(NIV)
So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
(ESV)
So the
Lord God caused a
deep sleep to
fall upon the
man, and while he
slept took one of his
ribs and
closed up its
place with
flesh.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
(ESV)
The
Lord said to
Cain, “
Why are you
angry, and
why has your
face fallen?
(NIV)
So Cain went out from the
Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
(ESV)
Then
Cain went away from the
presence of the
Lord and
settled in the
land of
Nod,
east of
Eden.
(NIV)
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
(ESV)
But
God remembered Noah and
all the
beasts and
all the
livestock that were with him in the
ark. And
God made a
wind blow over the
earth, and the
waters subsided.
(NIV)
and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
(ESV)
and
sent forth a
raven. It
went to and
fro until the
waters were
dried up from the
earth.
(NIV)
‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
(ESV)
“
Go out from the
ark,
you and your
wife, and your
sons and your
sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
(ESV)
So
Noah went out, and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him.
(NIV)
All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds – everything that moves on land – came out of the ark, one kind after another.
(ESV)
Every beast,
every creeping thing, and
every bird,
everything that
moves on the
earth,
went out by
families from the
ark.
(NIV)
and with every living creature that was with you – the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature on earth.
(ESV)
and with
every living creature that is with you, the
birds, the
livestock, and
every beast of the
earth with you, as
many as came out of the
ark; it is for
every beast of the
earth.
(NIV)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
(ESV)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
(NIV)
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
(ESV)
From that
land he
went into
Assyria and
built Nineveh,
Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah, and
(NIV)
Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
(ESV)
Pathrusim,
Casluhim (from whom the
Philistines came), and
Caphtorim.
(NIV)
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
(ESV)
Terah took Abram his
son and
Lot the
son of
Haran, his
grandson, and
Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his
son Abram’s wife, and they
went forth together from
Ur of the
Chaldeans to
go into the
land of
Canaan, but when they
came to
Haran, they
settled there.
(NIV)
So Abram went, as the
Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
(ESV)
So
Abram went, as the
Lord had
told him, and
Lot went with him.
Abram was
seventy-five years old when he
departed from
Haran.
(NIV)
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
(ESV)
And
Abram took Sarai his
wife, and
Lot his
brother’s son, and all their
possessions that they had
gathered, and the
people that they had
acquired in
Haran, and they
set out to
go to the
land of
Canaan. When they
came to the
land of
Canaan,
(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)
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim
(ESV)
Then the
king of
Sodom, the
king of
Gomorrah, the
king of
Admah, the
king of
Zeboiim, and the
king of
Bela (that
is,
Zoar)
went out, and they
joined battle in the
Valley of
Siddim
(NIV)
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
(ESV)
Now the
Valley of
Siddim was
full of
bitumen pits, and as the
kings of
Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, some
fell into them, and the
rest fled to the
hill country.
(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).
(ESV)
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)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
(ESV)
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
(NIV)
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterwards they will come out with great possessions.
(ESV)
But I will
bring judgment on the
nation that they
serve, and
afterward they shall
come out with
great possessions.
(NIV)
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking brazier with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
(ESV)
When the
sun had
gone down and it was
dark,
behold, a
smoking fire pot and a
flaming torch passed between these
pieces.
(NIV)
Abram fell face down, and God said to him,
(ESV)
Then
Abram fell on his
face. And
God said to him,
(NIV)
Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’
(ESV)
Then
Abraham fell on his
face and
laughed and
said to
himself, “Shall a child be
born to a man who is a
hundred years old? Shall
Sarah, who is
ninety years old,
bear a child?”
(NIV)
He said, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
(ESV)
and
said, “O
Lord, if I have
found favor in your
sight,
do not
pass by your
servant.
(NIV)
Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way – now that you have come to your servant.’
‘Very well,’ they answered, ‘do as you say.’
(ESV)
while I
bring a
morsel of
bread, that you may
refresh yourselves, and
after that you may
pass on— since you have
come to your
servant.” So they
said, “
Do as you have
said.”
(NIV)
Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
(ESV)
Lot went out to the men at the
entrance,
shut the
door after him,
(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)
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
(ESV)
Abraham listened to
Ephron, and
Abraham weighed out for
Ephron the
silver that he had
named in the
hearing of the
Hittites,
four hundred shekels of
silver, according to the
weights current among the
merchants.
(NIV)
The servant asked him, ‘What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?’
(ESV)
The
servant said to him, “
Perhaps the
woman may not be
willing to
follow me to this
land. Must I then
take your
son back to the
land from which you
came?”
(NIV)
He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was towards evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
(ESV)
And he made the
camels kneel down outside the
city by the
well of
water at the
time of
evening, the
time when women
go out to
draw water.
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
(ESV)
Behold,
I am
standing by the
spring of
water, and the
daughters of the
men of the
city are
coming out to
draw water.
