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. |
206 | GEN 8:22 | Now summer and winter will follow each other. Heat and cold will follow each other. Day and night will follow each other. Just like that they will be.” |
224 | GEN 9:18 | Those children of Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth had children. From them all of us came. [NOTE: Chapter 10 has been omitted at this stage, because it would merely confuse and distract struggling readers.] |
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.) |
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. |
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.” |
607 | GEN 24:15 | Just as he was talking to God, Rebekah came, she was carrying a water container on her shoulder. That young girl had a beautiful face. She had not slept with a man. She did not have a promised one. (Her father's name was Bethuel. Bethuel's mother's name was Milcah, his father's name was Nahor. That Nahor was Abraham's younger brother.) Rebekah came down to the well, she filled the water container, she climbed back up. |
685 | GEN 25:26 | After that the younger one appeared. He was holding his older brother's heel. Therefore they named him Jacob. At that time Isaac was old, having 60 years. |
686 | GEN 25:27 | Those two Esau and Jacob became big, they became men. Esau was a hunter, he used to go out for meat. Jacob used to stay in the camp, he used to work for his father. |
688 | GEN 25:29 | One day Jacob was cooking food, red food, the name for that is lentil. Esau returned after having gone hunting. He was hungry. |
690 | GEN 25:31 | Jacob replied, “Wait a bit! Tell me your true word. You are the eldest one. Later our father will die. After that you will be boss for us two. You will get the big lot of the belongings. I will get the small lot. Tell me I will be like the older brother. Tell me like that, after that I will give you food.” |
692 | GEN 25:33 | Jacob replied, “Give me a straight word. After that I will give you food.” Esau thought to himself he should just stay not being boss for him, he was wanting to be without caring. He gave the word to him, “Yes, you can be like the older brother.” |
693 | GEN 25:34 | Therefore Jacob gave him damper and red food. After that Esau ate, he drank, he went away without caring. |
739 | GEN 27:11 | Jacob said to her, “Listen to me. My older brother is hairy, I am smooth, without hair. |
742 | GEN 27:14 | Jacob listened to his mother. He killed two goats, he took them to his mother. She cooked really tasty meat for his father. |
745 | GEN 27:17 | She gave Jacob the cooked meat and damper. “Take this food to your father.” |
747 | GEN 27:19 | Jacob lied, he said to him, “I am the eldest one, Esau. Having gone I have returned to you with meat, as you told me. Sit up now, eat this really tasty meat. After you have eaten tell me the word of how God will do good to me.” |
748 | GEN 27:20 | Isaac said to him, “Wow! You got the meat quickly.” Jacob lying said to him, “Your boss, God, showed me the meat quickly.” |
750 | GEN 27:22 | After that he came close to him. His father touched him. The goat skin deceived Isaac. “You talk like Jacob, your hand is like Esau's.” |
753 | GEN 27:25 | “Pass me that meat. After eating it I will tell you my word.” Jacob took the meat to him, he gave him something to drink also, red wine. |
755 | GEN 27:27 | He came to him, he hugged him. Isaac smelled Esau's clothes. He said to Jacob, “My son, you smell like grass, you smell like grassy country, very pleasant. God has been looking after that country. |
757 | GEN 27:29 | People from far away, from other countries will work for you, they will obey you. You will be boss for your younger brothers, your mother's children will kneel down at your feet. Some will hate you, they will ask God to do evil to you. In response God will do evil to them. Some will do good to you. In response God will do good to them.” In that way Isaac spoke to Jacob. Like that he said God would do good to him. |
758 | GEN 27:30 | After that Jacob went, he left his father there. Soon Esau returned from hunting. |
764 | GEN 27:36 | Esau said to him, “My younger brother is a deceiver of people. Jacob is a good name for him. Twice my younger brother has deceived me. He tricked me into saying he is like an older brother for me. He tricked you about God's word, you gave it to him, you did not give it to me. Will you give me also your good word. In that way God will do good to me also.” |
769 | GEN 27:41 | After that Esau was thinking about his father's good word from God, his father gave it to Jacob. Therefore Esau did not like his younger brother. He was thinking, “Later my father will die. We will cry for him. After that I will kill my younger brother.” |
