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So the
Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
therefore the
Lord God sent him out from the
garden of
Eden to
work the
ground from
which he was
taken.
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
And
again, she
bore his
brother Abel. Now
Abel was a
keeper of
sheep, and
Cain a
worker of the
ground.
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’
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)
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.”
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Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.’
For in seven days I will send
rain on the
earth forty days and
forty nights,
and
every living thing that I have
made I will
blot out from the
face of the
ground.”
(NIV)
and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
and
sent forth a
raven. It
went to and
fro until the
waters were
dried up from the
earth.
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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)
He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
He
waited another seven days, and
again he
sent forth the
dove out of the
ark.
(NIV)
He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
Then he
waited another seven days and
sent forth the
dove, and she did
not return to him
anymore.
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The
Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ‘Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
And when the
Lord smelled the
pleasing aroma, the
Lord said in his
heart, “I will
never again curse the
ground because of
man,
for the
intention of
man’s heart is
evil from his
youth.
Neither will I ever
again strike down every living creature as I have
done.
(NIV)
‘As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.’
While the
earth remains,
seedtime and
harvest,
cold and
heat,
summer and
winter,
day and
night, shall
not cease.”
(NIV)
I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.’
I
establish my
covenant with you, that
never again shall
all flesh be
cut off by the
waters of the
flood, and
never again shall there be a
flood to
destroy the
earth.”
(NIV)
I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
I will
remember my
covenant that is
between me and you and every living creature of
all flesh. And the
waters shall
never again become a
flood to
destroy all flesh.
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
And
Pharaoh gave
men orders concerning him, and they
sent him away with his
wife and all that he had.
(NIV)
No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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)
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.
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)
When the men got up to leave, they looked down towards Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
Then the
men set out from there, and they
looked down toward Sodom. And
Abraham went with them to set them on their
way.
(NIV)
The men turned away and went towards Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the
Lord.
So the
men turned from there and
went toward
Sodom, but
Abraham still stood before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Once again he spoke to him, ‘What if only forty are found there?’
He said, ‘For the sake of forty, I will not do it.’
Again he
spoke to him and
said, “
Suppose forty are
found there.” He
answered, “For the
sake of
forty I will not
do it.”
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‘My lords,’ he said, ‘please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.’
‘No,’ they answered, ‘we will spend the night in the square.’
and
said, “My
lords,
please turn aside to your
servant’s house and spend the
night and
wash your
feet. Then you may rise up
early and
go on your
way.” They
said,
“
No; we will
spend the night in the
town square.”
(NIV)
The two men said to Lot, ‘Do you have anyone else here – sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
Then the
men said to
Lot, “
Have you
anyone else here?
Sons-in-law,
sons,
daughters, or
anyone you have in the
city,
bring them out of the
place.
(NIV)
because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the
Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.’
For
we are about to
destroy this
place,
because the
outcry against its people has become
great before the
Lord, and the
Lord has
sent us to
destroy it.”
(NIV)
As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, ‘Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!’
And as they
brought them
out, one
said, “
Escape for your
life.
Do not
look back or
stop anywhere in the
valley.
Escape to the
hills,
lest you be
swept away.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the
Lord.
And
Abraham went
early in the
morning to the
place where he had
stood before the
Lord.
(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)
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
And
Abraham said of Sarah his
wife,
“She is my
sister.” And
Abimelech king of
Gerar sent and
took Sarah.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
So
Abimelech rose
early in the
morning and
called all his
servants and
told them all these
things. And the
men were very
much afraid.
(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.
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)
Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took two of his
young men with him, and his
son Isaac. And he
cut the
wood for the
burnt offering and
arose and
went to the
place of which
God had
told him.
(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.
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 she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.
So she
quickly emptied her
jar into the
trough and
ran again to the
well to
draw water, and she
drew for all his
camels.
(NIV)
As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
As soon as he
saw the
ring and the
bracelets on his
sister’s arms, and
heard the
words of
Rebekah his
sister, “
Thus the
man spoke to me,” he
went to the
man. And
behold, he was
standing by the
camels at the
spring.
(NIV)
‘Come, you who are blessed by the
Lord,’ he said. ‘Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.’
He
said, “
Come in,
O
blessed of the
Lord.
