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Gen 1:4

(NIV)
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
(ESV)
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

Gen 1:9

(NIV)
And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so.
(ESV)
And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Gen 1:10

(NIV)
God called the dry ground ‘land’, and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’. And God saw that it was good.
(ESV)
God called the dry land Earth and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:12

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 1:18

(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.

Gen 1:21

(NIV)
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
(ESV)
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:25

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 1:31

(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.

Gen 2:19

(NIV)
Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
(ESV)
Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Gen 3:5

(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.”

Gen 3:6

(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.

Gen 3:7

(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.

(ESV)
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

Gen 3:22

(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—”

Gen 4:1

(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.”

Gen 4:9

(NIV)
Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’

‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’

(ESV)
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

Gen 4:17

(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.

Gen 4:25

(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.”

Gen 6:2

(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.

Gen 6:5

(NIV)
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
(ESV)
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Gen 6:12

(NIV)
God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
(ESV)
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

Gen 7:1

(NIV)
The Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
(ESV)
Then the Lord said to Noah, Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

Gen 8:5

(NIV)
The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

(ESV)
And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

Gen 8:8

(NIV)
Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.
(ESV)
Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.

Gen 8:11

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 8:13

(NIV)
By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
(ESV)
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Gen 9:14

(NIV)
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
(ESV)
When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,

Gen 9:16

(NIV)
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’

(ESV)
When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

Gen 9:22

(NIV)
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
(ESV)
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

Gen 9:23

(NIV)
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

(ESV)
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Gen 9:24

(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
(ESV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,

Gen 11:5

(NIV)
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
(ESV)
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

Gen 12:1

(NIV)
The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

(ESV)
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.

Gen 12:7

(NIV)
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

(ESV)
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Gen 12:11

(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,

Gen 12:12

(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.

Gen 12:14

(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.

Gen 12:15

(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.

Gen 13:10

(NIV)
Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan towards Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
(ESV)
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Gen 13:14

(NIV)
The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, ‘Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.
(ESV)
The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

Gen 13:15

(NIV)
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever.
(ESV)
for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

Gen 15:8

(NIV)
But Abram said, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it?’

(ESV)
But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

Gen 15:13

(NIV)
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and ill-treated there.
(ESV)
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.

Gen 16:4

(NIV)
He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.

When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
(ESV)
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

Gen 16:5

(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.’

(ESV)
And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”

Gen 16:13

(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.’
(ESV)
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.”

Gen 17:1

(NIV)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
(ESV)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,

Gen 18:1

(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.

Gen 18:2

(NIV)
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

(ESV)
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

Gen 18:19

(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.’

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 18:21

(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.’

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 19:1

(NIV)
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
(ESV)
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth

Gen 19:5

(NIV)
They called to Lot, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.’

(ESV)
And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”

Gen 19:8

(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.’

(ESV)
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.”

Gen 19:28

(NIV)
He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah, towards all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

(ESV)
And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

Gen 19:33

(NIV)
That night they got their father to drink wine, and the elder daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

(ESV)
So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Gen 19:35

(NIV)
So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

(ESV)
So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Gen 20:6

(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.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 20:7

(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.”

Gen 20:10

(NIV)
And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’

(ESV)
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”

Gen 21:9

(NIV)
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
(ESV)
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.
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