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And the LORD God
took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Then the LORD God
took the man and placed him in the Garden of
Eden to
cultivate and keep it.
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept: and he
took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he
slept, He
took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she
took the fruit and
ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he
ate it.
And
Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other
Zillah.
And
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other
Zillah.
And
Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God
took him.
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
But the
dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and
took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
But the
dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
And
Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and
took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Then
Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And
Shem and
Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Then
Shem and
Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
And
Abram and
Nahor took them wives: the name of
Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of
Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives for themselves.
Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and
Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of
Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
And Terah
took Abram his son, and Lot the son of
Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son
Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from
Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan; and they came unto
Haran, and dwelt there.
And Terah
took his son
Abram, his grandson Lot son of
Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of
Abram, and they set out from
Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of
Canaan. But when they arrived in
Haran, they settled there.
And
Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had
gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of
Canaan; and into the land of
Canaan they came.
And
Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in
Haran, and set out for the land of
Canaan. When they came to the land of
Canaan,
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
The four kings seized all the goods of
Sodom and
Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
And they
took Lot,
Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in
Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
They also carried off
Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in
Sodom.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
So
Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the
halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
And Sarai
Abram’s wife
took Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Canaan, and gave her to her husband
Abram to be his wife.
So after he had lived in
Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai
took her Egyptian
maidservant Hagar and gave her to
Abram to be his wife.
And Abraham
took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and
circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
On that very day Abraham
took his son
Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he
circumcised them, just as God had told him.
And he
took butter, and milk, and the
calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the
calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they
ate.
And
Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife.
So
Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife
Sarah to him.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto
Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and
wandered in the wilderness of Beer-
sheba.
Early in the morning, Abraham got up,
took bread and a skin of water, put them on
Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and
wandered in the Wilderness of
Beersheba.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of
Paran: and his mother
took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of
Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
And Abraham
took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to
Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
saddled his
ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
So Abraham got up early the next morning,
saddled his
donkey, and
took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
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 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and
took the knife to
slay his son.
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a
thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and
took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the
stead of his son.
Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a
thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and
took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
The LORD God of heaven, which
took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that
sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
And the servant
took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to
Mesopotamia, unto the city of
Nahor.
Then the servant
took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for
Nahor’s hometown in
Aram-naharaim.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden
earring of half a
shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
And
Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they
rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant
took Rebekah, and went his way.
Then
Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant
took Rebekah and left.
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she
took a
vail, and covered herself.
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she
took her
veil and covered herself.
And Isaac brought her into his mother
Sarah’s tent, and
took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother
Sarah and
took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Then again Abraham
took a wife, and her name was
Keturah.
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named
Keturah,
And after that came his brother out, and his hand
took hold on
Esau’s
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old when she bare them.
After this, his brother came out
grasping Esau’s
heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
For all the wells which his father’s servants had
digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
So the Philistines
took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had
dug in the days of his father Abraham.
And
Esau was forty years old when he
took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
When
Esau was forty years old, he
took as his wives
Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
And
Rebekah took goodly
raiment of her eldest son
Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
And
Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son
Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
And he said, Thy brother came with
subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came
deceitfully and
took your blessing.”
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath
supplanted me these two times: he
took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
So
Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has
cheated me twice. He
took my
birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “
Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
Then went
Esau unto
Ishmael, and
took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of
Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Esau went to
Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son
Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and
tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he
took of the stones of that place, and put them for his
pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and
took the stone that he had put for his
pillows, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Early the next morning, Jacob
took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a
pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
But when evening came,
Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he
slept with her.
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she
took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
And Jacob
took him rods of green
poplar, and of the
hazel and
chesnut tree; and
pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Jacob, however,
took fresh branches of
poplar,
almond, and plane trees, and
peeled the bark,
exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
And he
took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount
Gilead.
So he
took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of
Gilead.
And Jacob
took a stone, and set it up for a
pillar.
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they
took stones, and made an
heap: and they did eat there upon the
heap.
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they
took stones and made a
mound, and there by the
mound they
ate.
And he
lodged there that same night; and
took of that which came to his hand a present for
Esau his brother;
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother
Esau:
And he rose up that night, and
took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the
ford Jabbok.
During the night Jacob got up and
took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the
ford of the
Jabbok.
And he
took them, and sent them over the
brook, and sent over that he had.
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt
graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he
took it.
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been
gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
And when
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he
took her, and lay with her, and
defiled her.
When
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he
took her and lay with her by force.
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of the sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren,
took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and
slew all the males.
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers
Simeon and Levi)
took their swords, went into the
unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
And they
slew Hamor and
Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and
took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house, and went out.
They killed Hamor and his son
Shechem with their swords,
took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house, and went away.
They
took their sheep, and their oxen, and their
asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
They
took their flocks and herds and
donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives
took they
captive, and
spoiled even all that was in the house.
They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they
plundered everything in their houses.
Esau took his wives of the daughters of
Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Esau took his wives from the daughters of
Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and
granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
And
Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of
Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Later,
Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his
livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in
Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Then there passed by Midianites
merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the
Ishmaelites, who
took him to Egypt.
And they
took Joseph’s coat, and killed a
kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
Then they
took Joseph’s
robe, slaughtered a young goat, and
dipped the
robe in its blood.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he
took her, and went in unto her.
There Judah saw the daughter of a
Canaanite man named Shua, and he
took her as a wife and
slept with her.
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 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 Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I
took the grapes,
squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
And Pharaoh
took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and
arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Then Pharaoh removed the
signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
And he turned himself about from them, and
wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and
took from them
Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
And he turned away from them and
wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he
took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and
took us for
spies of the country.
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of
spying on the country.
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
So the men
took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they
hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
And the man did as Joseph
bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
The man did as Joseph had commanded and took the brothers to Joseph’s house.
And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their
asses provender.
And the
steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their
donkeys.
And he
took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s
mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, and were
merry with him.
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and
drank freely with Joseph.
Then they speedily
took down every man his
sack to the ground, and opened every man his
sack.
So each one quickly lowered his
sack to the ground and opened it.
And Israel
took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-
sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to
Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
And Jacob rose up from Beer-
sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Then Jacob departed from
Beersheba, and the sons of Israel
took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
And they
took their cattle, and their goods, which they had
gotten in the land of
Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
They also
took the
livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of
Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he
took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
And Joseph
took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
And Joseph
took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto
Manasseh’s head.
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and
took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to
Manasseh’s.
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I
took from the
Amorites with my sword and bow.”
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
And when she could not longer hide him, she
took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with
slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s
brink.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a
papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the
basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman
took the child, and
nursed it.
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and
nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman
took the boy and
nursed him.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
And the LORD said
furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his
bosom: and when he
took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous as snow.
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your
cloak.” So he put his hand inside his
cloak, and when he
took it out, his hand was
leprous, white as snow.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy
bosom again. And he put his hand into his
bosom again; and
plucked it out of his
bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
“Put your hand back inside your
cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his
cloak, and when he
took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
And Moses
took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an
ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses
took the rod of God in his hand.
So Moses
took his wife and sons, put them on a
donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he
took the staff of God in his hand.
Then Zipporah
took a sharp stone, and cut off the
foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a
bloody husband art thou to me.
But Zipporah
took a flint knife, cut off her son’s
foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
