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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.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.’
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.
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.
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 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;
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 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.
But the
firstling of an
ass thou shalt
redeem with a lamb: and if thou
redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the
firstborn of thy sons thou shalt
redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
And you are to
celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the
firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
The
first of the
firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto 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 he made loops of blue on the edge of one
curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the
uttermost side of another
curtain, in the coupling of the second.
He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end
curtain in the
first set, and also on the end
curtain in the second set.
And he made fifty loops upon the
uttermost edge of the
curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the
curtain which coupleth the second.
He made 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.
Three
bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a
knop and a flower; and three
bowls made like almonds in another branch, a
knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the
candlestick.
There were 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 extended from the lampstand.
And 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 going out of it.
A
bud was under the
first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a
bud under the second pair, and a
bud under the third pair.
And they set in it four rows of stones: the
first row was a
sardius, a
topaz, and a
carbuncle: this was the
first row.
And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The
first row had a
ruby, a
topaz, and an
emerald;
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
As for the
oblation of the
firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of
firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing
aroma.
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
If you bring a grain offering of
firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer
crushed heads of new grain
roasted on the fire.
And he shall carry forth the
bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the
first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering
first, and
wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it
asunder:
He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a
calf and a lamb, both of the
first year, without
blemish, for a burnt offering;
Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a
calf and a lamb—both a year old and without
blemish—for a burnt offering,
And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and
slew it, and offered it for sin, as the
first.
Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
And when the days of her
purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the
first year for a burnt offering, and a young
pigeon, or a
turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
When the days of her
purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young
pigeon or a
turtledove for a sin offering.
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without
blemish, and one
ewe lamb of the
first year without
blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
On the eighth day he is to bring two
unblemished male lambs, an
unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an
ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
And
whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not
rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
If the man with the discharge touches
anyone without
first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and
bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall
reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a
sheaf of the
firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you
reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a
sheaf of the
firstfruits of your harvest.
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the
sheaf an he lamb without
blemish of the
first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
On the day you wave the
sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without
blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave
loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be
baken with
leaven; they are the
firstfruits unto the LORD.
Bring two
loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an
ephah of fine flour,
baked with
leaven, as the
firstfruits to the LORD.
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without
blemish of the
first year, and one young
bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
Along with the bread you are to present seven
unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing
aroma to the LORD.
Then ye shall sacrifice one
kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the
first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the
first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a
memorial of blowing of
trumpets, an holy
convocation.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the
first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly
announced by
trumpet blasts.
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
Also in the
fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the
first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
On the
fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to
celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the
first day and also on the eighth day.
And ye shall take you on the
first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the
brook; and ye shall
rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
On the
first day you are to gather the fruit of
majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of
leafy trees and of willows of the
brook. And you are to
rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Only the
firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’S
firstling, no man shall
sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD’S.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the
first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
On the
first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of
Sinai. He said:
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
and on the
first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their
ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
