(NIV)
So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
(ESV)
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)
So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
(ESV)
So the
Lord God caused a
deep sleep to
fall upon the
man, and while he
slept took one of his
ribs and
closed up its
place with
flesh.
(NIV)
And the
Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever.’
(ESV)
Then the
Lord God said, “
Behold, the
man has become like
one of us in
knowing good and
evil. Now,
lest he reach
out his
hand and
take also of the
tree of
life and
eat, and
live forever—”
(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.
(ESV)
And
now you are
cursed from the
ground, which has
opened its
mouth to
receive your
brother’s blood from your
hand.
(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)
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)
I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
(ESV)
For
behold,
I will
bring a
flood of
waters upon the
earth to
destroy all flesh in
which is the
breath of
life under heaven.
Everything that is on the
earth shall
die.
(NIV)
They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
(ESV)
And the
waters prevailed so
mightily on the
earth that
all the
high mountains under the
whole heaven were
covered.
(NIV)
But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
(ESV)
But the
dove found no place to
set her
foot, and she
returned to him to the
ark,
for the
waters were still
on the
face of the
whole earth. So he put
out his
hand and
took her and
brought her into the
ark with him.
(NIV)
The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
(ESV)
The
fear of you and the
dread of you shall be
upon every beast of the
earth and
upon every bird of the
heavens,
upon everything that
creeps on the
ground and
all the
fish of the
sea. Into your
hand they are
delivered.
(NIV)
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
(ESV)
And
for your
lifeblood I will require a
reckoning:
from every beast I will
require it and
from man.
From his
fellow man I will require a
reckoning for the
life of
man.
(NIV)
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
(ESV)
and
blessed be
God Most High,
who has
delivered your
enemies into your
hand!”
And Abram
gave him a
tenth of everything.
(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,
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
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)
Then the angel of the
Lord told her, ‘Go back to your mistress and submit to her.’
(ESV)
The
angel of the
Lord said to her, “
Return to your
mistress and
submit to her.”
(NIV)
He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
towards all his brothers.’
(ESV)
He shall be a
wild donkey of a
man,
his
hand against
everyone and
everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall
dwell over against all his
kinsmen.”
(NIV)
Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
(ESV)
Let a
little water be
brought, and
wash your
feet, and
rest yourselves under the
tree,
(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.
(ESV)
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)
But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
(ESV)
But the
men reached out their
hands and
brought Lot into the
house with them and
shut the
door.
(NIV)
When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the
Lord was merciful to them.
(ESV)
But he
lingered. So the
men seized him and his
wife and his
two daughters by the
hand, the
Lord being
merciful to him, and they
brought him out and
set him outside the
city.
(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)
Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness that I have shown to you.’
(ESV)
Now therefore
swear to me
here by
God that you will not
deal falsely with me or with my
descendants or with my
posterity, but as I have
dealt kindly with you, so you will
deal with me and with the
land where you have
sojourned.”
(NIV)
Abraham said, ‘I swear it.’
(ESV)
And
Abraham said, “I will
swear.”
(NIV)
He replied, ‘Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.’
(ESV)
He
said, “These
seven ewe lambs you will
take from my
hand,
that this may be a
witness for me that I
dug this
well.”
(NIV)
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
(ESV)
Therefore that
place was
called Beersheba, because there both
of them swore an oath.
(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)
Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
(ESV)
Then
Abraham reached out his
hand and
took the
knife to
slaughter his
son.
(NIV)
‘Do not lay a hand on the boy,’ he said. ‘Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.’
(ESV)
He
said, “Do not
lay your
hand on the
boy or
do anything to him, for
now I
know that you
fear God, seeing you have
not withheld your
son, your
only son, from me.”
(NIV)
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
(ESV)
And
Abraham lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
behind him was a
ram,
caught in a
thicket by his
horns. And
Abraham went and
took the
ram and
offered it up as a
burnt offering instead of his
son.
(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,
(ESV)
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)
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)
I want you to swear by the
Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
(ESV)
that I may make you
swear by the
Lord, the
God of
heaven and
God of the
earth, that you will not
take a
wife for my
son from the
daughters of the
Canaanites,
among whom I
dwell,
(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.
(ESV)
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.
(ESV)
So the
servant put his
hand under the
thigh of
Abraham his
master and
swore to him
concerning this matter.
