind us.’” For he
thought, “I may
appease him with the
present that
goes ahead of
me, and
afterward I shall
see his
face.
Perhaps he will
accept me.”
(NIV)
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
(ESV)
So the
present passed on ahead
of him, and he himself
stayed that
night in the
camp.
(NIV)
Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.
(ESV)
And
Jacob lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
Esau was
coming, and
four hundred men with him. So he
divided the
children among
Leah and
Rachel and the
two female servants.
(NIV)
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. ‘Who are these with you?’ he asked.
Jacob answered, ‘They are the children God has graciously given your servant.’
(ESV)
And when Esau
lifted up his
eyes and
saw the
women and
children, he
said, “
Who are
these with you?” Jacob
said, “The
children whom God has
graciously given your
servant.”
(NIV)
‘No, please!’ said Jacob. ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favourably.
(ESV)
Jacob said, “
No,
please,
if I have
found favor in your
sight, then
accept my
present from my
hand.
For I have
seen your
face, which is like
seeing the
face of
God, and you have
accepted me.
(NIV)
Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.’
(ESV)
Ask me for as
great a
bride price and
gift as you will, and I will
give whatever you
say to me. Only
give me the
young woman to be my
wife.”
(NIV)
Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.
(ESV)
For their
possessions were too
great for them to
dwell together. The
land of their
sojournings could not
support them
because of their
livestock.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’
(ESV)
And
after a
time his
master’s wife cast her
eyes on
Joseph and
said, “
Lie with me.”
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
(ESV)
In three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head and
restore you to your
office, and you shall
place Pharaoh’s cup in his
hand as
formerly, when you were his
cupbearer.
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.’
(ESV)
In
three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head—
from you!—and
hang you on a
tree. And the
birds will
eat the
flesh from you.”
(NIV)
Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
(ESV)
On the
third day, which was
Pharaoh’s birthday, he
made a
feast for
all his
servants and
lifted up the
head of the
chief cupbearer and the head of the
chief baker among his
servants.
(NIV)
they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
(ESV)
Then they
loaded their
donkeys with their
grain and
departed.
(NIV)
Then their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be, then do this: put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift – a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
(ESV)
Then their
father Israel said to them, “
If it must be
so,
then do this:
take some of the
choice fruits of the
land in your
bags, and carry a
present down to the
man, a
little balm and a
little honey,
gum,
myrrh,
pistachio nuts, and
almonds.
(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.
(ESV)
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 prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
(ESV)
they
prepared the
present for Joseph’s coming at
noon, for they
heard that they should
eat bread there.
(NIV)
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
(ESV)
When
Joseph came home, they
brought into the
house to him the
present that they had
with them and bowed
down to him to the
ground.
(NIV)
As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, ‘Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?’ And he said, ‘God be gracious to you, my son.’
(ESV)
And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw his
brother Benjamin, his
mother’s son, and
said, “Is
this your
youngest brother, of
whom you
spoke to me?
God be
gracious to you, my
son!”
(NIV)
When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
(ESV)
Portions were
taken to them from Joseph’s table, but
Benjamin’s portion was
five times as
much as any of theirs. And they
drank and were
merry with him.
(NIV)
Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: ‘Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
(ESV)
Then he
commanded the
steward of his
house, “
Fill the
men’s sacks with
food, as much
as they
can carry, and
put each
man’s money in the
mouth of his
sack,
(NIV)
‘You are also instructed to tell them, “Do this: take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come.
(ESV)
And you, Joseph, are
commanded to say, ‘
Do this:
take wagons from the
land of
Egypt for your
little ones and for your
wives, and
bring your
father, and
come.
(NIV)
And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.
(ESV)
To his
father he
sent as
follows:
ten donkeys loaded with the
good things of
Egypt, and
ten female
donkeys loaded with
grain,
bread, and
provision for his
father on the
journey.
(NIV)
But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
(ESV)
But when they
told him
all the
words of
Joseph,
which he had
said to them, and when he
saw the
wagons that Joseph had
sent to
carry him, the
spirit of their
father Jacob revived.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.’
‘I will do as you say,’ he said.
(ESV)
but let me
lie with my
fathers.
Carry me out of
Egypt and
bury me in their
burying place.” He
answered, “I will
do as you have
said.”
(NIV)
they carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
(ESV)
for his
sons carried him to the
land of
Canaan and
buried him in the
cave of the
field at
Machpelah,
to the
east of
Mamre,
which Abraham bought with the
field from
Ephron the
Hittite to
possess as a
burying place.
(NIV)
“This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.” Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.’ When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
(ESV)
‘
Say to
Joseph, “
Please forgive the
transgression of your
brothers and their
sin,
because they
did evil to you.”’ And
now,
please forgive the
transgression of the
servants of the
God of your
father.”
Joseph wept when they
spoke to him.
(NIV)
And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.”’
(ESV)
I will
bring you into the
land that I
swore to
give to
Abraham, to
Isaac, and to
Jacob. I will
give it to you for a
possession. I am the
Lord.’”
(NIV)
So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the
Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;
(ESV)
So
Moses stretched out his
staff over the
land of
Egypt, and the
Lord brought an
east wind upon the
land all that
day and
all that
night. When it was
morning, the
east wind had
brought the
locusts.
(NIV)
Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the
Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.’
(ESV)
Now therefore,
forgive my
sin,
please,
only this
once, and
plead with the
Lord your
God only to
remove this
death from me.”
(NIV)
And the
Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
(ESV)
And the
Lord turned the wind into a
very strong west wind, which
lifted the
locusts and
drove them into the
Red Sea. Not a
single locust was
left in
all the
country of
Egypt.
(NIV)
So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.
(ESV)
So the
people took their
dough before it was
leavened, their
kneading bowls being
bound up in their
cloaks on their
shoulders.
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