1 | GEN 1:1 | At the first, long ago God made the sky and the ground. |
3 | GEN 1:3 | God said, “Become light!” After that it became light at his word. |
4 | GEN 1:4 | When he saw it he said, “Good”. He separated the light and the darkness. |
10 | GEN 1:10 | That dry ground he named, 'country-that'. That big water he named, 'sea-that'. When he saw it he said “Good”. |
12 | GEN 1:12 | From the ground different kinds of trees appeared, some with foods, some without, and different kinds of green plants appeared also, some with foods, some without. When he saw it he said “Good.” |
17 | GEN 1:17 | He put them in the sky to light the countryside and also to separate the darkness and the day. When he saw it he said “Good.” |
21 | GEN 1:21 | Then he made very big animals in the sea. He also made big and little fish of different kinds. In the rivers and water-holes he made different kinds of fish. And he made all the other water dwellers in the water-holes and seas. He made different kinds of winged creatures also. When he saw it he said “Good.” |
25 | GEN 1:25 | He made them all. When he looked at it he said “Good.” |
27 | GEN 1:27 | God made a man like him. He made a man and a woman. |
31 | GEN 1:31 | Truly he made the whole lot. When he had finished making them God looked at them all. He said, “Very good.” Like that God made everything. He made everything in six days. After that it became night, after that it became dawn. Another day appeared. |
38 | GEN 2:7 | Like this God made a/the person. He got dust from the ground. He made a man from that dust. Then he breathed in the nose of the man, then wind/breath from God entered the man. For that reason the man became alive. The name of that man was Adam. |
39 | GEN 2:8 | After that in the country, in Eden, there God put a big water-hole/permanent camp, a truly good one. He put the man he had made at that water-hole. |
40 | GEN 2:9 | At that water-hole he put different kinds of good trees. There were different kinds having very good food there. In the middle of the trees God put one tree. He named that tree, 'One That Keeps People Alive'. After a person eats from that tree he will live for ever, he will stay without death. He put another tree in the middle of the others, that was a thing associated with making knowledgeable. He named that tree, 'One That Teaches People About Good And Bad'. |
48 | GEN 2:17 | (Fruit) from one tree leave, do not eat it, from the tree which makes knowledgeable. I named it, 'One That Teaches People About Good And Bad'. From that tree don't eat. If you eat from that tree truly you will die.” |
50 | GEN 2:19 | Already God had made all the animals and winged creatures from the ground. He brought them to the man to give them names. That man gave names to the animals and winged creatures and other creatures. They kept the names in accord with the man's word. Among them all there was not one like the man, a companion for him. |
52 | GEN 2:21 | Then God put the man to sleep, he got a bone from the man's side, then he covered the hole with flesh. |
55 | GEN 2:24 | Because of that God left us this track/pattern of behaviour. A/the man will leave mother and father and they will become one, he and his own wife. Truly those two will be one. |
57 | GEN 3:1 | Among the other animals the snake was really clever. The snake asked the woman, “What did God say to you? 'You should not eat food from all the trees at the water-hole'? Like that did God say to you?” |
59 | GEN 3:3 | God said to us, 'From one tree only, in the middle of the camp in the thick trees, from that do not eat food, and do not touch that tree for fear of dying'.” |
61 | GEN 3:5 | If you eat (after eating) from that tree, you will become like God, knowing about good and about bad. God doesn't like that. To avoid that he said to you, 'Don't eat from that tree'.” With deceit the snake said to her, “Don't listen to God.” |
62 | GEN 3:6 | The woman was looking at the food, looking with interest, it was good. She was thinking, “That food will make me knowledgeable.” The woman wanted to become knowledgeable, like God. Then she went to that tree, broke off food, ate it. She gave some to her husband. He also ate it. |
64 | GEN 3:8 | In the evening they heard the footsteps of God while he was walking at the water-hole. With fear they hid themselves among the trees on account of God. |
65 | GEN 3:9 | God called to the man, “Where are you(sg)?” |
67 | GEN 3:11 | God asked him, “How did you learn you were naked? From that tree, the One that Teaches People About Good and Bad, did you eat food from that?” |
69 | GEN 3:13 | God asked the woman, “What did you do?” She said to him, “The snake deceived me. I ate because of his word.” |
70 | GEN 3:14 | God said to the snake, “You did very badly. In response I will truly do evil to you, not to the rest of the animals, only to you. On your stomach [emphasised] you will go. You will eat dust always. I will make you dislike the woman. I will make the woman dislike you. Your children and those of the woman will look at each other in anger. The/A child of the woman will truly bruise your head. You truly will bruise his heel.” |
