(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so.
(ESV)
And
God said, “Let the
waters under the
heavens be
gathered together into one place, and let the
dry land appear.” And it was
so.
(NIV)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
(ESV)
Adah bore Jabal; he was the
father of those who
dwell in
tents and have
livestock.
(NIV)
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
(ESV)
Make yourself an
ark of
gopher wood.
Make rooms in the
ark, and
cover it
inside and
out with
pitch.
(NIV)
The
Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Noah, “
Go into the
ark, you and all your
household,
for I have
seen that you are
righteous before me in
this generation.
(NIV)
When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
(ESV)
He
drank of the
wine and
became drunk and lay
uncovered in his
tent.
(NIV)
May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’
(ESV)
May
God enlarge Japheth and let him
dwell in the
tents of
Shem,
and let
Canaan be his
servant.”
(NIV)
The
Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
(ESV)
Now the
Lord said to
Abram, “
Go from your
country and your
kindred and your
father’s house to the
land that I will
show you.
(NIV)
Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
(ESV)
Abram passed through the
land to the
place at
Shechem, to the
oak of
Moreh. At that time the
Canaanites were in the
land.
(NIV)
From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the
Lord and called on the name of the
Lord.
(ESV)
From there he
moved to the
hill country on the
east of
Bethel and
pitched his
tent, with
Bethel on the
west and
Ai on the
east. And there he
built an
altar to the
Lord and
called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
(ESV)
And when the
princes of
Pharaoh saw her, they
praised her
to Pharaoh. And the
woman was
taken into
Pharaoh’s house.
(NIV)
But the
Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
(ESV)
But the
Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his
house with
great plagues because
of Sarai,
Abram’s wife.
(NIV)
From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
(ESV)
And he
journeyed on from the
Negeb as far as
Bethel to the
place where his
tent had
been at the
beginning, between
Bethel and
Ai,
(NIV)
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the
Lord.
(ESV)
to the
place where he had
made an
altar at the
first. And there
Abram called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
(ESV)
And
Lot, who
went with Abram, also had
flocks and
herds and
tents,
(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)
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
(ESV)
When
Abram heard that his
kinsman had been
taken captive, he
led forth his
trained men,
born in his
house,
318 of them, and went in
pursuit as far as
Dan.
(NIV)
But Abram said, ‘Sovereign
Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?’
(ESV)
But
Abram said, “O
Lord God,
what will you
give me, for I
continue childless, and the
heir of my
house is
Eliezer of
Damascus?”
(NIV)
And Abram said, ‘You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.’
(ESV)
And
Abram said, “
Behold, you have
given me no
offspring, and a
member of my
household will be my
heir.”
(NIV)
For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring.
(ESV)
He who is
eight days old among you shall be
circumcised.
Every male throughout your
generations, whether
born in your
house or
bought with your
money from any
foreigner who is not of your
offspring,
(NIV)
Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
(ESV)
both he who is
born in your
house and he who is
bought with your
money, shall
surely be
circumcised. So shall my
covenant be in your
flesh an
everlasting covenant.
(NIV)
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
(ESV)
Then
Abraham took Ishmael his
son and
all those
born in his
house or
bought with his
money,
every male among the
men of
Abraham’s house, and he
circumcised the
flesh of their
foreskins that
very day, as
God had
said to him.
(NIV)
And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
(ESV)
And
all the
men of his
house, those
born in the
house and those
bought with
money from a
foreigner, were
circumcised with him.
(NIV)
The
Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
(ESV)
And the
Lord appeared to him by the
oaks of
Mamre, as he
sat at the
door of his
tent in the
heat of the
day.
(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)
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.’
(ESV)
And
Abraham went
quickly into the
tent to
Sarah and
said, “
Quick!
Three seahs of
fine flour!
Knead it, and
make cakes.”
(NIV)
‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ they asked him.
‘There, in the tent,’ he said.
(ESV)
They
said to him, “
Where is
Sarah your
wife?” And he
said, “She is in the
tent.”
(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
(ESV)
The
Lord said, “I will
surely return to you about this
time next year, and
Sarah your
wife shall have a
son.” And
Sarah was
listening at the
tent door behind him.
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
(ESV)
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(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)
When the
Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
(ESV)
And the
Lord went his
way,
when he had
finished speaking to
Abraham, and
Abraham returned to his
place.
(NIV)
‘My lords,’ he said, ‘please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.’
‘No,’ they answered, ‘we will spend the night in the square.’
