(NIV)
So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
And
God made the
expanse and
separated the
waters that were
under the
expanse from the
waters that were
above the
expanse. And it was
so.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so.
And
God said,
“Let the
earth sprout vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind, on the
earth.” And it was
so.
(NIV)
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
The
earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own
kinds, and
trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
And
God made the
two great lights—the
greater light to
rule the
day and the
lesser light to
rule the
night—and the
stars.
(NIV)
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And
God made the
beasts of the
earth according to their
kinds and the
livestock according to their
kinds, and
everything that
creeps on the
ground according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
Then
God said,
“Let us
make man in our
image,
after our
likeness. And let them have
dominion over the
fish of the
sea and over the
birds of the
heavens and over the
livestock and over
all the
earth and over
every creeping thing that
creeps on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
And
God saw everything that he had
made, and
behold, it was
very good. And there was
evening and there was
morning, the
sixth day.
(NIV)
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
And on the
seventh day God finished his
work that he had
done, and he
rested on the
seventh day from
all his
work that he had
done.
(NIV)
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
So
God blessed the
seventh day and made it
holy,
because on it God
rested from
all his
work that he had
done in
creation.
(NIV)
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
These are the
generations of the
heavens and the
earth when they were
created,
in the
day that the
Lord God made the
earth and the
heavens.
(NIV)
The
Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’
Then the
Lord God said, “It is not
good that the
man should
be alone;
I will
make him a
helper fit
for him.”
(NIV)
Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the
Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’
Now the
serpent was more crafty than any other
beast of the
field that the
Lord God had
made.
He
said to the
woman, “Did
God actually say, ‘You shall not
eat of
any tree in the
garden’?”
(NIV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realised that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Then the
eyes of
both were
opened,
and
they knew that they were
naked. And they
sewed fig leaves together and
made themselves
loincloths.
(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.’
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)
So the
Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this,
‘Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
The
Lord God said to the
serpent,
“
Because you have
done this,
cursed are you
above all livestock and
above all beasts of the
field;
on your
belly you shall
go,
and
dust you shall
eat all the
days of your
life.
(NIV)
The
Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
And the
Lord God made for
Adam and for his
wife garments of
skins and
clothed them.
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the
Lord I have brought forth a man.’
Now
Adam knew Eve his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Cain,
saying, “I have
gotten a
man with the help of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
And the
Lord said, “
What have you
done? The
voice of your
brother’s blood is
crying to me from the
ground.
(NIV)
This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
This is the
book of the
generations of
Adam.
When God created man,
he
made him in the
likeness of
God.
(NIV)
The
Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
And the
Lord regretted that he had
made man on the
earth, and it
grieved him
to his
heart.
(NIV)
So the
Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created – and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground – for I regret that I have made them.’
So the
Lord said, “I will
blot out man whom I have
created from the
face of the
land,
man and animals and
creeping things and
birds of the
heavens,
for I am
sorry that I have
made them.”
(NIV)
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Make yourself an
ark of
gopher wood.
Make rooms in the
ark, and
cover it
inside and
out with
pitch.
(NIV)
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
This is
how you are to
make it: the
length of the
ark 300 cubits its
breadth 50 cubits, and its
height 30 cubits.
(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.
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)
Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Noah did this; he
did all that
God commanded him.
(NIV)
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 Noah did all that the
Lord commanded him.
And
Noah did all that the
Lord had
commanded him.
(NIV)
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark
At the
end of
forty days Noah opened the
window of the
ark that he had
made
(NIV)
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)
‘Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
“Whoever
sheds the
blood of
man,
by
man shall his
blood be
shed,
for God made man in his own
image.
(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
(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.’
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)
The
Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
And the
Lord said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have
all one language, and this is only the
beginning of what they
will do. And
nothing that they
propose to
do will now be
impossible for them.
(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.
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)
So Pharaoh summoned Abram. ‘What have you done to me?’ he said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
So
Pharaoh called Abram and
said, “
What is
this you have
done to me?