73 | GEN 3:17 | Then God said to the man, “I told you not to eat that food. You didn't listen to me. Because of your wife's word you ate food from that tree. In response I will make the country bad. Spinifex and prickles and those sorts of things will appear. You will search for food always. You will dig hard for food, Every day you will be exhausted, you will sweat hard getting food to eat. (Lit., “Every day you will break, truly sweat will eat you.”) After dying you will become dust. I made you from the ground. From the dust I made you. After dying you will become dust again. |
77 | GEN 3:21 | Then God made clothes from animal skins for them, for Adam and his wife, God put them on them. |
79 | GEN 3:23 | God sent those two from that water-hole in Eden. He sent them away to dig the ground, to put foods in the ground, to cause their foods to come up. |
80 | GEN 3:24 | After that God put an angel [English word phonemicised] east of that water-hole, and a big cutting thing, like a big knife. The point of that big cutting thing was going in every direction, and it was flashing. God told that angel, “You are to stop the man/people from entering close to that tree, to that tree that keeps alive.” |
81 | GEN 4:1 | Adam and Eve went from that place Eden. After that Eve had a son. She said, “God has given me a son.” His name was Cain. |
83 | GEN 4:3 | Once Cain took food, he gave it to God. |
84 | GEN 4:4 | His younger brother took a sheep, he killed it, he gave good parts to God. Abel pleased God. |
86 | GEN 4:6 | God said to him, “Why are you angry with me? Why did your face change towards me? You should not be sullen. |
88 | GEN 4:8 | Cain didn't listen to God. He kept on being sullen. Because of that he said to his younger brother, “Let's go somewhere a long way off.” They went off. Then Cain killed his younger brother. |
89 | GEN 4:9 | Because of that God asked him, “Where is your younger brother?” The eldest one lied, “I don't know. I don't take care of him.” |
90 | GEN 4:10 | God said to him, “You lied. You killed him. His blood is on the ground. You truly did badly. |
95 | GEN 4:15 | God said to him, “Whoever hits/kills you I will hit/kill him truly because of you.” |
105 | GEN 4:25 | After Abel died Eve had another child. She said, “Cain killed Abel. God in response has given me another child.” She named him Seth. |
139 | GEN 6:1 | After a long time there were many people. They scattered, they were everywhere. They all became really bad. They didn't listen to God. They kept on ignoring him. They kept talking to each other about how to do evil. Because of that God said, “The people are all doing bad things. They are always thinking about how to do evil. When I made them they were good, now they have become very bad. Because of that I am broken-hearted (lit: 'my stomach is broken'). I will kill the evil doers, and the animals and birds also.” |
146 | GEN 6:8 | Just one man pleased God. His name was Noah, he used to listen to God. He used to do good. He didn't do evil. He had three children, three males, their names were Shem, Ham, Japheth. |
149 | GEN 6:11 | God said to Noah, “All the other people are living really badly. They ignore me, they don't listen to me. They are talking to each other all the time to do evil and they are hitting/killing each other. Because of that reason I will kill them all. |
156 | GEN 6:18 | You will enter it with your wife and your children and their wives. Gather animals and birds, cause them to enter the big boat. Collect them, animals, married-pair by married-pair, you will get different kinds pair by pair to make them enter the big boat. You will keep them alive from the flood. |
160 | GEN 6:22 | Noah believed God. He made a very big boat, with wood he made it, long and wide. And he collected a large amount of different foods and put them in (the boat). Truly Noah did all in accordance with God's word. |
161 | GEN 7:1 | After that God said to him, “Soon that big rain will fall. Hurry, get in the boat, you and yours. You (sg) alone are characterised by goodness, you alone have been listening to me. For that reason I will keep you and yours alive. |
165 | GEN 7:5 | Noah entered the boat because of God's word. And he took his wife and children and their wives and the animals and birds. They all entered. |
166 | GEN 7:6 | Then God shut the door. |
181 | GEN 7:21 | The father and sons and their wives and the animals stayed alive in the boat. The flood killed the remaining animals and all the people, everything outside. 7:24—8:3 God was caring for those who were in the boat. He sent a wind. After that the flood abated. It was going down slowly for 4 months. They were staying in the boat a long time, they were waiting for the flood to go down. |
199 | GEN 8:15 | Then God said to Noah, “You (pl) get down and make the animals and birds get down. They've got to scatter. They have to become many everywhere.” |
204 | GEN 8:20 | Noah heaped up stones. He got a few tame animals and tame birds to give to God. He killed them, on top of the stones he burned/cooked them, bones and all, completely dry, to ashes. They used to do that in the beginning, in order to please God. |
205 | GEN 8:21 | In return God said to Noah, “Previously I made it bad for the whole earth because of the evil that people did. I won't do like that again. I know about people. From childhood they are thinking only about how to do really bad (things). I will not again kill people and all creatures truly because of the evil that people have done. I did it once. I won't do it again. |
207 | GEN 9:1 | God spoke kindly to Noah and his children. “You will have many children. They will be everywhere. |
