(NIV)
Then the
Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
(ESV)
And the
rib that the
Lord God had
taken from the
man he
made into a
woman and
brought her
to the
man.
(NIV)
The man said,
‘This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called “woman”,
for she was taken out of man.’
(ESV)
Then the
man said,
“
This at
last is
bone of my
bonesand
flesh of my
flesh;
she shall be
called Woman,
because
she was
taken out of
Man.”
(NIV)
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
(ESV)
Therefore a
man shall
leave his
father and his
mother and
hold fast to his
wife, and they shall become
one flesh.
(NIV)
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
(ESV)
And the
man and his
wife were both naked and were
not ashamed.
(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”?’
(ESV)
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)
The woman said to the snake, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
(ESV)
And the
woman said to the
serpent, “We may
eat of the
fruit of the
trees in the
garden,
(NIV)
‘You will not certainly die,’ the snake said to the woman.
(ESV)
But the
serpent said to the
woman, “You will
not surely die.
(NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
(ESV)
So when the
woman saw that the
tree was
good for
food, and that
it was a
delight to the
eyes, and that the
tree was to be
desired to make
one wise, she
took of its
fruit and
ate, and she
also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he
ate.
(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)
The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’
(ESV)
The
man said,
“The
woman whom you
gave to be
with me,
she gave me fruit
of the
tree, and I
ate.”
(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.’
(ESV)
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)
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.’
(ESV)
I will
put enmity between you and the
woman,
and
between your
offspring and her
offspring;
he shall
bruise your
head,
and
you shall
bruise his
heel.”
(NIV)
To the woman he said,
‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labour you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.’
(ESV)
To the
woman he
said,
“I will
surely multiply your
pain in
childbearing;
in pain you shall
bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to your
husband,
but
he shall
rule over you.”
(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)
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
(ESV)
The
man called his
wife’s name Eve,
because she
was the
mother of
all living.
(NIV)
The
Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
(ESV)
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.’
(ESV)
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)
Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
(ESV)
Cain knew his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Enoch. When he
built a
city, he
called the
name of the
city after the
name of his
son,
Enoch.
(NIV)
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
(ESV)
And
Lamech took two wives. The
name of the
one was
Adah, and the
name of the
other Zillah.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
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)
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
(ESV)
the
sons of
God saw that the
daughters of
man were
attractive. And they
took as their
wives any they
chose.
(NIV)
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark – you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
(ESV)
But I will
establish my
covenant with you, and you shall
come into the
ark, you,
your sons, your
wife, and
your sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
(ESV)
Take with you
seven pairs of
all clean animals, the
male and his
mate, and a
pair of the
animals that are
not clean, the
male and
his mate,
(NIV)
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
(ESV)
And
Noah and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him went
into the
ark to
escape the
waters of the
flood.
(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)
‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
(ESV)
“
Go out from the
ark,
you and your
wife, and your
sons and
your sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
(ESV)
So
Noah went out, and his
sons and his
wife and
his sons’
wives with him.
(NIV)
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
(ESV)
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives. The
name of
Abram’s wife was
Sarai, and the
name of
Nahor’s wife,
Milcah, the
daughter of
Haran the
father of
Milcah and Iscah.
(NIV)
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
(ESV)
Terah took Abram his
son and
Lot the
son of
Haran, his
grandson, and
Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his
son Abram’s wife, and they
went forth together from Ur of the
Chaldeans to
go into the
land of
Canaan, but when they
came to
Haran, they
settled there.
(NIV)
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
(ESV)
And
Abram took Sarai his
wife, and
Lot his
brother’s son, and
all their
possessions that they had
gathered, and the
people that they had
acquired in
Haran, and they
set out to
go to the
land of
Canaan. When they
came to the
land of
Canaan,
(NIV)
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘I know what a beautiful woman you are.
(ESV)
When he was
about to
enter Egypt, he
said to Sarai his
wife, “
I know that you are a
woman beautiful in
appearance,
(NIV)
When the Egyptians see you, they will say, “This is his wife.” Then they will kill me but will let you live.
(ESV)
and when the
Egyptians see you, they will
say, ‘This is his
wife.’ Then they will
kill me, but they will let you
live.
(NIV)
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.
(ESV)
When
Abram entered Egypt, the
Egyptians saw that the
woman was
very beautiful.
