(NIV)
Now the
Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
(ESV)
And the
Lord God planted a
garden in
Eden, in the
east, and
there he
put the
man whom he had
formed.
(NIV)
The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
(ESV)
The
name of the
first is the
Pishon.
It is the one that
flowed around the
whole land of
Havilah,
where there is
gold.
(NIV)
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
(ESV)
The
name of the
second river is the
Gihon. It is the one that
flowed around the
whole land of
Cush.
(NIV)
The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
(ESV)
And the
name of the
third river is the
Tigris, which
flows east of
Assyria. And the
fourth river is the
Euphrates.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
(ESV)
The
man gave names to
all livestock and to the
birds of the
heavens and to
every beast of the
field. But for
Adam there was not
found a
helper fit
for him.
(NIV)
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
(ESV)
The
man called his
wife’s name Eve,
because she was the
mother of all
living.
(NIV)
But the
Lord said to him, ‘Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the
Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to him, “Not
so!
If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be
taken on him
sevenfold.” And the
Lord put a
mark on
Cain,
lest any who
found him should
attack him.
(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.
(ESV)
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 married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
(ESV)
And
Lamech took two wives. The
name of the
one was
Adah, and the
name of the
other Zillah.
(NIV)
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
(ESV)
His
brother’s name was
Jubal; he was the
father of
all those who
play the
lyre and
pipe.
(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.’
(ESV)
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)
Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.
At that time people began to call on the name of the
Lord.
(ESV)
To
Seth also a
son was
born, and he
called his
name Enosh. At that
time people
began to
call upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them ‘Mankind’ when they were created.
(ESV)
Male and
female he
created them, and he
blessed them and
named them
Man when they were
created.
(NIV)
When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
(ESV)
When
Adam had
lived 130 years, he
fathered a son in his own
likeness, after his
image, and
named him Seth.
(NIV)
He named him Noah and said, ‘He will comfort us in the labour and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the
Lord has cursed.’
(ESV)
and
called his
name Noah,
saying, “
Out of the
ground that the
Lord has
cursed, this
one shall bring us
relief from our
work and from the
painful toil of our
hands.”
(NIV)
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterwards – when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
(ESV)
The
Nephilim were on the
earth in those
days, and also
afterward,
when the
sons of
God came in to the
daughters of
man and they
bore children to them.
These were the
mighty men who were of
old, the
men of
renown.
(NIV)
Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
(ESV)
Make a
roof for the
ark, and
finish it to a
cubit above, and
set the
door of the
ark in its
side. Make it with
lower,
second, and
third decks.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
(ESV)
To
Eber were
born two sons: the
name of the
one was
Peleg for in his
days the
earth was
divided, and his
brother’s name was
Joktan.
(NIV)
Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’
(ESV)
Then they
said, “
Come, let us
build ourselves a
city and a
tower with its
top in the
heavens, and let us
make a
name for ourselves, lest we be
dispersed over the
face of the whole
earth.”
(NIV)
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.
(ESV)
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.
(NIV)
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
(ESV)
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives. The
name of
Abram’s wife was
Sarai, and the
name of
Nahor’s wife,
Milcah, the
daughter of
Haran the
father of
Milcah and Iscah.
(NIV)
‘I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
(ESV)
And I will
make of you a
great nation, and I will
bless you and make your
name great, so that you will be a
blessing.
(NIV)
From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the
Lord and called on the name of the
Lord.
(ESV)
From there he
moved to the
hill country on the
east of
Bethel and
pitched his
tent, with
Bethel on the
west and
Ai on the
east. And there he
built an
altar to the
Lord and
called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the
Lord.
(ESV)
to the
place where he had
made an
altar at the
first. And there
Abram called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
(ESV)
I will
make your
offspring as the
dust of the
earth,
so that if
one can count the
dust of the
earth, your
offspring also can be
counted.
(NIV)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;
(ESV)
Now
Sarai,
Abram’s wife, had
borne him
no children. She had a female
Egyptian servant whose
name was
Hagar.
(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.
(ESV)
And the
angel of the
Lord said to her,
“
Behold, you are
pregnant and 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.’
(ESV)
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)
So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
(ESV)
And
Hagar bore Abram a
son, and
Abram called the
name of his
son, whom
Hagar bore,
Ishmael.
(NIV)
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
(ESV)
No longer shall your
name be
called Abram but your
name shall be
Abraham for I have
made you the
father of a
multitude of
nations.
