(NIV)
God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
(ESV)
And
God set them in the
expanse of the
heavens to
give light on the
earth,
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
(ESV)
And
God said, “
Behold, I have
given you every plant yielding seed that is
on the
face of
all the
earth, and
every tree with
seed in its fruit.
You shall
have them for
food.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’
(ESV)
The
man said,
“The
woman whom you
gave to be
with me,
she gave me fruit
of the
tree, and I
ate.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’
The woman said, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’
(ESV)
Then the
Lord God said to the
woman, “
What is this
that you have
done?” The
woman said,
“The
serpent deceived me, and I
ate.”
(NIV)
When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’
(ESV)
When you
work the
ground, it shall
no longer yield to you its
strength. You shall be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the
earth.”
(NIV)
The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
(ESV)
The
fear of you and the
dread of you shall
be upon every beast of the
earth and
upon every bird of the
heavens, upon
everything that creeps on the
ground and
all the
fish of the
sea. Into your
hand they are
delivered.
(NIV)
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
(ESV)
Every moving thing that lives shall
be food for you. And
as I gave you the
green plants, I
give you
everything.
(NIV)
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
(ESV)
I have
set my
bow in the
cloud, and it shall
be a
sign of the
covenant between me and the
earth.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever.
(ESV)
for
all the
land that
you see I will
give to you and
to your
offspring forever.
(NIV)
Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.’
(ESV)
Arise,
walk through the
length and the
breadth of the
land, for I will
give it to
you.”
(NIV)
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
(ESV)
and
blessed be
God Most High,
who has
delivered your
enemies into your
hand!”
And Abram
gave him a
tenth of
everything.
(NIV)
The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.’
(ESV)
And the
king of
Sodom said to Abram, “
Give me the
persons, but
take the
goods for
yourself.”
(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)
He also said to him, ‘I am the
Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.’
(ESV)
And he
said to him, “
I am the
Lord who brought you out from
Ur of the
Chaldeans to give you
this land to
possess.”
(NIV)
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
(ESV)
And he
brought him
all these,
cut them in
half, and
laid each half over
against the other. But
he did
not cut the
birds in half.
(NIV)
On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –
(ESV)
On
that day the
Lord made a
covenant with Abram,
saying,
“
To your
offspring I
give this
land, from the
river of
Egypt to the
great river, the
river Euphrates,
(NIV)
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
(ESV)
So,
after Abram had
lived ten years in the
land of
Canaan,
Sarai,
Abram’s wife,
took Hagar the
Egyptian, her
servant, and
gave her to
Abram her
husband as a
wife.
(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.’
(ESV)
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 whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.’
(ESV)
And I will
give to you and to your
offspring after you the
land of your
sojournings,
all the
land of
Canaan, for an
everlasting possession, and I will
be their
God.”
(NIV)
I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
(ESV)
I will
bless her, and
moreover, I will
give you a
son by her. I will
bless her, and she shall
become nations;
kings of
peoples shall
come from her.”
(NIV)
Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
(ESV)
And
Abraham ran to the
herd and
took a
calf,
tender and
good, and
gave it
to a
young man, who
prepared it quickly.
(NIV)
He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
(ESV)
Then he
took curds and
milk and the
calf that he had
prepared, and
set it
before them. And he
stood by them
under the
tree while they
ate.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
(ESV)
Then
Abimelech took sheep and
oxen, and male
servants and
female servants, and
gave them to
Abraham, and
returned Sarah his wife to him.
(NIV)
To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’
(ESV)
To Sarah he
said, “Behold, I have
given your
brother a
thousand pieces of
silver.
It is a sign of your
innocence in the
eyes of
all who are
with you, and before
everyone you are
vindicated.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
(ESV)
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning and
took bread and a
skin of
water and
gave it
to Hagar,
putting it
on her
shoulder, along with the
child, and
sent her away. And she
departed and
wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
(NIV)
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
(ESV)
So
Abraham took sheep and
oxen and
gave them to
Abimelech, and the
two men made a
covenant.
(NIV)
‘I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so that I can bury my dead.’
(ESV)
“I am a
sojourner and
foreigner among you;
give me
property among you for a
burying place, that I may
bury my
dead out of
my sight.”
(NIV)
so that he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.’
(ESV)
that he may
give me the
cave of
Machpelah,
which he owns; it is at the
end of his
field. For the
full price let him
give it to me in your
presence as
property for a
burying place.”
(NIV)
‘No, my lord,’ he said. ‘Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.’
(ESV)
“
No, my
lord,
hear me: I
give you the
field, and I
give you the
cave that is in it. In the
sight of the
sons of my
people I
give it to you.
