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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said, Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God said, “Let there be an
expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
And God made the
firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so.
So God made the
expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
And God called the
firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
God called the
expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
And God said, “Let there be lights in the
expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
And let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And let them serve as lights in the
expanse of the sky to
shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
And God set them in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
God set these lights in the
expanse of the sky to
shine upon the earth,
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.
And God said, “Let the waters
teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open
expanse of the sky.”
The name of the
first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
The name of the
first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold.
And
Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto
Abel and to his offering:
while
Abel brought the best portions of the
firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on
Abel and his offering,
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And 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.
And it came to pass in the six
hundredth and
first year, in the
first month, the
first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and
Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
In
Noah’s six hundred and
first year, on the
first day of the
first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So
Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the
first: and there
Abram called on the name of the LORD.
to the site where he had built the altar. And there
Abram called on the name of the LORD.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking
firepot and a flaming
torch appeared and passed between the
halves of the
carcasses.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and
fire on
Sodom and
Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
And the
firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
So that night they got their father
drunk with wine, and the
firstborn went in and
slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I
slept with my father last night. Let us get him
drunk with wine again
tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
And the
firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of
today.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the
fire and the
sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
And these are the names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the
firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
And the
first came out red, all over like an
hairy garment; and they called his name
Esau.
The
first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him
Esau.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the
first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto
Gerar.
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to
Abimelech king of the Philistines at
Gerar.
And Jacob said unto his father, I am
Esau thy
firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
Jacob said to his father, “I am
Esau, your
firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may
bless me.”
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy
firstborn Esau.
But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am
Esau, your
firstborn son,” he answered.
And he called the name of that place
Bethel: but the name of that city was called
Luz at the
first.
and he called that place
Bethel, though previously the city had been named
Luz.
And
Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the
firstborn.
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
These were dukes of the sons of
Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn son of
Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
These are the chiefs among the sons of
Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn of
Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
And Judah took a wife for Er his
firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his
firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
And Er, Judah’s
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD
slew him.
But Er, Judah’s
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the
midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out
first,
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the
midwife took a scarlet thread and
tied it around his
wrist. “This one came out
first,” she
announced.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out
first!” So he was named
Perez.
And the
lean and the ill favoured
kine did eat up the
first seven fat
kine:
Then the thin,
ugly cows
devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there
first.
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the
first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for
bondmen, and our
asses.
But the brothers were
frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the
first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our
donkeys.”
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the
first time to
buy food:
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the
first time to
buy food.
And they sat before him, the
firstborn according to his
birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men
marvelled one at another.
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the
firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in
astonishment.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons:
Reuben, Jacob’s
firstborn.
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:
Reuben, Jacob’s
firstborn.
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands
wittingly; for
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on
Manasseh’s head, although
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the
firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of
fire out of the midst of a
bush: and he looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with
fire, and the
bush was not consumed.
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a
blazing fire from within a
bush. Moses saw the
bush ablaze with
fire, but it was not consumed.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the
first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or
heed the witness of the
first sign, they may believe that of the second.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my
firstborn:
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My
firstborn son,
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will
slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your
firstborn son!’”
These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of
Reuben the
firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of
Reuben.
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of
Reuben, the
firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of
Reuben.
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and
hail, and the
fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained
hail upon the land of Egypt.
So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent
thunder and
hail, and
lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down
hail upon the land of Egypt.
So there was
hail, and
fire mingled with the
hail, very
grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
The
hail fell and the
lightning continued
flashing through it. The
hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
and every
firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the
firstborn of the servant
girl behind the hand mill, as well as the
firstborn of all the cattle.
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the
first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Your lamb must be an
unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
And they shall eat the flesh in that night,
roast with
fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
They are to eat the meat that night,
roasted over the
fire, along with
unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Eat not of it raw, nor
sodden at all with water, but
roast with
fire; his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance thereof.
Do not eat any of the meat raw or
cooked in boiling water, but only
roasted over the
fire—its head and legs and inner parts.
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will
smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will
execute judgment: I am the LORD.
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every
firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will
execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
Seven days shall ye eat
unleavened bread; even the
first day ye shall put away
leaven out of your houses: for
whosoever eateth
leavened bread from the
first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
For seven days you must eat
unleavened bread. On the
first day you are to remove the
leaven from your houses.
Whoever eats anything
leavened from the
first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
And in the
first day there shall be an holy
convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy
convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
In the
first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat
unleavened bread, until the one and
twentieth day of the month at even.
In the
first month you are to eat
unleavened bread, from the evening of the
fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-
first day.
That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, and every
firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’S.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD
slew all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the
firstborn of man, and the
firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, being males; but all the
firstborn of my children I
redeem.
And when Pharaoh
stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the
firstborn male of every
womb, but I
redeem all the
firstborn of my sons.’
And the LORD went before them by day in a
pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a
pillar of
fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
And the LORD went before them in a
pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a
pillar of
fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
He took not away the
pillar of the cloud by day, nor the
pillar of
fire by night, from before the people.
Neither the
pillar of cloud by day nor the
pillar of
fire by night left its place before the people.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will
shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand
firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will
accomplish for you
today; for the Egyptians you see
today, you will never see again.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of
fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the
pillar of
fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an
heap, and the depths were
congealed in the heart of the sea.
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood
firm; the depths
congealed in the heart of the sea.
And mount
Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in
fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly.
Mount
Sinai was completely
enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in
fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain
quaked violently.
If he take him another wife; her food, her
raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or
marital rights of his
first wife.
If
fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed
therewith; he that
kindled the
fire shall surely make
restitution.
If a
fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes
stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the
fire must make full
restitution.
Thou shalt not delay to offer the
first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the
firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
You must not hold back offerings from your
granaries or vats. You are to give Me the
firstborn of your sons.
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the
firstfruits of the produce from what you
sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
The
first of the
firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not
seethe a
kid in his mother’s milk.
Bring the best of the
firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not
cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like
devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a
consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Three
bowls made like unto almonds, with a
knop and a flower in one branch; and three
bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a
knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the
candlestick.
There are to be three cups shaped like
almond blossoms on the
first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
And there shall be a
knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the
candlestick.
For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a
bud must be under the
first pair of branches, a
bud under the second pair, and a
bud under the third pair.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one
curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the
uttermost edge of another
curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end
curtain in the
first set, and do the same for the end
curtain in the second set.
And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one
curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the
curtain which coupleth the second.
Make fifty loops along the edge of the end
curtain in the
first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding
curtain in the second set.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its
sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its
firepans.
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the
first row shall be a
sardius, a
topaz, and a
carbuncle: this shall be the
first row.
And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the
first row there shall be a
ruby, a
topaz, and an
emerald;
But the flesh of the
bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with
fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing
aroma, an offering made by
fire to the LORD.
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar
atop the burnt offering as a pleasing
aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by
fire to the LORD.
And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
And if any of the meat of
ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an
hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an
hin of wine for a drink offering.
With the
first lamb offer a tenth of an
ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter
hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter
hin of wine.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do
thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
And offer the second lamb at
twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing
aroma, an offering made by
fire to the LORD.
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
And he took the
calf which they had made, and burnt it in the
fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Then he took the
calf they had made, burned it in the
fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
And I said unto them,
Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the
fire, and there came out this
calf.
So I said to them, ‘
Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the
fire, out came this
calf!”
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the
first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the
first tables, which thou brakest.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “
Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the
first tablets, which you broke.
And he
hewed two tables of stone like unto the
first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount
Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
So Moses
chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount
Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
All that openeth the
matrix is mine; and every
firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
The
first offspring of every
womb belongs to Me, including all the
firstborn males among your
livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