Why did you not
tell me that she was your
wife?
(NIV)
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the
Lord.
to the
place where he had
made an
altar at the
first. And there
Abram called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
these kings
made war with Bera king of
Sodom,
Birsha king of
Gomorrah,
Shinab king of
Admah,
Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the
king of
Bela (that
is,
Zoar).
(NIV)
and he blessed Abram, saying,
‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
And he
blessed him and
said,
“
Blessed be
Abram by
God Most High,
Possessor of
heaven and
earth;
(NIV)
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the
Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
But
Abram said to the
king of
Sodom,
“I have
lifted my hand to the
Lord,
God Most High,
Possessor of
heaven and
earth,
(NIV)
‘Your slave is in your hands,’ Abram said. ‘Do with her whatever you think best.’ Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar; so she fled from her.
But
Abram said to
Sarai, “
Behold, your
servant is in your
power;
do to her as you
please.”
Then Sarai dealt
harshly with her, and she
fled from her.
(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.’
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)
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. ‘Quick,’ he said, ‘get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.’
And
Abraham went
quickly into the
tent to
Sarah and
said, “
Quick!
Three seahs of
fine flour!
Knead it, and
make cakes.”
(NIV)
Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
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.
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 the
Lord said, ‘Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
The
Lord said,
“Shall I
hide from
Abraham what I am about to
do,
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(NIV)
that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.’
I will
go down to
see whether they have
done altogether according to the
outcry that has
come to me. And
if not,
I will
know.”
(NIV)
Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?’
Far be it from you to
do such a
thing, to put the
righteous to
death with the
wicked,
so that the
righteous fare as the
wicked!
Far be that from you! Shall not the
Judge of
all the
earth do what is
just?”
(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.”
(NIV)
Then he said, ‘May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?’
He answered, ‘I will not do it if I find thirty there.’
Then he
said, “
Oh let not the
Lord be
angry, and I will
speak.
Suppose thirty are
found there.” He
answered, “I will
not do it,
if I
find thirty there.”
(NIV)
But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
But he
pressed them
strongly; so they
turned aside to him and
entered his
house. And he
made them a
feast and
baked unleavened bread, and they
ate.
(NIV)
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.’
Behold, I have
two daughters who have not
known any
man. Let me
bring them out to you, and
do to them as you
please.
Only do nothing to
these men, for they have
come under the
shelter of my
roof.”
(NIV)
Your servant has found favour in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
Behold, your
servant has
found favor in your
sight, and you have
shown me great kindness in
saving my
life. But I
cannot escape to the
hills, lest the
disaster overtake me and I
die.
(NIV)
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.’ (That is why the town was called Zoar. )
Escape there quickly, for I
can do nothing till you
arrive there.”
Therefore the
name of the
city was
called Zoar.
(NIV)
Did he not say to me, “She is my sister,” and didn’t she also say, “He is my brother”? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’
Did he not himself
say to me, ‘
She is my
sister’?
And she herself said, ‘He is my
brother.’ In the
integrity of my
heart and the
innocence of my
hands I have
done this.”
(NIV)
Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Then
God said to him in the
dream, “
Yes, I
know that you have
done this in the
integrity of your
heart, and it was I who
kept you from
sinning against me. Therefore I did not
let you
touch her.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’
Then
Abimelech called Abraham and
said to him, “What have you
done to us? And how have I
sinned against you, that you have
brought on me and my
kingdom a
great sin? You have
done to me
things that ought not to be
done.”
(NIV)
And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’
And
Abimelech said to
Abraham, “
What did you
see, that you
did this
thing?”
(NIV)
And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”’
And when
God caused me to
wander from my
father’s house, I
said to her, ‘This is the
kindness you must
do me: at every
place to which we
come,
say of me, “He is my
brother.”’”
(NIV)
Now the
Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the
Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
The
Lord visited Sarah as he had
said, and the
Lord did to
Sarah as he had
promised.
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