214 | GEN 9:8 | God spoke another word to Noah and his children, “I am giving you (pl) this word, for you and yours, and for all the animals and for everything on the ground. |
270 | GEN 11:3 | They ignored God's word. They said to one another, “Let's not spread out/scatter in all directions. Let's stay united. Let's stay right here, without roaming. Let's make a big camp, let's make a big hill-like (thing) also, extremely big upwards, right up to the sky. Everyone else will talk about us. They will say, 'Those people in Shinar are clever, they are truly smart'.” They got mud, they made bricks, they baked them in the fire to make them hard, they made very many. Joining them they glued them with bitumen. They built, they built. (i.e., they kept building for a long time.) |
272 | GEN 11:5 | God knew about them. He said, “I told them to spread out. They did not listen to me. They stayed united to do evil. They are staying in one group, they talk one language. They will do more and more evil. |
275 | GEN 11:8 | God did that. He confused their talk. He made them spread out in every direction. They did not again make their big camp, and the really big hill-like (thing). They left it still unfinished. They left it forever. |
300 | GEN 12:1 | While Abram's father was alive God spoke to Abram, “You(sg) will ['you are to'; this future form is often used as a mild imperative, which the hearer has the option of disobeying] leave your country, you will leave your father's camp, you will leave the others. You will go to another country, later I will show you, after you arrive there I will tell you, 'This is that very country.' |
303 | GEN 12:4 | After that Abram went in accordance with God's word. At that time he was old, he had 75 years. He took his wife Sarai, his younger brother's son Lot also, he took his animals and belongings. He took his men also, all his workers, he got them in that town Haran. They all went from Haran, they were going southwards, towards the country Canaan they were going. They were going for many days [lit. 'camps, camps they were going']. They arrived there, in Canaan. |
306 | GEN 12:7 | After that God appeared to Abram, he said to him, “This very country I will give to your grandchildren's grandchildren and those who come after them.” Because of that Abram gathered stones there, he made a heap. There he worshipped God [lit. 'from the stomach he praised him']. |
307 | GEN 12:8 | After that they went southwards to the hilly country east of what's-that-place, Bethel. They made a camp east of Bethel and west of what's-that-place, Ai, there they put their tents. Again he gathered stones, he made a heap, there he worshipped God. |
316 | GEN 12:17 | Sarai was stopping in the camp of the big boss. After that God made the boss and his mob sick. A very big sickness came on them. |
320 | GEN 13:1 | After that Abram left Egypt. He took his wife and his own younger brother's son Lot, he took all his belongings. Going they all returned to the dry country of Canaan. |
323 | GEN 13:4 | Right there earlier Abram gathered stones, he was talking to God. After returning he again really worshipped God. |
329 | GEN 13:10 | Lot looked around the country eastward, he saw a plain near the river, the name of that river was Jordan. That was good country, with plenty of water, in good condition all the way to Zoar, like the country Egypt. Two towns were in that plain, Sodom and Gomorrah. |
332 | GEN 13:13 | Those people in Sodom were disobeyers/ignorers of God. They were really bad. |
333 | GEN 13:14 | After that God said to Abram, “From here look in every direction, northwards, southwards, eastwards and westwards. |
337 | GEN 13:18 | After that Abram left that camp, he went to another camp, he was staying at the trees in Mamre, near the town Hebron. Again he heaped up stones, he worshipped God. |
345 | GEN 14:8 | The bosses from those towns, from what's-their-names, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela, those bosses gathered together their fighters, with weapons. They went to meet the ones from the east. In that valley, what's-its-name, Siddim, the people from around Sodom and the ones from the east were fighting. |
347 | GEN 14:10 | In that valley there were many holes in the ground, with what's-its-name, with bitmumen. Those fighters from Sodom and Gomorrah ran away for fear of the fight. Some entered the holes, others ran to the hilly country. |
348 | GEN 14:11 | After that those easterners took for themselves all the food and belongings from Sodom and Gomorrah. |
353 | GEN 14:16 | After that Abram's men got back all the possessions of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his possessions, the women and all the other prisoners. After that they all returned southwards. |
355 | GEN 14:18 | Another man, named Melchizedek, also came to him there, he brought bread and wine for Abram. That Melchizedek was boss for that town Salem. From earlier he was also a ceremonial leader for God, for that Boss who is above. |
356 | GEN 14:19 | This ceremonial leader Melchizedek said to Abram, “You know God. He is boss above. He is the one who made the sky and the ground and the sea and everything also. I am asking God that he will do good to you. Let us all praise God, the Boss above. He rescued you, for you he hit the fighters from the east completely.” After that Abram from the belongings he brought back gave (some) to him. From 10 cattle he gave one, from 10 sheep he gave one, from everything in that way he gave animals and belongings to Melchizedek. |
