(NIV)
God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.
(ESV)
God called the
light Day, and the
darkness he
called Night. And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
first day.
(NIV)
God called the vault ‘sky’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day.
(ESV)
And
God called the
expanse Heaven. And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
second day.
(NIV)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the third day.
(ESV)
And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
third day.
(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
(ESV)
And
God said, “Let there
be lights in the
expanse of the
heavens to
separate the
day from the
night. And let them
be for
signs and for
seasons, and for
days and
years,
(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.
(ESV)
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)
to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
(ESV)
to rule over the
day and over the
night, and to
separate the
light from the
darkness. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.
(ESV)
And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
fourth day.
(NIV)
And there was evening, and there was morning – the fifth day.
(ESV)
And there
was evening and there
was morning, the
fifth day.
(NIV)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
These are the
generationsof the
heavens and the
earth when they were
created,
in the
day that the
Lord God made the
earth and the
heavens.
(NIV)
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’
(ESV)
but of the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and
evil you shall
not eat,
for in the
day that you
eat of it you shall
surely die.”
(NIV)
‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’
(ESV)
For
God knows that
when you
eat of it your
eyes will be
opened, and you will
be like
God,
knowing good and
evil.”
(NIV)
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the
Lord God among the trees of the garden.
(ESV)
And they
heard the
sound of the
Lord God walking in the
garden in the
cool of the
day, and the
man and his
wife hid themselves from the
presence of the
Lord God among the
trees of the
garden.
(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.
(ESV)
The
Lord God said to the
serpent,
“
Because you have
done this,
cursed are you
above all livestockand
above all beasts of the
field;
on your
belly you shall
go,
and
dust you shall
eatall the
days of
your life.
(NIV)
To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, “You must not eat from it,”
‘Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
(ESV)
And to
Adam he
said,
“
Because you have
listened to the
voice of your
wifeand have
eaten of the
tree of
which I
commanded you,
‘You shall
not eat of it,’
cursed is the
ground because of you;
in pain you shall
eat of it
all the
days of
your life;
(NIV)
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the
Lord.
(ESV)
In the
course of
time Cain brought to the
Lord an
offering of the
fruit of the
ground,
(NIV)
Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.’
(ESV)
Behold,
you have
driven me
today away from the
ground, and
from your
face I shall be
hidden. I shall be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the
earth,
and whoever
finds me will
kill me.”
(NIV)
This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
(ESV)
This is the
book of the
generations of
Adam.
When God created man,
he
made him in the
likeness of
God.
(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)
After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
(ESV)
The
days of
Adam after he
fathered Seth were
800 years; and he
had other
sons and
daughters.
(NIV)
Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days that
Adam lived were
930 years,
and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Seth were
912 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Enosh were
905 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Kenan were
910 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Mahalalel were
895 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Jared were
962 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Enoch were
365 years.
(NIV)
Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Methuselah were
969 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
Thus
all the
days of
Lamech were
777 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with humans for ever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.’
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said,
“My
Spirit shall
not abide in
man forever,
for he is
flesh: his
days shall be
120 years.”
(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)
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.’
(ESV)
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 after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
(ESV)
And after
seven days the
waters of the
flood came
upon the
earth.
(NIV)
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
(ESV)
In the
six hundredth year of
Noah’s life, in the
second month, on the
seventeenth day of the
month, on
that day all the
fountains of the
great deep burst forth, and the
windows of the
heavens were
opened.
(NIV)
And rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
(ESV)
And
rain fell
upon the
earth forty days and
forty nights.
(NIV)
On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
(ESV)
On the very
same day Noah and his sons,
Shem and
Ham and
Japheth, and
Noah’s wife and the
three wives of his
sons with them
entered the
ark,
(NIV)
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
(ESV)
The
flood continued
forty days on the
earth. The
waters increased and
bore up the
ark, and it
rose high above the
earth.
(NIV)
The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
(ESV)
And the
waters prevailed on the
earth 150 days.
(NIV)
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,
(ESV)
and the
waters receded from the
earth continually. At the
end of
150 days the
waters had
abated,
(NIV)
and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
(ESV)
and in the
seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the
month, the
ark came to
rest on the
mountains of
Ararat.
(NIV)
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark
(ESV)
At the
end of
forty days Noah opened the
window of the
ark that he had
made
(NIV)
He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
Then he
waited another seven days and
sent forth the
dove, and she did
not return to him anymore.
(NIV)
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
(ESV)
In the
second month, on the
twenty-seventh day of the
month, the
earth had
dried out.
(NIV)
‘As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.’
(ESV)
While the
earth remains,
seedtime and
harvest,
cold and
heat,
summer and
winter,
day and
night, shall
not cease.”
(NIV)
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
(ESV)
All the
days of
Noah were
950 years, and he
died.
(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)
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
(ESV)
The
days of
Terah were
205 years, and
Terah died in
Haran.
(NIV)
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim,
(ESV)
In the
days of
Amraphel king of
Shinar,
Arioch king of
Ellasar,
Chedorlaomer king of
Elam, and
Tidal king of
Goiim,
(NIV)
On that day the
Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –
(ESV)
On
that day the
Lord made a
covenant with Abram,
saying,
“
To your
offspring I
give this
land, from the
river of
Egypt to the
great river, the
river Euphrates,
(NIV)
For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring.
(ESV)
He who is
eight days old among you shall be
circumcised.
Every male throughout your
generations, whether
born in your
house or
bought with your
money from
any foreigner who is not of
your offspring,
(NIV)
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
(ESV)
Then
Abraham took Ishmael his
son and
all those
born in his
house or
bought with his
money,
every male among the
men of
Abraham’s house, and he
circumcised the
flesh of their
foreskins that
very day, as
God had
said to him.
(NIV)
Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.
(ESV)
That
very day Abraham and
his son Ishmael were
circumcised.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
(ESV)
And
Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac when he was
eight days old,
as
God had
commanded him.
(NIV)
The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
(ESV)
And the
child grew and was
weaned. And
Abraham made a
great feast on the
day that
Isaac was
weaned.
(NIV)
But Abimelek said, ‘I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.’
(ESV)
Abimelech said, “I do not
know who has
done this
thing; you did
not tell me, and I have
not heard of it
until today.”
(NIV)
And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
(ESV)
And
Abraham sojourned many
days in the
land of the
Philistines.
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