774 | GEN 27:46 | After that Rebekah said to her husband, “I do not like those two wives of Esau's. Maybe Jacob will choose a wife from this country, from Hiti's mob. If he does that I will not want to stay alive, I will die.” |
775 | GEN 28:1 | Isaac called for Jacob, he talked kindly to him, “You choose a wife not from here, not from Canaan. |
779 | GEN 28:5 | After talking like that Isaac sent Jacob far away. After that Jacob was going towards Mesopotamia, he was searching for his uncle Laban, in what's-that-place, in the country Aram. That Laban was the son of Bethuel. He was the older brother of Rebekah, the mother of Esau and Jacob. [28:6-9 has been omitted.] |
784 | GEN 28:10 | Jacob left that country Beersheba, he was going towards that town Haran. |
787 | GEN 28:13 | There in the dream he saw God also, he was standing near the top of the thing for climbing. He said to Jacob, “I am God. I am the one who was looking after Abraham and Isaac, your grandfather and father. Those two also belong to me. This country where you are now sleeping I will give you, for you and your children. |
789 | GEN 28:15 | I will be with you wherever you go. Later I will cause you to return to this country. I will not leave you, I will be with you. I will do for you what I said to you.” In that way God spoke to Jacob. |
790 | GEN 28:16 | After that Jacob woke up from sleep. He was afraid. “Wow! God is here, I did not know, I was just sleeping. This camp makes me afraid. Wow! Truly this is God's camp, the gate that leads to his camp in the sky is right here!” |
792 | GEN 28:18 | At daybreak Jacob got up from sleep. Then he got that stone, the one his head had been lying on, he stood that up, he poured oil on that stone. He did that to remind him God talked to him there. |
800 | GEN 29:4 | Jacob said to the people in charge (of the sheep), “Where is your camp?” They answered him, “We are from the town, from what's-its-name, from Haran.” |
806 | GEN 29:10 | As soon as he saw Rachel and his uncle's sheep Jacob went to the well, he moved back that big stone from on top, he gave water to his uncle's sheep. |
809 | GEN 29:13 | After hearing that word Laban went quickly to his nephew. He hugged him, he took him to his camp. Jacob told him how he came from far away, from another country, his own. |
810 | GEN 29:14 | Laban said to him, “You are my own nephew. Stay here with me.” Jacob stayed there, he worked for his uncle for one month. |
814 | GEN 29:18 | Jacob was liking Rachel, he was wanting her for his wife. Therefore he said to Laban, “I will work for you for 7 years. After that you will give me Rachel as a wife.” |
819 | GEN 29:23 | After it became dark Laban brought Leah, Rachel's older sister, to Jacob, he said to him, “This one now is your promised one.” (Laban gave one working woman to Leah, her name was Zilpah.) That night Jacob slept with Leah. As soon as he woke up, he saw it was another, Leah. Then he became angry, he said to his uncle, “Why did you deceive me? I worked for you for another woman, for Rachel. Why did you give me Leah?” |
824 | GEN 29:28 | Jacob listened to Laban. “Yes, I will again work for you.” Then he was staying with Leah for 7 days, after that Laban gave him another wife, Rachel. |
826 | GEN 29:30 | Jacob slept with Rachel also. He loved Rachel a lot, he didn't care about Leah. For that wife Rachel he was again working for his uncle for 7 years. |
827 | GEN 29:31 | God knew about Jacob, he did not love Leah. God was sorry for Leah, he gave her children. Her younger sister was staying without children. |
831 | GEN 29:35 | After that she got another child, a male. She said to God, “Thank you, God. I will praise you.” So she named that child Judah. After that she did not have any more children for a long time. |
833 | GEN 30:2 | Jacob after that became angry with his wife. “Don't look at me. Truly I am not like God. God is the one who has prevented you from having a child.” |
834 | GEN 30:3 | Rachel said to Jacob, “That woman now, my worker, Bilhah. You two sleep together. She will get a child for me. That child will be mine.” Like that Rachel spoke to him. |
835 | GEN 30:4 | After that Jacob slept with that working woman. |
841 | GEN 30:10 | Therefore Zilpah gave birth to a male child for Jacob. |
847 | GEN 30:16 | In the evening Jacob returned to the camp from far away after work. Leah met him. The she said to him, “Tonight we two will sleep together. I gave my sister some mandrakes my child got. Therefore she told me we will sleep together.” That night truly those two slept together. |
855 | GEN 30:24 | She said, “Perhaps God will give me another son.” So she named that child Joseph. |
