(NIV)
but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
and a
mist was
going up from the
land and was
watering the
whole face of the
ground—
(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.
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)
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
He drove
out the
man, and at the
east of the
garden of
Eden he
placed the
cherubim and a
flaming sword that
turned every way to
guard the
way to the
tree of
life.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
The
Lord said to Cain, “
Why are you
angry, and
why has
your face fallen?
(NIV)
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’
If you do
well, will you not be
accepted? And
if you do
not do
well,
sin is
crouching at the
door.
Its
desire is contrary to
you, but you must
rule over
it.”
(NIV)
So Cain went out from the
Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Then
Cain went away from the
presence of the
Lord and
settled in the
land of
Nod,
east of
Eden.
(NIV)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
Adah bore Jabal; he
was the
father of those who
dwell in
tents and have
livestock.
(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.
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)
May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’
May
God enlarge Japheth,
and let him
dwell in the
tents of
Shem,
and let
Canaan be
his servant.”
(NIV)
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
And as
people migrated from the
east, they
found a
plain in the
land of
Shinar and
settled there.
(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.
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 up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
So
Abram went up from
Egypt,
he and his
wife and all
that he had, and
Lot with him, into the
Negeb.
(NIV)
But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
so that the
land could
not support both of them
dwelling together; for their
possessions were so
great that they
could not
dwell together,
(NIV)
And quarrelling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
and there
was strife between the
herdsmen of
Abram’s livestock and the
herdsmen of
Lot’s livestock. At that time the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites were
dwelling in the
land.
(NIV)
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
Abram settled in the
land of
Canaan, while
Lot settled among the
cities of the
valley and moved his
tent as
far as Sodom.
(NIV)
So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the
Lord.
So
Abram moved his
tent and
came and
settled by the
oaks of
Mamre,
which are at
Hebron, and there he
built an
altar to the
Lord.
(NIV)
Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
Then they
turned back and
came to En-mishpat (that is,
Kadesh) and
defeated all the
country of the
Amalekites, and also the
Amorites who were
dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.
(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.
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)
They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
They also
took Lot,
the
son of
Abram’s brother,
who was
dwelling in
Sodom, and his
possessions, and went their
way.
(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)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
(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.
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)
He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
towards all his brothers.’
He shall
be a
wild donkey of a
man,
his
hand against
everyoneand
everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall
dwell over against all his
kinsmen.”
(NIV)
Abram fell face down, and God said to him,
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?’
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)
When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
When he had
finished talking with him,
God went up from
Abraham.
(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)
Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’
But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’
But
Sarah denied it,
saying, “I did
not laugh,” for she was
afraid. He
said, “
No, but you did
laugh.”
(NIV)
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
The
two angels came to
Sodom in the
evening, and
Lot was
sitting in the
gate of
Sodom. When
Lot saw them, he
rose to
meet them and
bowed himself with his
face to the
earth
(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.
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)
Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities – and also the vegetation in the land.
And he
overthrew those cities, and
all the
valley, and
all the
inhabitants of the
cities, and what
grew on the
ground.
(NIV)
He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, towards all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
And he
looked down toward Sodom and
Gomorrah and
toward all the
land of the
valley, and he
looked and,
behold, the
smoke of the
land went up like the
smoke of a
furnace.
(NIV)
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
So it was that, when
God destroyed the
cities of the
valley,
God remembered Abraham and
sent Lot out of the
midst of the
overthrow when he
overthrew the
cities in
which Lot had
lived.
(NIV)
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
Now
Lot went up out of
Zoar and
lived in the
hills with his
two daughters, for he was
afraid to
live in
Zoar. So he
lived in a
cave with his
two daughters.
(NIV)
Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.’
Come, let us make our
father drink wine, and we will
lie with him, that we may
preserve offspring from our
father.”
(NIV)
That night they got their father to drink wine, and the elder daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
So they made their
father drink wine that
night. And the
firstborn went in and
lay with her
father. He did
not know when she
lay down or when she
arose.
(NIV)
The next day the elder daughter said to the younger, ‘Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.’
The next
day, the
firstborn said to the
younger, “
Behold, I
lay last night with my
father. Let us make him
drink wine tonight also. Then you
go in and
lie with him, that we may
preserve offspring from our
father.”
(NIV)
So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
So they made their
father drink wine that night also. And the
younger arose and
lay with him, and he did
not know when she
lay down or when she
arose.
(NIV)
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
From there
Abraham journeyed toward the
territory of the
Negeb and
lived between Kadesh and
Shur; and he
sojourned in
Gerar.
(NIV)
And Abimelek said, ‘My land is before you; live wherever you like.’
And
Abimelech said, “Behold, my
land is
before you;
dwell where it
pleases you.”
(NIV)
When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
When the
water in the
skin was
gone, she
put the
child under one of the
bushes.
(NIV)
Then she went off and sat down about a bow-shot away, for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ And as she sat there, she began to sob.
Then she
went and
sat down opposite him a good
way off, about the distance of a
bowshot, for she
said, “Let me not
look on the
death of the
child.” And as she
sat opposite him, she
lifted up her
voice and
wept.
(NIV)
God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
And
God was
with the
boy, and he
grew up. He
lived in the
wilderness and
became an
expert with the
bow.
(NIV)
While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
He
lived in the
wilderness of
Paran, and his
mother took a
wife for him from the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
He said to his servants, ‘Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.’
Then
Abraham said to his
young men, “Stay
here with the
donkey;
I and the
boy will
go over
there and
worship and come
again to you.”
(NIV)
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
So
Abraham returned to his
young men, and they
arose and
went together to Beersheba. And
Abraham lived at
Beersheba.
(NIV)
Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Now
Ephron was
sitting among the
Hittites, and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the
hearing of the
Hittites, of
all who
went in at the
gate of
his city,
(NIV)
I want you to swear by the
Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
that I may make you
swear by the
Lord, the
God of
heaven and
God of the
earth, that you will
not take a
wife for my
son from the
daughters of the
Canaanites,
among whom
I dwell,
(NIV)
The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
The
young woman was
very attractive in
appearance, a
maiden whom no
man had
known. She
went down to the
spring and
filled her
jar and
came up.
(NIV)
And my master made me swear an oath, and said, “You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
My
master made me
swear,
saying, ‘You shall
not take a
wife for my
son from the
daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose
land I dwell,
(NIV)
But her brother and her mother replied, ‘Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.’
Her
brother and her
mother said, “Let the
young woman remain with us a
while, at
least ten days;
after that she may
go.”
(NIV)
Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Now
Isaac had
returned from
Beer-lahai-roi and was
dwelling in the
Negeb.
(NIV)
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel
And
Rebekah lifted up her
eyes, and when she
saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the
camel
(NIV)
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
After the
death of
Abraham,
God blessed Isaac his
son. And
Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
(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.
They
settled from
Havilah to
Shur,
which is
opposite Egypt in the
direction of
Assyria. He
settled over against all his
kinsmen.
(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.
When the
boys grew up,
Esau was a
skillful hunter, a
man of the
field, while
Jacob was a
quiet man,
dwelling in
tents.
(NIV)
The
Lord appeared to Isaac and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
And the
Lord appeared to him and
said, “Do not
go down to
Egypt;
dwell in the
land of
which I shall
tell you.
(NIV)
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
So
Isaac settled in
Gerar.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek said, ‘What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.’
Abimelech said, “
What is
this you have
done to us?
One of the
people might easily have
lain with your
wife, and
you would have
brought guilt upon us.”
(NIV)
So Isaac moved away from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
So
Isaac departed from
there and
encamped in the
Valley of
Gerar and
settled there.
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