(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.

These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

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.”

That is why it was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

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.

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile.

But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.

Moses said to the Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’

But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”

But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?’

But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

But Moses said to the Lord, ‘Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?’

But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.

But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.” Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.

And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.

You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.

with an opening for the head in its centre. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear.

It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear.

Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.

He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.

Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.

They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.

Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.

with an opening in the centre of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.

and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear.

‘If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she binds herself

“If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise by which she binds herself, and the Lord will release her.

But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. And the Lord will forgive her.

But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her.

But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will forgive her.

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them.

From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands.

This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),

Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

when I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.’

when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.

And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.

then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots – a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.
He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge – from the middle of the gorge – to the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.

Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,

It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon;

The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba

So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;

Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,

And the east boundary is the Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.

So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.’

So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.”

The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.

When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah towards Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

When they blew the 300 trumpets the Lord set every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk

Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

‘The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.

“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,

He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure round it.

Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

Below the rim, gourds encircled it – ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

Under its brim were gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.

Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.

King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

You say you have the counsel and the might for war – but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?

Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.”

Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.

He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure round it.

Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.

Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths.

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.

And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people.