(NIV)
but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
and a
mist was
going up from the
land and was
watering the
whole face of the
ground—
(NIV)
The
Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’
Then the
Lord God said, “It is
not good that the
man should
be alone;
I will
make him a
helper fit
for him.”
(NIV)
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
The
man gave names to
all livestock and to the
birds of the
heavens and to
every beast of the
field. But for
Adam there was
not found a
helper fit
for him.
(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)
The
Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
And the
Lord said, “
What have you
done? The
voice of your
brother’s blood is
crying to me
from the
ground.
(NIV)
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark – you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
But I will
establish my
covenant with you, and you shall
come into the
ark, you,
your sons, your
wife, and
your sons’
wives with you.
(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)
I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.’
I
establish my
covenant with you, that
never again shall
all flesh be
cut off by the
waters of the
flood, and
never again shall there be a
flood to
destroy the
earth.”
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.’
God said to Noah, “
This is the
sign of the
covenant that I have
established between me and all flesh that is
on the
earth.”
(NIV)
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
So
Abram went up from
Egypt,
he and his
wife and all
that he had, and
Lot with him, into the
Negeb.
(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.
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)
After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
After his
return from the
defeat of
Chedorlaomer and the
kings who were with him, the
king of
Sodom went out to
meet him at the
Valley of
Shaveh (that
is, the
King’s Valley).
(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)
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)
But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.’
But
I will
establish my
covenant with Isaac,
whom Sarah shall
bear to you at this
time next year.”
(NIV)
When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
When he had
finished talking with him,
God went up from
Abraham.
(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.
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)
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
The
two angels came to
Sodom in the
evening, and
Lot was
sitting in the
gate of
Sodom. When
Lot saw them, he
rose to
meet them and
bowed himself with his
face to the
earth
(NIV)
He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, towards all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
And he
looked down toward Sodom and
Gomorrah and
toward all the
land of the
valley, and he
looked and,
behold, the
smoke of the
land went up like the
smoke of a
furnace.
(NIV)
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
Now
Lot went up out of
Zoar and
lived in the
hills with his
two daughters, for he was
afraid to
live in
Zoar. So he
lived in a
cave with his
two daughters.
(NIV)
Now the
Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the
Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
The
Lord visited Sarah as he had
said, and the
Lord did to
Sarah as he had
promised.
(NIV)
So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre – both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field – was legally made over
So the
field of
Ephron in
Machpelah,
which was to the
east of
Mamre, the
field with the
cave that was in it and
all the
trees that were in the
field, throughout its
whole area, was
made over
(NIV)
So the field and the cave in it were legally made over to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.
The
field and the
cave that is in it were
made over to
Abraham as
property for a
burying place by the
Hittites.
(NIV)
The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
The
young woman was
very attractive in
appearance, a
maiden whom no
man had
known. She
went down to the
spring and
filled her
jar and
came up.
(NIV)
The servant hurried to meet her and said, ‘Please give me a little water from your jar.’
Then the
servant ran to
meet her and
said, “
Please give me a
little water to drink from
your jar.”
(NIV)
saying, ‘Praise be to the
Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the
Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.’
and
said, “
Blessed be the
Lord,
the
God of my
master Abraham,
who has
not forsaken his
steadfast love and his
faithfulness toward my
master. As for me, the
Lord has
led me in the
way to the
house of
my master’s kinsmen.”
(NIV)
and asked the servant, ‘Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?’
‘He is my master,’ the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
and
said to the
servant, “
Who is
that man,
walking in the
field to
meet us?” The
servant said, “
It is my
master.” So she
took her
veil and
covered herself.
(NIV)
Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
Sojourn in this
land, and I will
be with you and will
bless you, for
to you and to your
offspring I will
give all
these lands, and I will
establish the
oath that I
swore to
Abraham your father.
(NIV)
From there he went up to Beersheba.
From there he
went up to
Beersheba.
(NIV)
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’
As soon as
Esau heard the
words of his
father,
he cried out with an exceedingly great and
bitter cry and said to his
father, “
Bless me, even me
also, O
my father!”
(NIV)
He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
And he
dreamed, and
behold, there was a
ladder set up on the
earth, and the
top of it
reached to
heaven. And
behold,
the
angels of
God were
ascending and
descending on
it!