856 | GEN 30:25 | As soon as Joseph was born Jacob said to his uncle, “I will return to my own country. |
860 | GEN 30:29 | Jacob said to him, “I have worked comepletely for you. I took good care of your animals. You know that. |
862 | GEN 30:31 | Laban asked him, “What shall I give you? Tell me.” Jacob replied, “Do not give me money. Wait, I will tell you. Today I will look at your animals, I will separate them. I will take the black sheep and the spotted and striped goats. Those particular ones. They will be mine, all the others will be yours. If you say yes, I will stay with you, I will take care of your animals for you. |
866 | GEN 30:35 | Laban deceived Jacob. That very day he took all the spotted and striped goats and all the black sheep, he told his sons, “Take all these goats and sheep over there far away, take care of them over there.” As a result of that word they took them 3 days' journey. Then Jacob was taking care of all the rest of Laban's animals. |
871 | GEN 30:40 | After that he separated those young ones. He kept them for himself, he did not put them with Laban's animals. He put the oldish [= mature, matable] animals facing towards Laban's animals. [Laban's animals: The plain ones in Jacob's care, not the non-plain ones that Laban's sons had taken far away. 'Facing' here is taken to be a euphemism for 'mating them with'.] |
872 | GEN 30:41 | Whenever the strong animals were mating Jacob put the sticks in front of them. |
873 | GEN 30:42 | Whenever the weakish animals were mating Jacob did not put those sticks there. The young ones from the weak animals became Laban's. The young ones from the strong animals became Jacob's. |
874 | GEN 30:43 | Because of doing that Jacob got for himself many sheep and goats. He was owning many camels and donkeys, and working men and women. |
875 | GEN 31:1 | After that Laban's sons were criticising Jacob. They said, “Jacob took all our father's animals. As a result of doing that he has many animals. They should be our father's.” Jacob heard about their critical words which they said. |
876 | GEN 31:2 | Laban didn't like him. Jacob knew that. |
877 | GEN 31:3 | After that God said to Jacob, “Go back to your father's country, to your own people, I will take care of you.” In that way God spoke to him. |
878 | GEN 31:4 | At that time Jacob was staying a long way away from his camp with his animals. After that Jacob sent a word to his two wives, Rachel and Leah, to come to him. |
885 | GEN 31:11 | In that dream God spoke to me, 'Jacob!' 'Yes, what?' |
888 | GEN 31:14 | Rachel and Leah listened to Jacob's word. They replied, “Our father will not give us anything from his. |
891 | GEN 31:17 | After that Jacob got his belongings in preparation for leaving. He did not tell Laban. Laban had earlier gone from his camp to cut the wool from his sheep. While Laban was far away Rachel stole her father's carved ones like Dreamtime-Beings. After that Jacob got camels to carry his wives and children. He sent his animals ahead, sheep and goats and cattle and donkeys. Jacob and his wives (pl) and children left that camp of Laban's secretly. In this way he deceived his uncle. He went with fear straight towards the country Canaan. |
896 | GEN 31:22 | After three days Laban heard Jacob had already gone. |
897 | GEN 31:23 | Laban got some men, after that they followed Jacob. They followed him for 7 days towards the hilly country, in what's-its-name, in Gilead. |
898 | GEN 31:24 | Partway along God spoke in a dream to Laban, “You just go to Jacob without fighting.” |
899 | GEN 31:25 | Jacob and his children and wives had already camped in the hilly country. Then Laban and his men arrived near to Jacob, they made camp nearby. |
900 | GEN 31:26 | Laban rebuked Jacob. “You deceived me. You took my two daughters, truly like two prisoners. Why did you do it like that? |
903 | GEN 31:29 | Since that is the way you behave I truly might do harm to you. But no. Your father used to listen to God. That same God spoke to me in the night, he told me, 'You just go to Jacob without fighting.' Because he spoke like that to me I will just let you off. |
905 | GEN 31:31 | Jacob replied, “I was thinking about you, you could have taken these two from me. I was afraid. Because of that I went secretly. |
906 | GEN 31:32 | I did not take your Dreamtime-Being-like things. Whoever of my mob took them, that person you should kill. Look at my possessions. Whatever you see of yours, point it out to us, to your men and mine. After that keep those for yourself.” Jacob did not know that Rachel in readiness to leave for Canaan secretly took her father's carved Dreamtime-Being-like-things. Because of that Jacob spoke in that way. |