Bury your dead.”
(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)
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)
The
Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
(ESV)
The
Lord has
greatly blessed my
master, and he has become
great. He has
given him
flocks and
herds,
silver and
gold, male
servants and
female servants,
camels and
donkeys.
(NIV)
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
(ESV)
And
Sarah my
master’s wife bore a
son to my
master when she was
old, and
to him he has
given all that he has.
(NIV)
You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you – then you will be released from my oath.’
(ESV)
Then you will be
free from my
oath, when you
come to my
clan. And if they will
not give her to you, you will
be free from
my oath.’
(NIV)
Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
(ESV)
And the
servant brought out jewelry of
silver and
of gold, and
garments, and
gave them to
Rebekah.
He also gave to her
brother and to
her mother costly ornaments.
(NIV)
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
(ESV)
Abraham gave all he had to
Isaac.
(NIV)
But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
(ESV)
But to the
sons of his
concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still
living he
sent them away from his
son Isaac,
eastward to the
east country.
(NIV)
Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his birthright.
(ESV)
Then
Jacob gave Esau bread and
lentil stew, and he
ate and
drank and
rose and went his
way. Thus
Esau despised his
birthright.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
(ESV)
I will
multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and will
give to your
offspring all
these lands. And
in your
offspring all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed,
(NIV)
Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
(ESV)
And she
put the
delicious food and the
bread,
which she had
prepared, into the
hand of
her son Jacob.
(NIV)
May God give you heaven’s dew
and earth’s richness –
an abundance of grain and new wine.
(ESV)
May
God give you of the
dew of
heavenand of the
fatness of the
earthand
plenty of
grain and
wine.
(NIV)
Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’
(ESV)
Isaac answered and
said to
Esau, “
Behold,
I have
made him
lord over you, and
all his
brothers I have
given to him for
servants, and with
grain and
wine I have
sustained him.
What then can I
do for
you,
my son?”
(NIV)
May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’
(ESV)
May he
give the
blessing of
Abraham to you and to your
offspring with you, that you may
take possession of the
land of your
sojournings that
God gave to
Abraham!”
(NIV)
There above it stood the
Lord, and he said: ‘I am the
Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
(ESV)
And
behold,
the
Lord stood above it and
said,
“
I am the
Lord, the
God of
Abraham your
father and the
God of
Isaac.
The
land on
which you lie I will
give to you and to
your offspring.
(NIV)
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
(ESV)
Then
Jacob made a
vow,
saying, “
If God will be with me and will
keep me in this
way that
I go, and will
give me
bread to
eat and
clothing to
wear,
(NIV)
and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.’
(ESV)
and
this stone,
which I have
set up for a
pillar,
shall be
God’s house. And of
all that you
give me I will give a
full tenth to
you.”
(NIV)
Laban said, ‘It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.’
(ESV)
Laban said, “It is
better that I
give her to you than that I should
give her to any
other man;
stay with me.”
(NIV)
And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant.
(ESV)
(
Laban gave his female
servant Zilpah to his
daughter Leah to be her
servant.)
(NIV)
Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.
(ESV)
(
Laban gave his female
servant Bilhah to his
daughter Rachel to be her
servant.)
(NIV)
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Because the
Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.’ So she named him Simeon.
(ESV)
She
conceived again and
bore a
son, and
said, “
Because the
Lord has
heard that I am
hated, he has
given me
this son
also.” And she
called his
name Simeon.
(NIV)
Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.’ So he was named Levi.
(ESV)
Again she
conceived and
bore a
son, and
said, “
Now this
time my
husband will be
attached to me, because I have
borne him
three sons.”
Therefore his
name was
called Levi.
(NIV)
So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,
(ESV)
So she
gave him her
servant Bilhah as a
wife, and
Jacob went in to her.
(NIV)
Then Rachel said, ‘God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.’ Because of this she named him Dan.
(ESV)
Then
Rachel said, “
God has
judged me, and has also
heard my
voice and
given me a
son.”
Therefore she
called his
name Dan.
(NIV)
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
(ESV)
When
Leah saw that she had
ceased bearing children, she
took her
servant Zilpah and
gave her to
Jacob as a
wife.
(NIV)
During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, ‘Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.’
(ESV)
In the
days of
wheat harvest Reuben went and
found mandrakes in the
field and
brought them to his
mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, “
Please give me some of
your son’s mandrakes.”
(NIV)
Then Leah said, ‘God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.’ So she named him Issachar.
(ESV)
Leah said, “
God has
given me my
wages because I
gave my
servant to my
husband.” So she
called his
name Issachar.
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