(NIV)
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
And
God saw that the
light was
good. And
God separated the
light from the
darkness.
(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so.
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)
God called the dry ground ‘land’, and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’. And God saw that it was good.
God called the
dry land Earth, and the
waters that were
gathered together he
called Seas. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
The
earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own
kinds, and
trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
to rule over the
day and over the
night, and to
separate the
light from the
darkness. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
So
God created the
great sea creatures and
every living creature that
moves, with which the
waters swarm, according to their
kinds, and
every winged bird according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And
God made the
beasts of the
earth according to their
kinds and the
livestock according to their
kinds, and
everything that
creeps on the
ground according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
And
God saw everything that he had
made, and
behold, it was
very good. And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
sixth day.
(NIV)
Now the
Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Now out
of the
ground the
Lord God had
formed every beast of the
field and
every bird of the
heavens and
brought them
to the
man to
see what he would
call them. And
whatever the
man called every
living creature,
that was its
name.
(NIV)
‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’
For
God knows that
when you
eat of it your
eyes will be
opened, and you will
be like
God,
knowing good and
evil.”
(NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
So when the
woman saw that the
tree was
good for
food, and that
it was a
delight to the
eyes, and that the
tree was to be
desired to make
one wise, she
took of its
fruit and
ate, and she
also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he
ate.
(NIV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realised that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Then the
eyes of
both were
opened,
and
they knew that they were
naked. And they
sewed fig leaves together and
made themselves
loincloths.
(NIV)
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the
Lord God among the trees of the garden.
And they
heard the
sound of the
Lord God walking in the
garden in the
cool of the
day, and the
man and his
wife hid themselves from the
presence of the
Lord God among the
trees of the
garden.
(NIV)
He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’
And he
said, “I
heard the
sound of you in the
garden, and I was
afraid,
because I was
naked, and I
hid myself.”
(NIV)
And he said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?’
He
said, “
Who told you that you were
naked? Have you
eaten of the
tree of
which I
commanded you
not to
eat?”
(NIV)
To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, “You must not eat from it,”
‘Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
And to
Adam he
said,
“
Because you have
listened to the
voice of your
wifeand have
eaten of the
tree of
which I
commanded you,
‘You shall
not eat of it,’
cursed is the
ground because of you;
in pain you shall
eat of it
all the
days of
your life;
(NIV)
And the
Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever.’
Then the
Lord God said,
“
Behold, the
man has
become like
one of us in
knowing good and
evil.
Now,
lest he reach
out his
hand and
take also of the
tree of
life and
eat, and
live forever—”
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the
Lord I have brought forth a man.’
Now
Adam knew Eve his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Cain,
saying, “I have
gotten a
man with the help of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’
‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’
Then the
Lord said to Cain, “
Where is
Abel your
brother?” He
said,
“I do
not know;
am I
my brother’s keeper?”
(NIV)
Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
Cain knew his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Enoch. When he
built a
city, he
called the
name of the
city after the
name of his
son,
Enoch.
(NIV)
Lamech said to his wives,
‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
Lamech said to his
wives:
“
Adah and
Zillah,
hear my
voice;
you
wives of
Lamech,
listen to what I
say:
I have
killed a
man for
wounding me,
a
young man for
striking me.
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’
And
Adam knew his
wife again, and she
bore a
son and
called his
name Seth, for she said, “
God has
appointed for me
another offspring instead of
Abel,
for Cain killed him.”
(NIV)
This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
This is the
book of the
generations of
Adam.
When God created man,
he
made him in the
likeness of
God.
(NIV)
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
the
sons of
God saw that the
daughters of
man were
attractive. And they
took as their
wives any they
chose.
(NIV)
The
Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
The
Lord saw that the
wickedness of
man was
great in the
earth, and that
every intention of the
thoughts of his
heart was
only evil continually.
(NIV)
God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
And
God saw the
earth, and
behold, it was
corrupt,
for all flesh had
corrupted their
way on the
earth.
(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.
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)
The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
And the
waters continued to
abate until the
tenth month; in the
tenth month, on the
first day of the
month, the
tops of the
mountains were
seen.
(NIV)
Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.