907 | GEN 31:33 | After that Laban entered Jacob's tent. He was searching for those Dreamtime-Being-like things. He didn't see those things there. After that he was searching in Leah's tent, he didn't see them there either. After that he went into the tent of those two working women. Nothing, there also unsuccessfully he was searching for them. After that he went to Rachel's tent. |
910 | GEN 31:36 | Therefore Jacob then became angry with Laban, he rebuked his uncle. “I didn't do anything bad to you. Why did you pester me like that? What bad did I truly do to you? |
916 | GEN 31:42 | You did not want to give me anything. God was taking care of me. He knows about me, I worked well for you, he knows about you, you made it hard for me. Therefore he rebuked you at night in a dream.” In that way Jacob spoke to him. |
919 | GEN 31:45 | Therefore Jacob got a big stone, he stood it up. |
921 | GEN 31:47 | Laban named that heap in his language, 'A heap for reminding'. Jacob also named it 'A heap for reminding' in his language. |
922 | GEN 31:48 | Laban said to Jacob, “This heap will remind us two of our word to each other. |
927 | GEN 31:53 | One of us two might ignore this word, God will know about him. Our two paternal grandfathers, Abraham and Nahor, used to obey him. Perhaps I might ignore that word. In that case truly that same one, God, he will hit me. Perhaps you might ignore that word. In that case truly that same one, God, he will hit you.” Like that Laban spoke to Jacob. Jacob listened to Laban's word. He said to Laban, “That same God is the one my father Isaac used to obey, that God knows about me. I am keeping that word for you.” |
928 | GEN 31:54 | After that Jacob got one of his animals and killed it to give to God. He asked his men and Laban's to eat food with him. After eating they slept at that stone for the night. |
930 | GEN 32:2 | As Jacob was going on towards his father's country, some of God's angels came to him. |
931 | GEN 32:3 | When Jacob saw them he said to himself, “This is God's camp.” He named that country Mahanaim. |
932 | GEN 32:4 | After that Jacob sent some men ahead to his older brother, to Esau, he was in that country Edom. |
933 | GEN 32:5 | He told them, “Take this word to him, say to Esau, my boss, 'Your working man, Jacob, sent us to you. He was staying with Laban. He was there a long time. |
935 | GEN 32:7 | The men went to Esau in accordance with Jacob's word. After returning they said to Jacob, “We went to your older brother, we told him your word. He is coming, he will meet you. He is coming with 400 men.” |
936 | GEN 32:8 | After hearing that word Jacob became very frightened. He separated his people into two groups. He separated his animals too. |
939 | GEN 32:11 | Truly you have been doing good things for me. I am quite unimportant, just rubbish. Earlier when I left my country I crossed to the far side of this river, this Jordan river, I was just going with only a walking stick. Now I have returned with many animals and people. |
942 | GEN 32:14 | Jacob slept there one night. After that he chose some animals to give to his older brother. |
947 | GEN 32:19 | You will reply to him, 'These animals are Jacob's, your working man. He is sending them to his boss, to Esau. He is coming behind now.'#” That is what he told that man. |
949 | GEN 32:21 | You tell him, 'Your working man Jacob is coming behind us.'#” Jacob was saying to himself, “Perhaps these animals will make Esau's feelings good towards me. Later he will see me, perhaps he will feel good towards me.” |
950 | GEN 32:22 | When his men went with the animals Jacob stayed there. |
951 | GEN 32:23 | In the night he took his belongings and his wives and children, they crossed the river Jabbok. He left them all on the far side. After that he went back. |
954 | GEN 32:26 | Jacob didn't give up, he kept holding the stranger. Therefore that one hit him on the hip and put it out of joint. |
955 | GEN 32:27 | After that he said to Jacob, “It is becoming first light. Don't hold me. Leave me!” Jacob said to him, “You tell me whatever good you will do for me. If you don't I will keep holding you.” |
956 | GEN 32:28 | That stranger asked him, “Who are you?” “My name is Jacob.” |
957 | GEN 32:29 | That stranger said to him, “From now they will not name you Jacob. You have argued with God and with people, they have left you, you are still standing up. Therefore from now on your name will be Israel.” |
958 | GEN 32:30 | After that Jacob asked him, “And who are you?” He said to him, “Don't ask, you can't talk in that way to me. Now I will do good to you.” Like that he spoke to Jacob. Then he left Jacob there, he went away. |
959 | GEN 32:31 | Jacob said to himself, “I saw God's face. Wow! He didn't kill me.” Because of that Jacob named that camp Peniel. That name says, 'God's Face'. |