(ESV)
and
said, “My
lords,
please turn aside to your
servant’s house and spend the
night and
wash your
feet. Then you may rise up
early and
go on your
way.” They
said, “
No; we will
spend the
night in the
town square.”
(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.
(ESV)
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)
Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom – both young and old – surrounded the house.
(ESV)
But
before they
lay down, the
men of the
city, the
men of
Sodom, both
young and
old,
all the
people to the
last man,
surrounded the
house.
(NIV)
But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
(ESV)
But the
men reached out their
hands and
brought Lot into the
house with them and
shut the
door.
(NIV)
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
(ESV)
And they
struck with
blindness the
men who were at the
entrance of the
house, both
small and
great, so that they
wore themselves out
groping for the
door.
(NIV)
The two men said to Lot, ‘Do you have anyone else here – sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
(ESV)
Then the
men said to
Lot, “
Have you
anyone else here?
Sons-in-law,
sons,
daughters, or
anyone you have in the
city,
bring them out of the
place.
(NIV)
because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the
Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.’
(ESV)
For
we are about to
destroy this
place,
because the
outcry against its people has become
great before the
Lord, and the
Lord has
sent us to
destroy it.”
(NIV)
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, ‘Hurry and get out of this place, because the
Lord is about to destroy the city!’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
(ESV)
So
Lot went out and
said to his
sons-in-law, who were to
marry his
daughters, “
Up!
Get out of
this place, for the
Lord is about to
destroy the
city.” But he
seemed to his
sons-in-law to be
jesting.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the
Lord.
(ESV)
And
Abraham went
early in the
morning to the
place where he had
stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Abraham replied, ‘I said to myself, “There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.”
(ESV)
Abraham said, “I did it because I
thought ‘
There is no
fear of
God at all in this
place, and they will
kill me because of my
wife.’
(NIV)
And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”’
(ESV)
And when
God caused me to
wander from my
father’s house, I
said to her, ‘This is the
kindness you must
do me: at every
place to which we
come,
say of me, “He is my
brother.”’”
(NIV)
for the
Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
(ESV)
For the
Lord had closed all the
wombs of the
house of
Abimelech because of
Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
(NIV)
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
(ESV)
Therefore that
place was
called Beersheba, because there both
of them swore an oath.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
(ESV)
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took two of his
young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he
cut the
wood for the
burnt offering and
arose and
went to the
place of which
God had
told him.
(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)
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
(ESV)
When they
came to the
place of which
God had
told him,
Abraham built the
altar there and
laid the
wood in order and
bound Isaac his
son and
laid him on the
altar, on
top of the
wood.
(NIV)
So Abraham called that place The
Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the
Lord it will be provided.’
(ESV)
So
Abraham called the
name of that
place, “The
Lord will
provide”;
as it is
said to this
day, “On the
mount of the
Lord it shall be
provided.”
(NIV)
He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, ‘Put your hand under my thigh.
(ESV)
And
Abraham said to his
servant, the
oldest of his
household, who had
charge of all that he had, “
Put your
hand under my
thigh,
(NIV)
‘The
Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, “To your offspring I will give this land” – he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
(ESV)
The
Lord, the
God of
heaven, who
took me from my
father’s house and from the
land of my
kindred, and who
spoke to me and
swore to me, ‘To your
offspring I will
give this
land,’ he will
send his
angel before you, and you shall
take a
wife for my
son from there.
(NIV)
Then he asked, ‘Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?’
(ESV)
and
said, “
Please tell me whose daughter you
are. Is
there room in your
father’s house for us to spend the
night?”
(NIV)
And she added, ‘We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.’
(ESV)
She
added, “We have
plenty of
both straw and
fodder,
and room to spend the
night.”
(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.’
(ESV)
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)
The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
(ESV)
Then the
young woman ran and
told her
mother’s household about these
things.
(NIV)
‘Come, you who are blessed by the
Lord,’ he said. ‘Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.’
(ESV)
He
said, “
Come in, O
blessed of the
Lord.
Why do you
stand outside? For I have
prepared the
house and a
place for the
camels.”
(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.
(ESV)
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)
but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.”
(ESV)
but you shall
go to my
father’s house and to my
clan and
take a
wife for my
son.’
(NIV)
‘He replied, “The
Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.
(ESV)
But he
said to me, ‘The
Lord,
before whom I have
walked, will
send his
angel with you and
prosper your
way. You shall
take a
wife for my
son from my
clan and from my
father’s house.
(NIV)
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.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
(ESV)
When the
boys grew up,
Esau was a
skillful hunter, a
man of the
field, while
Jacob was a
quiet man,
dwelling in
tents.
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