Then he
sent forth a
dove from him, to
see if the
waters had
subsided from the
face of the
ground.
(NIV)
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
And the
dove came back to him in the
evening, and
behold, in her
mouth was a freshly
plucked olive leaf. So
Noah knew that the
waters had
subsided from the
earth.
(NIV)
By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
In the
six hundred and
first year, in the
first month, the
first day of the
month, the
waters were
dried from off the
earth. And
Noah removed the
covering of the
ark and
looked, and
behold, the
face of the
ground was
dry.
(NIV)
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
When I
bring clouds over the
earth and the
bow is
seen in the
clouds,
(NIV)
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’
When the
bow is in the
clouds, I will
see it and
remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of
all flesh that is
on the
earth.”
(NIV)
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
And
Ham, the
father of
Canaan,
saw the
nakedness of his
father and
told his
two brothers outside.
(NIV)
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
Then
Shem and
Japheth took a
garment,
laid it on
both their
shoulders, and
walked backward and
covered the
nakedness of their
father. Their
faces were
turned backward, and they did
not see their
father’s nakedness.
(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
(NIV)
But the
Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
And the
Lord came down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
man had
built.
(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.
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)
The
Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the
Lord, who had appeared to him.
Then the
Lord appeared to Abram and
said,
“
To your
offspring I will
give this land.” So he
built there an
altar to the
Lord, who had
appeared to him.
(NIV)
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘I know what a beautiful woman you are.
When he was
about to
enter Egypt, he
said to Sarai his
wife, “
I know that you are a
woman beautiful in
appearance,
(NIV)
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, “This is his wife.” Then they will kill me but will let you live.
and when the
Egyptians see you, they will
say, ‘This is his
wife.’ Then they will
kill me, but they will let you
live.
(NIV)
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.
When
Abram entered Egypt, the
Egyptians saw that the
woman was
very beautiful.
(NIV)
And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
And when the
princes of
Pharaoh saw her, they
praised her
to Pharaoh. And the
woman was
taken into
Pharaoh’s house.
(NIV)
So Pharaoh summoned Abram. ‘What have you done to me?’ he said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
So
Pharaoh called Abram and
said, “
What is
this you have
done to me?
Why did you
not tell me that
she was
your wife?
(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.)
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.
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)
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever.
for
all the
land that
you see I will
give to you and
to your
offspring forever.
(NIV)
A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram.
Then one who had
escaped came and
told Abram the
Hebrew,
who was
living by the
oaks of
Mamre the
Amorite,
brother of
Eshcol and
of Aner. These were
allies of Abram.
(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.
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, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it?’
But he
said, “O
Lord God,
how am I to
know that I shall
possess it?”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to him, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and ill-treated there.
Then the
Lord said to
Abram, “
Know for
certain that your
offspring will be
sojourners in a
land that is
not theirs and will be
servants there, and they will be
afflicted for
four hundred years.
(NIV)
so she said to Abram, ‘The
Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.’
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
And
Sarai said to Abram, “
Behold now, the
Lord has
prevented me from
bearing children.
Go in to my
servant;
it may be that I shall
obtain children by her.” And
Abram listened to the
voice of
Sarai.
(NIV)
He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
And he
went in to Hagar, and she
conceived. And when she
saw that she had
conceived,
she looked with
contempt on her
mistress.
(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
And
Sarai said to Abram, “May the
wrong done to
me be
on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
The angel of the
Lord also said to her:
‘You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the
Lord has heard of your misery.
And the
angel of the
Lord said to her,
“
Behold, you are
pregnantand shall
bear a
son.
You shall
call his
name Ishmael,
because the
Lord has
listened to your affliction.
(NIV)
She gave this name to the
Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’
So she
called the
name of the
Lord who
spoke to her, “
You are a
God of
seeing,” for she
said,
“
Truly here I have
seen him who
looks after me.”
(NIV)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
When
Abram was
ninety-nine years old the
Lord appeared to Abram and
said to him, “
I am
God Almighty;
walk before me, and
be blameless,
(NIV)
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have
heard you;
behold, I have
blessed him and will make him
fruitful and
multiply him
greatly. He shall
father twelve princes, and I will
make him into a
great nation.
(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.
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.
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
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