Why do you
stand outside? For I have
prepared the
house and a
place for the
camels.”
(NIV)
‘He replied, “The
Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.
But he
said to me, ‘The
Lord,
before whom I have
walked, will
send his
angel with you and
prosper your
way. You shall
take a
wife for my
son from my
clan and from my
father’s house.
(NIV)
Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.
When they got up the next morning, he said, ‘Send me on my way to my master.’
And he and the
men who were with him
ate and
drank, and they spent the
night there. When they
arose in the
morning, he
said,
“Send me
away to my
master.”
(NIV)
But he said to them, ‘Do not detain me, now that the
Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.’
But he
said to them, “Do not
delay me, since the
Lord has
prospered my
way. Send me
away that I may
go to my
master.”
(NIV)
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
So they
sent away Rebekah their
sister and her
nurse, and
Abraham’s servant and his
men.
(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.
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)
Isaac asked them, ‘Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?’
Isaac said to them, “
Why have you
come to me, seeing that you
hate me and have
sent me away from you?”
(NIV)
that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the
Lord.’
that you will
do us no
harm, just as we have not
touched you and have
done to you
nothing but good and have
sent you away in
peace.
You are
now the
blessed of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
In the
morning they rose
early and
exchanged oaths. And
Isaac sent them on their way, and they
departed from him in
peace.
(NIV)
When Rebekah was told what her elder son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, ‘Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.
But the
words of
Esau her
older son were
told to
Rebekah. So she
sent and
called Jacob her
younger son and
said to him, “
Behold, your
brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to
kill you.
(NIV)
When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?’
until your
brother’s anger turns away from you, and he
forgets what you have
done to him. Then I will
send and
bring you from
there.
Why should I be
bereft of you
both in
one day?”
(NIV)
Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Thus
Isaac sent Jacob away. And he
went to
Paddan-aram, to
Laban, the
son of
Bethuel the
Aramean, the
brother of
Rebekah,
Jacob’s and
Esau’s mother.
(NIV)
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, ‘Do not marry a Canaanite woman,’
Now
Esau saw that
Isaac had
blessed Jacob and
sent him away to
Paddan-aram to
take a
wife from
there, and that as he
blessed him he
directed him, “You must
not take a
wife from the
Canaanite women,”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
So
early in the
morning Jacob took the
stone that he had
put under his
head and
set it up for a
pillar and
poured oil on the
top of it.
(NIV)
‘Look,’ he said, ‘the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.’
He
said, “
Behold, it is
still high day; it is
not time for the
livestock to be
gathered together.
Water the
sheep and
go,
pasture them.”
(NIV)
While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherd.
While he was
still speaking with them,
Rachel came with her
father’s sheep,
for she was a
shepherdess.
(NIV)
Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.’
Complete the
week of
this one, and we will
give you the
other also in
return for
serving me
another seven years.”
(NIV)
Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
So Jacob
went in to
Rachel also,
and he
loved Rachel more than
Leah, and
served Laban for
another seven years.
(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.
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.
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)
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘This time I will praise the
Lord.’ So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
And she
conceived again and
bore a
son, and
said, “This
time I will
praise the
Lord.”
Therefore she
called his
name Judah. Then she
ceased bearing.
(NIV)
Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and
bore Jacob a
second son.
(NIV)
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
When
Leah saw that she had
ceased bearing children, she
took her
servant Zilpah and
gave her to
Jacob as a
wife.
(NIV)
Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
And
Leah conceived again, and she
bore Jacob a
sixth son.
(NIV)
After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Send me on my way so that I can go back to my own homeland.
As soon as
Rachel had
borne Joseph,
Jacob said to
Laban, “Send me
away, that I may
go to my own
home and
country.
(NIV)
So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.
So
Jacob sent and
called Rachel and
Leah into the
field where his
flock was
(NIV)
Then Rachel and Leah replied, ‘Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?
Then
Rachel and
Leah answered and
said to him, “Is there any
portion or
inheritance left to
us in our
father’s house?
(NIV)
Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so that I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of tambourines and harps?
Why did you
flee secretly and
trick me, and did
not tell me, so that I might have
sent you away with
mirth and
songs, with
tambourine and
lyre?
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