(NIV)
And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
(ESV)
And when the
princes of
Pharaoh saw her, they
praised her
to Pharaoh. And the
woman was
taken into
Pharaoh’s house.
(NIV)
But the
Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
(ESV)
But the
Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his
house with
great plagues because
of Sarai,
Abram’s wife.
(NIV)
So Pharaoh summoned Abram. ‘What have you done to me?’ he said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
(ESV)
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)
Why did you say, “She is my sister,” so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!’
(ESV)
Why did you
say, ‘She is my
sister,’ so that
I took her for my
wife?
Now then, here is your
wife;
take her, and
go.”
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
(ESV)
And
Pharaoh gave
men orders concerning him, and they
sent him away with
his wife and all that he had.
(NIV)
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
(ESV)
So
Abram went up from
Egypt,
he and his
wife and all
that he had, and
Lot with him, into the
Negeb.
(NIV)
He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
(ESV)
Then he
brought back all the
possessions, and also
brought back his
kinsman Lot with his
possessions, and the
women and the
people.
(NIV)
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;
(ESV)
Now
Sarai,
Abram’s wife, had
borne him
no children. She had a female
Egyptian servant whose
name was
Hagar.
(NIV)
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
(ESV)
So,
after Abram had
lived ten years in the
land of
Canaan,
Sarai,
Abram’s wife,
took Hagar the
Egyptian, her
servant, and
gave her to
Abram her
husband as a
wife.
(NIV)
God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
(ESV)
And
God said to Abraham, “As for
Sarai your
wife, you shall
not call her
name Sarai,
but Sarah shall be
her name.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
(ESV)
God said, “
No, but
Sarah your
wife shall
bear you a
son, and you shall
call his
name Isaac. I will
establish my
covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his
offspring after him.
(NIV)
‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ they asked him.
‘There, in the tent,’ he said.
(ESV)
They
said to him, “
Where is
Sarah your
wife?” And he
said, “She is
in the
tent.”
(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
(ESV)
The
Lord said, “I will
surely return to you
about this
time next year, and
Sarah your
wife shall have a
son.” And
Sarah was
listening at the
tent door behind him.
(NIV)
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
(ESV)
Now
Abraham and
Sarah were
old,
advanced in
years. The
way of
women had
ceased to
be with
Sarah.
(NIV)
With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.’
(ESV)
As morning dawned, the
angels urged Lot,
saying, “
Up!
Take your
wife and your
two daughters who are
here,
lest you be
swept away in the
punishment of the
city.”
(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)
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
(ESV)
But Lot’s
wife,
behind him,
looked back, and she
became a
pillar of
salt.
(NIV)
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
(ESV)
And
Abraham said of Sarah his
wife,
“
She is my
sister.” And
Abimelech king of
Gerar sent and
took Sarah.
(NIV)
But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, ‘You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.’
(ESV)
But
God came to Abimelech in a
dream by
night and
said to him, “Behold, you are a
dead man because of the
woman whom you have
taken, for she is a
man’s wife.”
(NIV)
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.’
(ESV)
Now then,
return the
man’s wife,
for he is a
prophet, so that
he will
pray for
you, and you shall
live. But if you do
not return her,
know that
you shall
surely die, you
and all who are yours.”
(NIV)
Abraham replied, ‘I said to myself, “There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.”
(ESV)
Abraham said, “I did it because I
thought,
‘
There is
no fear of
God at all in this
place, and
they will
kill me because of
my wife.’
(NIV)
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
(ESV)
Besides, she is
indeed my
sister, the
daughter of my
father though
not the
daughter of my
mother, and she
became my
wife.
(NIV)
Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
(ESV)
Then
Abimelech took sheep and
oxen, and male
servants and
female servants, and
gave them to
Abraham, and
returned Sarah his wife to him.
(NIV)
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,
(ESV)
Then
Abraham prayed to God, and
God healed Abimelech, and also healed his
wife and
female slaves so that they
bore children.
(NIV)
for the
Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
(ESV)
For the
Lord had closed all the
wombs of the
house of
Abimelech because of
Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
(NIV)
While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
(ESV)
He
lived in the
wilderness of
Paran, and his
mother took a
wife for him from the
land of
Egypt.
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