871 verses

Gen 4:13

(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.

Gen 7:17

(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.

Gen 13:6

(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,

Gen 13:10

(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.)

Gen 13:14

(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,

Gen 15:16

(NIV)
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’

(ESV)
And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Gen 18:2

(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

Gen 18:24

(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?

Gen 18:26

(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.”

Gen 19:15

(NIV)
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.’

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 19:21

(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.

Gen 21:16

(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.

Gen 21:18

(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.”

Gen 22:4

(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.

Gen 22:13

(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.

Gen 24:63

(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.

Gen 24:64

(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

Gen 26:10

(NIV)
Then Abimelek said, ‘What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.’

(ESV)
Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Gen 27:3

(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,

Gen 27:38

(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.

Gen 29:1

(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.

Gen 29:11

(NIV)
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
(ESV)
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

Gen 31:10

(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.

Gen 31:12

(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.

Gen 31:17

(NIV)
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
(ESV)
So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

Gen 32:20

(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.”

Gen 33:1

(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.

Gen 33:5

(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.”

Gen 36:7

(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.

Gen 37:25

(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.

Gen 39:7

(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.”

Gen 40:13

(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.

Gen 40:19

(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 headfrom you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”

Gen 40:20

(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.

Gen 42:26

(NIV)
they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

(ESV)
Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.

Gen 43:29

(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!”

Gen 43:34

(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.

Gen 44:1

(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,

Gen 44:16

(NIV)
‘What can we say to my lord?’ Judah replied. ‘What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves – we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.’

(ESV)
And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”

Gen 45:19

(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.

Gen 45:23

(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.

Gen 45:27

(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.

Gen 46:5

(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.

Gen 47:30

(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.”

Gen 50:13

(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.

Gen 50:17

(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.

Exod 6:8

(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.’”

Exod 10:13

(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.

Exod 10:17

(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.”

Exod 10:19

(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.

Exod 12:34

(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.

Exod 14:10

(NIV)
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.
(ESV)
When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.

Exod 18:22

(NIV)
Let them serve as judges for the people at all times, but let them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
(ESV)
And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

Exod 19:4

(NIV)
“You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
(ESV)
You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagleswings and brought you to myself.

Exod 20:5

(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
(ESV)
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exod 20:7

(NIV)
‘You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
(ESV)
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Exod 23:1

(NIV)
‘Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

(ESV)
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Exod 23:21

(NIV)
Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
(ESV)
Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

Exod 25:14

(NIV)
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
(ESV)
And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

Exod 25:27

(NIV)
The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
(ESV)
Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
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