(NIV)
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Therefore a
man shall
leave his
father and his
mother and
hold fast to his
wife, and they shall become
one flesh.
(NIV)
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
The
man called his
wife’s name Eve,
because she was the
mother of all
living.
(NIV)
I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
I will
bless her, and
moreover, I will
give you a
son by her. I will
bless her, and she shall become
nations;
kings of
peoples shall come from her.”
(NIV)
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
Besides, she is
indeed my
sister, the
daughter of my
father though not the
daughter of my
mother, and she became my
wife.
(NIV)
While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
He
lived in the
wilderness of
Paran, and his
mother took a
wife for him from the
land of
Egypt.
(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)
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)
Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
And the
servant brought out jewelry of
silver and
of gold, and
garments, and
gave them to
Rebekah.
He also gave to her
brother and to her
mother costly ornaments.
(NIV)
But her brother and her mother replied, ‘Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.’
Her
brother and her
mother said, “Let the
young woman remain with us a
while, at
least ten days;
after that she may
go.”
(NIV)
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Then
Isaac brought her into the
tent of
Sarah his
mother and
took Rebekah, and she became his
wife, and he
loved her. So
Isaac was
comforted after his
mother’s death.
(NIV)
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.
But
Jacob said to
Rebekah his
mother, “
Behold,
my
brother Esau is a
hairy man, and I am a
smooth man.
(NIV)
His mother said to him, ‘My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.’
His
mother said to him, “Let your
curse be
on me, my
son; only
obey my
voice, and
go,
bring them to me.”
(NIV)
So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
So he
went and
took them and
brought them to his
mother, and his
mother prepared delicious food,
such as his
father loved.
(NIV)
May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed.’
Let
peoples serve you,
and
nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your
brothers,
and may your
mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who
curses you,
and
blessed be everyone who
blesses you!”
(NIV)
Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Arise,
go to
Paddan-aram to the
house of
Bethuel your
mother’s father, and
take as your
wife from there one of the
daughters of
Laban your
mother’s brother.
(NIV)
Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Thus
Isaac sent Jacob away. And he
went to
Paddan-aram, to
Laban, the
son of
Bethuel the
Aramean, the
brother of
Rebekah,
Jacob’s and
Esau’s mother.
(NIV)
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.
and that
Jacob had
obeyed his
father and his
mother and
gone to
Paddan-aram.
(NIV)
When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
Now as soon as
Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of
Laban his
mother’s brother, and the
sheep of
Laban his
mother’s brother,
Jacob came
near and
rolled the
stone from the
well’s mouth and
watered the
flock of
Laban his
mother’s brother.
(NIV)
During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, ‘Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.’
In the
days of
wheat harvest Reuben went and
found mandrakes in the
field and
brought them to his
mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to
Leah, “
Please give me some of your
son’s mandrakes.”
(NIV)
When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, ‘What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?’
But when he
told it to his
father and to his
brothers, his
father rebuked him and
said to him, “
What is this
dream that you have
dreamed? Shall I and your
mother and your
brothers indeed come to
bow ourselves to the
ground before you?”
(NIV)
As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, ‘Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?’ And he said, ‘God be gracious to you, my son.’
And he
lifted up his
eyes and
saw his
brother Benjamin,
his
mother’s son, and
said, “Is
this your
youngest brother,
of
whom you
spoke to me?
God be
gracious to you, my
son!”
(NIV)
And we answered, “We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.”
And we
said to my
lord, ‘We
have a
father, an
old man,
and a
young brother, the
child of his
old age. His
brother is
dead, and he
alone is
left of his
mother’s children, and his
father loves him.’
(NIV)
‘Yes, go,’ she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.
And
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “
Go.” So the
girl went and
called the
child’s mother.
(NIV)
‘Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the
Lord your God is giving you.
“
Honor your
father and your
mother,
that your
days may be
long in the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you.
(NIV)
‘Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
“Whoever
strikes his
father or his
mother shall
be put to death.
(NIV)
‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
“Whoever
curses his
father or his
mother shall be
put to death.
(NIV)
Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
You shall
do the
same with your
oxen and with your
sheep:
seven days it shall be with its
mother; on the
eighth day you shall
give it to me.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
“The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring into the
house of the
Lord your
God.
“You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.’
The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring to the
house of the
Lord your
God.
You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.”
(NIV)
‘“Do not dishonour your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
You shall not
uncover the
nakedness of your
father, which is the
nakedness of your
mother; she is your
mother, you shall not
uncover her
nakedness.
(NIV)
‘“Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
You shall not
uncover the
nakedness of your
sister, your
father’s daughter or your
mother’s daughter, whether
brought up in the
family or in
another home.
(NIV)
‘“Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
You shall not
uncover the
nakedness of your
mother’s sister, for she is your
mother’s relative.
(NIV)
‘“Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the
Lord your God.
Every
one of you shall
revere his
mother and his
father, and you shall
keep my
Sabbaths: I am the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
‘“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.
For
anyone who
curses his
father or his
mother shall
surely be
put to death; he has
cursed his
father or his
mother;
his
blood is upon him.
