(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.
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)
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)
Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
And
now you are
cursed from the
ground,
which has
opened its
mouth to
receive your
brother’s blood from
your hand.
(NIV)
Lamech said to his wives,
‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
Lamech said to his
wives:
“
Adah and
Zillah,
hear my
voice;
you
wives of
Lamech,
listen to what I
say:
I have
killed a
man for
wounding me,
a
young man for
striking me.
(NIV)
When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
And the
dove came back to him in the
evening, and
behold, in her
mouth was a freshly
plucked olive leaf. So
Noah knew that the
waters had
subsided from the
earth.
(NIV)
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
From these the
coastland peoples spread in their
lands,
each with his own
language, by their
clans, in
their nations.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Ham, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and
their nations.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Shem, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and
their nations.
(NIV)
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
Now the
whole earth had
one language and the
same words.
(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)
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’
Come,
let us
go down and there
confuse their
language, so
that they may
not understand one another’s speech.”
(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.
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)
So Abram went, as the
Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
So
Abram went, as the
Lord had
told him, and
Lot went with him.
Abram was
seventy-five years old when he
departed from
Haran.
(NIV)
After this, the word of the
Lord came to Abram in a vision:
‘Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.’
After these
things the
word of the
Lord came to Abram in a
vision:
“
Fear not,
Abram,
I am your
shield; your
reward shall be
very great.”
(NIV)
Then the word of the
Lord came to him: ‘This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.’
And
behold, the
word of the
Lord came
to him: “
This man shall
not be your
heir;
your very own
son shall be your
heir.”
(NIV)
so she said to Abram, ‘The
Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.’
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
And
Sarai said to Abram, “
Behold now, the
Lord has
prevented me from
bearing children.
Go in to my
servant;
it may be that I shall
obtain children by her.” And
Abram listened to the
voice of
Sarai.
(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.’
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)
Abram fell face down, and God said to him,
Then
Abram fell on his
face. And
God said to him,
(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)
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.
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)
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)
Is anything too hard for the
Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.’
Is
anything too
hard for the
Lord?
At the
appointed time I will
return to you, about this
time next year, and
Sarah shall have a
son.”
(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)
Then Abraham spoke up again: ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
Abraham answered and
said,
“
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord,
I who am but
dust and
ashes.
(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)
Abraham said, ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?’
He said, ‘For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.’
He
said, “
Behold, I have
undertaken to
speak to the
Lord.
Suppose twenty are
found there.” He
answered, “
For the
sake of
twenty I will
not destroy it.”
(NIV)
Then he said, ‘May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?’
He answered, ‘For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.’
Then he
said,
“
Oh let not the
Lord be
angry, and I will
speak again but this
once.
Suppose ten are
found there.” He
answered, “
For the
sake of
ten I will
not destroy it.”
(NIV)
When the
Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
And the
Lord went his
way,
when he had
finished speaking to Abraham, and
Abraham returned to
his place.
(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)
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, ‘Hurry and get out of this place, because the
Lord is about to destroy the city!’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
So
Lot went out and
said to his
sons-in-law, who were to
marry his
daughters,
“
Up!
Get out of
this place, for the
Lord is about to
destroy the
city.” But he
seemed to
his sons-in-law to
be jesting.
(NIV)
He said to him, ‘Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
He
said to him, “
Behold, I
grant you
this favor also, that I will
not overthrow the
city of
which you have
spoken.
(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)
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)
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)
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.
(NIV)
Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
And
Sarah conceived and
bore Abraham a
son in his
old age at the
time of which
God had
spoken to him.
(NIV)
The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
And the
thing was
very displeasing to Abraham on account of
his son.
(NIV)
But God said to him, ‘Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
But
God said to Abraham, “Be not
displeased because of the
boy and because of your
slave woman. Whatever
Sarah says to
you, do as she
tells you, for
through Isaac shall your
offspring be
named.
(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 heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
And
God heard the
voice of the
boy, and the
angel of
God called to Hagar from heaven and
said to her, “What troubles you,
Hagar?
Fear not, for
God has
heard the
voice of the
boy where he is.
(NIV)
But Abimelek said, ‘I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.’
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)
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’
‘Here I am,’ he replied.
After these
things God tested Abraham and
said to him, “
Abraham!” And he
said, “
Here I am.”
(NIV)
and said, ‘I swear by myself, declares the
Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
and
said,
“
By myself I have
sworn,
declares the
Lord,
because you have
done this and have
not withheld your
son,
your only son,
(NIV)
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
I will
surely bless you, and I will
surely multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and
as the
sand that is
on the
seashore. And your
offspring shall
possess the
gate of his
enemies,
(NIV)
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.’
and
in your
offspring shall
all the
nations of the
earth be
blessed,
because you have
obeyed my voice.”
(NIV)
Some time later Abraham was told, ‘Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Now
after these
things it was
told to
Abraham, “
Behold,
Milcah also has
borne children to
your brother Nahor:
(NIV)
Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
And
Abraham rose up from
before his
dead and
said to the
Hittites,
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
And he
said to them, “If you
are willing that I should
bury my
dead out of my
sight,
hear me and
entreat for me
Ephron the
son of
Zohar,
(NIV)
and he said to Ephron in their hearing, ‘Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so that I can bury my dead there.’
And he
said to Ephron in the
hearing of the
people of the
land, “But
if you will,
hear me: I
give the
price of the
field.
Accept it
from me, that I may
bury my dead there.”
(NIV)
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
Abraham listened to Ephron, and
Abraham weighed out for
Ephron the
silver that he had
named in the
hearing of the
Hittites,
four hundred shekels of
silver, according to the
weights current among the
merchants.
(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 the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
So the
servant put his
hand under the
thigh of
Abraham his
master and
swore to him
concerning this matter.
(NIV)
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Before
he had
finished speaking,
behold,
Rebekah,
who was
born to
Bethuel the
son of
Milcah, the
wife of
Nahor,
Abraham’s brother,
came out with her
water jar on
her shoulder.
(NIV)
The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Then the
young woman ran and
told her
mother’s household about
these things.
(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)
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.
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)
‘Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, “Please give me a drink.”
“
Before I had
finished speaking in my
heart, behold,
Rebekah came out with her
water jar on her
shoulder, and she
went down to the
spring and
drew water. I
said to her, ‘
Please let me
drink.’
(NIV)
Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘This is from the
Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
Then
Laban and
Bethuel answered and
said, “The
thing has
come from the
Lord; we
cannot speak to you
bad or good.
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