(NIV)
Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
(ESV)
Then the
servant took ten of his
master’s camels and
departed,
taking all sorts of
choice gifts from his
master; and he
arose and
went to
Mesopotamia to the
city of
Nahor.
(NIV)
‘Drink, my lord,’ she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
(ESV)
She
said, “
Drink, my
lord.” And she
quickly let
down her
jar upon her
hand and gave him a
drink.
(NIV)
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
(ESV)
When the
camels had
finished drinking, the
man took a
gold ring weighing a
half shekel, and
two bracelets for her
arms weighing ten gold shekels,
(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.
(ESV)
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)
And my master made me swear an oath, and said, “You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
(ESV)
My
master made me
swear,
saying, ‘You shall not
take a
wife for my
son from the
daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose
land I
dwell,
(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)
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)
But Jacob said, ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
(ESV)
Jacob said, “
Swear to me
now.” So he
swore to him and
sold his
birthright to
Jacob.
(NIV)
Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
(ESV)
Sojourn in this
land, and I will be with you and will
bless you, for to you and to your
offspring I will
give all
these lands, and I will
establish the
oath that I
swore to
Abraham your
father.
(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.
(ESV)
In the
morning they rose
early and
exchanged oaths. And
Isaac sent them on their way, and they
departed from him in
peace.
(NIV)
She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.
(ESV)
And the
skins of the
young goats she
put on his
hands and on the
smooth part of his
neck.
(NIV)
Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
(ESV)
And she
put the
delicious food and the
bread, which she had
prepared, into the
hand of her
son Jacob.
(NIV)
Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’
(ESV)
So
Jacob went
near to
Isaac his
father, who
felt him and
said, “The
voice is
Jacob’s voice, but the
hands are the
hands of
Esau.”
(NIV)
He did not recognise him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.
(ESV)
And he did
not recognize him,
because his
hands were
hairy like his
brother Esau’s hands. So he
blessed him.
(NIV)
But she said to her, ‘Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?’
‘Very well,’ Rachel said, ‘he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.’
(ESV)
But she
said to her, “Is it a
small matter that you have
taken away my
husband? Would you
take away my
son’s mandrakes also?”
Rachel said, “Then he may
lie with you
tonight in exchange
for your
son’s mandrakes.”
(NIV)
That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-coloured lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.
(ESV)
But that
day Laban
removed the
male goats that were
striped and
spotted, and
all the
female goats that were
speckled and
spotted,
every one that had
white on it, and every
lamb that was
black, and
put them in the
charge of his
sons.
(NIV)
I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
(ESV)
It
is in my
power to
do you
harm. But the
God of your
father spoke to me
last night,
saying, ‘Be
careful not to
say anything to
Jacob,
either good or bad.’
(NIV)
I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.
(ESV)
What was
torn by wild beasts I did
not bring to you. I bore the
loss of it myself. From my
hand you
required it, whether
stolen by
day or
stolen by
night.
(NIV)
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.’
So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
(ESV)
The
God of
Abraham and the
God of
Nahor, the
God of their
father,
judge between us.” So
Jacob swore by the
Fear of his
father Isaac,
(NIV)
Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
(ESV)
Please deliver me from the
hand of my
brother, from the
hand of
Esau, for I
fear him, that he may
come and
attack me, the
mothers with the
children.
(NIV)
He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
(ESV)
So he
stayed there that
night, and from what he
had with him he
took a
present for his
brother Esau,
(NIV)
He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, ‘Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.’
(ESV)
These he
handed over to his
servants, every
drove by
itself, and
said to his
servants, “Pass on
ahead of
me and
put a
space between drove and drove.”
(NIV)
‘No, please!’ said Jacob. ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favourably.
(ESV)
Jacob said, “
No,
please,
if I have
found favor in your
sight, then
accept my
present from my
hand.
For I have
seen your
face, which is like
seeing the
face of
God, and you have
accepted me.
(NIV)
For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
(ESV)
And
from the
sons of
Hamor,
Shechem’s father, he
bought for a
hundred pieces of
money the
piece of
land on
which he had
pitched his
tent.
(NIV)
‘These men are friendly towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
(ESV)
“
These men are at
peace with us; let them
dwell in the
land and
trade in it, for
behold, the
land is
large enough for them. Let us
take their
daughters as
wives, and let us
give them our
daughters.
(NIV)
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
(ESV)
So they
gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods that they
had, and the
rings that were in their
ears.
Jacob hid them under the
terebinth tree that was near
Shechem.
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