(NIV)
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’
Behold,
I am
with you and will
keep you
wherever you
go, and will bring you
back to
this land.
For I will
not leave you
until I have
done what I have
promised you.”
(NIV)
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
As soon as
Laban heard the
news about
Jacob, his
sister’s son,
he ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
kissed him and
brought him
to his
house. Jacob
told Laban all these things,
(NIV)
So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. ‘You must sleep with me,’ she said. ‘I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.’ So he slept with her that night.
When
Jacob came from the
field in the
evening,
Leah went out to
meet him and
said, “You must
come in to me,
for I have
hired you with my
son’s mandrakes.” So he
lay with her
that night.
(NIV)
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, ‘We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.’
And the
messengers returned to Jacob,
saying, “We
came to your
brother Esau, and he is
coming to
meet you, and there are
four hundred men with him.”
(NIV)
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
But
Esau ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
fell on his
neck and
kissed him, and they
wept.
(NIV)
Then God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.’
God said to Jacob, “
Arise,
go up to
Bethel and
dwell there.
Make an
altar there to the
God who
appeared to you
when you
fled from
your brother Esau.”
(NIV)
Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’
Then let us
arise and
go up to
Bethel, so that I may
make there an
altar to the
God who
answers me in the
day of my
distress and has been with me
wherever I have
gone.”
(NIV)
Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
Then
God went up from him in the
place where he had
spoken with him.
(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.
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)
Then Judah said to Onan, ‘Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfil your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.’
Then
Judah said to
Onan, “
Go in to your
brother’s wife and perform the duty of a
brother-in-law to her, and raise
up offspring for
your brother.”
(NIV)
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.
(NIV)
When Tamar was told, ‘Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,’
And when
Tamar was
told, “Your
father-in-law is going
up to
Timnah to
shear his sheep,”
(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)
She caught him by his cloak and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’ But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
she
caught him by his
garment,
saying, “
Lie with me.” But he
left his
garment in her
hand and
fled and
got out of the house.
(NIV)
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
And as soon as she
saw that he had
left his
garment in her
hand and had
fled out of the house,
(NIV)
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
And as soon as he
heard that I
lifted up my
voice and
cried out, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled and
got out of the house.”
(NIV)
But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
But as soon as I
lifted up my
voice and
cried, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled out of the house.”
(NIV)
and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
and on the
vine there were
three branches. As soon as
it budded, its
blossoms shot forth, and the
clusters ripened into
grapes.
(NIV)
when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
and
behold, there
came up out
of the
Nile seven cows,
attractive and
plump, and they
fed in the
reed grass.
(NIV)
After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the river-bank.
And
behold,
seven other cows,
ugly and
thin,
came up out
of the
Nile after them, and
stood by the other
cows on the
bank of the
Nile.
(NIV)
He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
And he
fell asleep and
dreamed a
second time. And
behold,
seven ears of grain,
plump and
good, were
growing on
one stalk.
(NIV)
when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.
Seven cows,
plump and
attractive,
came up out
of the
Nile and
fed in the
reed grass.
(NIV)
After them, seven other cows came up – scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.
Seven other cows came up after them,
poor and
very ugly and
thin, such
as I had
never seen in
all the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
‘In my dream I saw seven ears of corn, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
I also
saw in my
dream seven ears growing on
one stalk,
full and
good.
(NIV)
The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterwards are seven years, and so are the seven worthless ears of corn scorched by the east wind: they are seven years of famine.
The
seven lean and
ugly cows that
came up after them are
seven years, and the
seven empty ears blighted by the
east wind are also
seven years of
famine.
(NIV)
When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, ‘Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.’
When
all the
land of
Egypt was
famished, the
people cried to Pharaoh for
bread.
Pharaoh said to
all the
Egyptians, “
Go to Joseph.
What he
says to you,
do.”
(NIV)
When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.
So when the
famine had
spread over all the
land,
Joseph opened all the
storehouses and
sold to the
Egyptians, for the
famine was
severe in the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.
Moreover,
all the
earth came to
Egypt to Joseph to
buy grain, because the
famine was
severe over all the
earth.
(NIV)
But Joseph said, ‘Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.’
But he
said, “Far be
it from me that I should
do so! Only the
man in
whose hand the
cup was
found shall
be my
servant. But as for
you,
go up in
peace to
your father.”
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