(NIV)
God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
(ESV)
And
God said to
Abraham, “As for
Sarai your
wife, you shall
not call her
name Sarai,
but Sarah shall be her
name.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
(ESV)
God said, “
No, but
Sarah your
wife shall
bear you a
son, and you shall
call his
name Isaac. I will
establish my
covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.’ (That is why the town was called Zoar. )
(ESV)
Escape there quickly, for I
can do nothing till you
arrive there.”
Therefore the
name of the
city was
called Zoar.
(NIV)
The elder daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
(ESV)
The
firstborn bore a
son and
called his
name Moab.
He is the
father of the
Moabites to this
day.
(NIV)
The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
(ESV)
The
younger also
bore a
son and
called his
name Ben-ammi. He is the
father of the
Ammonites to this
day.
(NIV)
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
(ESV)
Abraham called the
name of his
son who was
born to him, whom
Sarah bore him,
Isaac.
(NIV)
I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.’
(ESV)
And I will
make a
nation of the
son of the
slave woman also, because he is your
offspring.”
(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)
Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.’
(ESV)
Up! Lift
up the
boy, and hold him
fast with your
hand, for I will
make him into a
great nation.”
(NIV)
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the
Lord, the Eternal God.
(ESV)
Abraham
planted a
tamarisk tree in
Beersheba and
called there on the
name of the
Lord, the
Everlasting God.
(NIV)
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
(ESV)
And
Abraham took the
wood of the
burnt offering and
laid it on
Isaac his
son. And he
took in his
hand the
fire and the
knife. So they
went both of them
together.
(NIV)
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
(ESV)
When they
came to the
place of which
God had
told him,
Abraham built the
altar there and
laid the
wood in order and
bound Isaac his
son and
laid him on the
altar, on
top of the
wood.
(NIV)
So Abraham called that place The
Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the
Lord it will be provided.’
(ESV)
So
Abraham called the
name of that
place, “The
Lord will
provide”;
as it is
said to this
day, “On the
mount of the
Lord it shall be
provided.”
(NIV)
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
(ESV)
Moreover, his
concubine, whose
name was
Reumah,
bore Tebah,
Gaham,
Tahash, and
Maacah.
(NIV)
He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, ‘Put your hand under my thigh.
(ESV)
And
Abraham said to his
servant, the
oldest of his
household, who had
charge of all that he had, “
Put your
hand under my
thigh,
(NIV)
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
(ESV)
So the
servant put his
hand under the
thigh of
Abraham his
master and
swore to him
concerning this matter.
(NIV)
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.
(ESV)
Rebekah had a
brother whose
name was
Laban.
Laban ran out toward the
man, to the
spring.
(NIV)
Then food was set before him, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.’
‘Then tell us,’ Laban said.
(ESV)
Then food was
set before him to
eat. But he
said, “I will not
eat until I have
said what I have to
say.” He
said, “Speak
on.”
(NIV)
‘I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?”
‘She said, “The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.”
‘Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
(ESV)
Then I
asked her, ‘
Whose daughter are you?’ She
said, ‘The
daughter of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s son, whom
Milcah bore to him.’ So I
put the
ring on her
nose and the
bracelets on her
arms.
(NIV)
Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.
(ESV)
Abraham took another wife, whose
name was
Keturah.
(NIV)
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
(ESV)
These are the
names of the
sons of
Ishmael,
named in the order of their
birth:
Nebaioth, the
firstborn of
Ishmael; and
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
(NIV)
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.
(ESV)
These are the
sons of
Ishmael and these are their
names, by their
villages and by their
encampments,
twelve princes according to their
tribes.
(NIV)
The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.
(ESV)
The
first came out red, all his body like a
hairy cloak, so they
called his
name Esau.
(NIV)
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
(ESV)
Afterward his
brother came out with his
hand holding Esau’s heel, so his
name was
called Jacob.
Isaac was
sixty years old when she
bore them.
(NIV)
He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!’ (That is why he was also called Edom. )
(ESV)
And
Esau said to
Jacob, “Let me
eat some
of that red stew, for I am
exhausted!” (Therefore his
name was
called Edom. )
(NIV)
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
(ESV)
And
Isaac dug again the
wells of
water that had been
dug in the
days of
Abraham his
father, which the
Philistines had
stopped after the
death of
Abraham. And he
gave them the
names that his
father had
given them.
(NIV)
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, ‘The water is ours!’ So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
(ESV)
the
herdsmen of
Gerar quarreled with
Isaac’s herdsmen,
saying, “The
water is ours.” So he
called the
name of the
well Esek, because they
contended with him.
(NIV)
Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
(ESV)
Then they
dug another well, and they
quarreled over that
also, so he
called its
name Sitnah.
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