(NIV)
‘“If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
If a
man takes a
woman and her
mother also, it is
depravity; he and they shall be
burned with
fire, that there may be no
depravity among you.
(NIV)
‘“If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonoured his sister and will be held responsible.
“If a
man takes his
sister, a
daughter of his
father or a
daughter of his
mother, and
sees her
nakedness, and she
sees his
nakedness, it is a
disgrace, and they shall be
cut off in the
sight of the
children of their
people. He has
uncovered his
sister’s nakedness, and he shall
bear his
iniquity.
(NIV)
‘“Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonour a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
You shall not
uncover the
nakedness of your
mother’s sister or of your
father’s sister, for that is to
make naked one’s
relative; they shall
bear their
iniquity.
(NIV)
except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,
except for his
closest relatives, his
mother, his
father, his
son, his
daughter, his
brother,
(NIV)
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,
He shall not
go in to any
dead bodies nor make himself
unclean, even for his
father or for his
mother.
(NIV)
‘When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the
Lord.
“When an
ox or
sheep or
goat is
born, it shall
remain seven days with its
mother, and from the
eighth day on it shall be
acceptable as a food
offering to the
Lord.
(NIV)
Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
Now an
Israelite woman’s son, whose
father was an
Egyptian,
went out among the
people of
Israel. And the
Israelite woman’s son and a
man of
Israel fought in the
camp,
(NIV)
The son of the Israelite woman used the Name blasphemously with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)
and the
Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the
Name, and
cursed. Then they
brought him to
Moses. His
mother’s name was
Shelomith, the
daughter of
Dibri, of the
tribe of
Dan.
(NIV)
Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.
Not even for his
father or for his
mother, for
brother or
sister, if they
die, shall he make himself
unclean,
because his
separation to
God is on his
head.
(NIV)
Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.’
Let her
not be as one
dead,
whose flesh is
half eaten away when he
comes out of his
mother’s womb.”
(NIV)
‘Honour your father and your mother, as the
Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the
Lord your God is giving you.
“‘
Honor your
father and your
mother,
as the
Lord your
God commanded you,
that your
days may be
long, and
that it may
go well with you
in the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you.
(NIV)
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,
“
If your
brother, the
son of your
mother,
or your
son or your
daughter or the
wife you
embrace or your
friend who is as your own
soul entices you
secretly,
saying, ‘Let us
go and
serve other gods,’
which neither you nor your
fathers have
known,
(NIV)
Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the
Lord your God.
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
“You shall
not eat anything that has
died naturally. You may
give it to the
sojourner who is within your
towns, that he may
eat it, or you may
sell it to a
foreigner.
For you are a
people holy to the
Lord your
God.
“You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.
(NIV)
and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.
And she shall take
off the
clothes in which she was
captured and shall
remain in your
house and
lament her
father and her
mother a
full month.
After that you may
go in to her and be her
husband, and she shall be your
wife.
(NIV)
If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
“
If a
man has a
stubborn and
rebellious son who will
not obey the
voice of his
father or the
voice of his
mother, and, though they
discipline him, will
not listen to them,
(NIV)
his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
then his
father and his
mother shall
take hold of him and
bring him out to the
elders of his
city at the
gate of the
place where he lives,
(NIV)
If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.
“
If you
come across a
bird’s nest in
any tree or on the
ground, with
young ones or eggs and the
mother sitting on the
young or on the
eggs,
you shall
not take the
mother with the
young.
(NIV)
You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
You shall
let the
mother go, but the
young you may
take for yourself,
that it may
go well with you, and that you may live
long.
(NIV)
then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin.
then the
father of the
young woman and her
mother shall
take and
bring out the evidence
of her virginity to the
elders of the
city in the
gate.
(NIV)
‘Cursed is anyone who dishonours their father or mother.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“‘
Cursed be anyone who
dishonors his
father or his
mother.’ And
all the
people shall
say, ‘
Amen.’
(NIV)
‘Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“‘
Cursed be anyone who
lies with his
sister, whether the
daughter of his
father or the
daughter of his
mother.’ And
all the
people shall
say, ‘
Amen.’
(NIV)
‘Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
“‘
Cursed be anyone who
lies with his
mother-in-law.’ And
all the
people shall
say, ‘
Amen.’
(NIV)
He said of his father and mother,
“I have no regard for them.”
He did not recognise his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.
who
said of his
father and
mother,
‘I
regard them
not’;
he
disowned his
brothers and
ignored his
children.
For they
observed your
word and
kept your
covenant.
(NIV)
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them – and that you will save us from death.’
that you will
save alive my
father and
mother, my
brothers and
sisters, and
all who belong to them, and
deliver our
lives from
death.”
(NIV)
unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.
Behold, when we
come into the
land, you shall
tie this scarlet cord in the
window through which you let us
down,
and you shall
gather into your
house your
father and
mother, your
brothers, and
all your
father’s household.
(NIV)
So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
So the
young men who had been
spies went in and
brought out Rahab and her
father and
mother and
brothers and
all who belonged to her. And they
brought all her
relatives and
put them
outside the
camp of
Israel.
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