(NIV)
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
(ESV)
Before he had
finished speaking,
behold,
Rebekah,
who was
born to
Bethuel the
son of
Milcah, the
wife of
Nahor,
Abraham’s brother,
came out with her
water jar on her
shoulder.
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
(ESV)
behold, I am
standing by the
spring of
water. Let the
virgin who
comes out to
draw water, to whom I shall
say, “
Please give me a
little water from your
jar to
drink,”
(NIV)
‘Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, “Please give me a drink.”
(ESV)
“
Before I had
finished speaking in my
heart, behold,
Rebekah came out with her
water jar on her
shoulder, and she
went down to the
spring and
drew water. I
said to her, ‘
Please let me
drink.’
(NIV)
Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘This is from the
Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
(ESV)
Then
Laban and
Bethuel answered and
said, “The
thing has
come from the
Lord; we
cannot speak to you
bad or good.
(NIV)
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
(ESV)
And
Isaac went out to meditate in the
field toward evening. And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw, and
behold, there were
camels coming.
(NIV)
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
(ESV)
And
Rebekah lifted up her
eyes, and when she
saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the
camel
(NIV)
His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go towards Ashur. And they lived in hostility towards all the tribes related to them.
(ESV)
They
settled from
Havilah to
Shur, which is
opposite Egypt in the
direction of
Assyria. He
settled over
against all his
kinsmen.
(NIV)
Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
(ESV)
Now then,
take your
weapons, your
quiver and your
bow, and
go out to the
field and
hunt game for me,
(NIV)
After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
(ESV)
As soon as
Isaac had
finished blessing Jacob, when
Jacob had
scarcely gone out from the
presence of
Isaac his
father,
Esau his
brother came in from his
hunting.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-coloured lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.
(ESV)
let me
pass through all your
flock today,
removing from
it every speckled and
spotted sheep and
every black lamb, and the
spotted and
speckled among the
goats, and they shall be my
wages.
(NIV)
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.”’
(ESV)
I am the
God of
Bethel,
where you
anointed a
pillar and
made a
vow to me. Now
arise,
go out from this
land and
return to the
land of your
kindred.’”
(NIV)
So he fled with all he had, crossed the River Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
(ESV)
He
fled with
all that he had and
arose and
crossed the
Euphrates, and
set his
face toward the
hill country of
Gilead.
(NIV)
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.
(ESV)
So
Laban went
into Jacob’s tent and into
Leah’s tent and into the
tent of the
two female servants, but he did
not find them. And he
went out of
Leah’s tent and
entered Rachel’s.
(NIV)
This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.
(ESV)
This heap is a
witness, and the
pillar is a
witness,
that I will
not pass
over this heap to you, and you will
not pass
over this heap and
this pillar to me, to do
harm.
(NIV)
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
(ESV)
I am not worthy of the
least of all the deeds of
steadfast love and
all the
faithfulness that you have
shown to your
servant,
for with only my
staff I
crossed this Jordan, and
now I have become
two camps.
(NIV)
He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, ‘Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.’
(ESV)
These he
handed over to his
servants, every
drove by
itself, and
said to his
servants, “Pass on
ahead of
me and
put a
space between drove and drove.”
(NIV)
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
(ESV)
So the
present passed on ahead
of him, and he himself
stayed that
night in the
camp.
(NIV)
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
(ESV)
The same
night he
arose and
took his
two wives, his
two female servants, and his
eleven children, and
crossed the
ford of the
Jabbok.
(NIV)
After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
(ESV)
He
took them and sent them
across the
stream,
and everything else
that he had.
(NIV)
The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.
(ESV)
The
sun rose upon him as he
passed Penuel,
limping because of his
hip.
(NIV)
He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
(ESV)
He
himself went on before them,
bowing himself to the
ground seven times, until he came
near to his
brother.
(NIV)
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
(ESV)
But
Esau ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
fell on his
neck and
kissed him, and they
wept.
(NIV)
So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.’
(ESV)
Let my
lord pass on ahead
of his
servant, and I will
lead on slowly, at the
pace of the
livestock that are
ahead of me and at the
pace of the
children, until I
come to my
lord in
Seir.”
(NIV)
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
(ESV)
Now
Dinah the
daughter of
Leah,
whom she had
borne to
Jacob,
went out to
see the
women of the
land.
(NIV)
Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
(ESV)
And
Hamor the
father of
Shechem went out to
Jacob to
speak with him.
(NIV)
All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
(ESV)
And
all who
went out of the
gate of his
city listened to
Hamor and his
son Shechem, and
every male was
circumcised, all who
went out of the
gate of his
city.
(NIV)
They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
(ESV)
They
killed Hamor and his
son Shechem with the
sword and
took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house and
went away.
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