359 | GEN 14:22 | Abram replied, “I will not keep your belongings, not any. God is Boss for all, he is the one who made everything, the sky and the ground and the sea also. I have already told God I will not keep your belongings, not even a little cloth. You might say, 'I truly gave Abram all his belongings.' |
361 | GEN 14:24 | You might say like that. To avoid that I will not keep your belongings. Just food I will keep for my young men. These others I also took with me, Aner and Eschol and Mamre. Give belongings to those men.” |
362 | GEN 15:1 | After that God appeared to Abram in a dream. He said to him, “Abram, don't be afraid. I am the one who will look after you for ever. Truly I will give you great possessions.” |
365 | GEN 15:4 | In reply God said to him, “Not your worker, not Eliezer, he will not get your possessions. Your own child, he is the one who will get your possessions.” |
366 | GEN 15:5 | After that God took Abram outside, he said to him, “Look up, look at those stars. They are very many. You cannot count them [lit. 'cannot put names on them'], they are many. Your own grandchildren's grandchildren and those who come after them also will become very many. You will not be able put names on them, they will be very many.” Like that God spoke to him. |
367 | GEN 15:6 | Abram listened, truly he believed God. Because of that God became happy with him. |
368 | GEN 15:7 | Again God spoke to him. “I am the one who earlier told you in the country Chaldea to leave your camp. You came here in accord with my word. This very land I will give you, it will be yours forever.” |
369 | GEN 15:8 | Abram said to him, “God, you are the boss for everything. How will I know about that word, it is true?” |
370 | GEN 15:9 | God replied, “Bring me animals, one bullock, one goat, one ram. Also bring me one dove and one pigeon.” |
371 | GEN 15:10 | Abram brought those animals in accord with God's word. He killed them all. After that the bullock and goat and ram he split down the middle, he separated them. He did not split the birds down the middle. |
376 | GEN 15:15 | God said to him, “Listen. You will become old, you will die in this country, they will put you in the ground in this country. |
377 | GEN 15:16 | They will stay in that country for 400 years, after that they will come back here. Not now I will give them this country. It is for later. Right now those people what's-their-name, Amu's mob, they are here. This is their country. Later they will become evil-doers, very bad. Right after that I will hit them, truly this country I will give to your people.” Like that God spoke to him. |
379 | GEN 15:18 | At that time God spoke to him seriously, “Truly I will give this country to your people. The country from here in every direction I will give them, westwards all the way to the river in Egypt, eastwards all the way to the river, to the Euphrates river. |
384 | GEN 16:2 | At that time Sarai said to Abram, “Husband, I am childless. God has withheld children from me. Take my working woman, take her for a wife, you two sleep together. Maybe she will have a child for me.” He replied, “Yes.” |
387 | GEN 16:5 | After that Sarai became angry with Abram. “I gave you my working woman to keep in the camp. Now after becoming pregnant she has beome proud towards me. You are to blame. God will tell you, I am right.” |
389 | GEN 16:7 | In that desert in dry country Hagar sat down near a spring. God appeared to her like an angel. |
395 | GEN 16:13 | After that Hagar thought, “Truly it was God I saw, I am really alive, he did not kill me.” She named God, 'The One Who Habitually Sees Me'. |
399 | GEN 17:1 | Abram became old, having 99 years. After that God again appeared to him. He said to him, “I am the greatest [lit. 'I truly am another'], very strong. All others are weak alongside me. Listen to me, do the right thing always. |
401 | GEN 17:3 | Abram knelt down with his forehead on the ground. God said to him, |
416 | GEN 17:18 | After that Abraham said to him, “God, perhaps you will do good to my child, Ishmael, to his descendants also you will do good.” |
417 | GEN 17:19 | In reply God said to him, “Truly your wife Sarah, she will give birth to a child. You will name him Isaac. I will look after him, in accord with my word, him and his descendants. They will be my people forever. |
419 | GEN 17:21 | That Isaac, he is the one who will be mine forever. I will be Father to him. Sarah will give birth to him about this time in one year.” In that way God spoke to Abraham. |
420 | GEN 17:22 | After he finished talking to Abraham God went away. |
421 | GEN 17:23 | There were very many working men in Abraham's camp. Some he had earlier got with money, others earlier had grown up from infancy in his camp. On that very day Abraham gathered all the men in his camp, old ones and children. On that very day in accord with God's word Abraham cut all the men. Another person cut him also. At that time Abraham was an old man, he had 99 years. His son, Ishmael, had 13 years. Truly on that one day those two were cut, Abraham and his son, Ishmael. |
426 | GEN 18:1 | Fairly soon after that God again appeared to Abraham. Abraham was staying near the big trees at Mamre. The sun was above. In the heat he was staying in his tent, at the doorway. |