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And
Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Enoch: and he builded a
city, and called the name of the
city, after the name of his son,
Enoch.
And
Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to
Enoch. Then
Cain built a
city and named it after his son
Enoch.
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the
city Rehoboth, and
Calah,
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built
Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah,
And Resen between
Nineveh and
Calah: the same is a great
city.
and Resen, which is between
Nineveh and the great
city of
Calah.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the
city:
wilt thou also destroy and not
spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the
city? Will You really
sweep it away and not
spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
And the LORD said, If I find in
Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the
city of
Sodom, on their account I will
spare the whole place.”
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:
wilt thou destroy all the
city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
And there came two angels to
Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Now the two angels arrived at
Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the
gateway of the
city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
But before they lay down, the men of the
city, even the men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the
city of
Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and
whatsoever thou hast in the
city, bring them out of this place:
Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have
anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or
anyone else in the
city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this
city. But he seemed as one that
mocked unto his sons in law.
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were
pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the
city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was
joking.
And when the morning arose, then the angels
hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the
city.
At
daybreak the angels
hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the
city.”
And while he
lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the
city.
But when Lot
hesitated, the men
grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the
city, because of the LORD’s
compassion for them.
Behold now, this
city is near to
flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Look, there is a town nearby where I can
flee, and it is a small place. Please let me
flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not
demolish the town you indicate.
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the
city was called Zoar.
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
And Ephron dwelt among the children of
Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the
audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his
city, saying,
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of
Heth. So in the presence of all the
Hittites who had come to the gate of his
city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his
city.
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the
Hittites who had come to the gate of his
city.
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 he made his camels to
kneel down without the
city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
As evening approached, he made the camels
kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the
city is Beer-
sheba unto this day.
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the
city is
Beersheba.
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 Jacob came to Shalem, a
city of
Shechem, which is in the land of
Canaan, when he came from Padan-
aram; and pitched his tent before the
city.
After Jacob had come from Paddan-
aram, he arrived safely at the
city of
Shechem in the land of
Canaan, and he camped just outside the
city.
And Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the gate of their
city, and communed with the men of their
city, saying,
So Hamor and his son
Shechem went to the gate of their
city and addressed the men of their
city:
And unto Hamor and unto
Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his
city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his
city.
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.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
spoiled the
city, because they had
defiled their sister.
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and
looted the
city, because their sister had been
defiled.
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 Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto
Mamre, unto the
city of Arbah, which is
Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned.
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at
Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is,
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
And
Bela the son of Beor reigned in
Edom: and the name of his
city was Dinhabah.
Bela son of Beor reigned in
Edom; the name of his
city was Dinhabah.
And Husham died, and
Hadad the son of Bedad, who
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead: and the name of his
city was Avith.
When Husham died,
Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated
Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his
city was Avith.
And
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his
city was
Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
When
Baal-hanan son of Achbor died,
Hadad reigned in his place. His
city was named
Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
And when they were gone out of the
city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his
steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou
dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
They had not gone far from the
city when Joseph told his
steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Then they rent their clothes, and
laded every man his
ass, and returned to the
city.
Then they all
tore their clothes, loaded their
donkeys, and returned to the
city.
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the
city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the
thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more
hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’S.
Moses said to him, “When I have left the
city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The
thunder will cease, and there will be no more
hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
And Moses went out of the
city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and
hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the
city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The
thunder and
hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
he must order that the
contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the
city.
And he shall cause the house to be
scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they
scrape off without the
city into an unclean place:
And he shall have the inside of the house
scraped completely and the
plaster that is
scraped off
dumped into an unclean place outside the
city.
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the
morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the
city into an unclean place.
It must be
torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its
plaster, and taken outside the
city to an unclean place.
But he shall let go the living bird out of the
city into the open fields, and make an
atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the
city. In this way he will make
atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled
city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he
redeem it.
If a man sells a house in a walled
city, he retains his right of
redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled
city is permanently transferred to its
buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the
Jubilee.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a
city they possess—and must be released in the
Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
And when we
cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a
city in the
uttermost of thy border:
and when we
cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a
city on the edge of your territory.
For
Heshbon was the
city of Sihon the king of the
Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto
Arnon.
Heshbon was the
city of Sihon king of the
Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the
Arnon.
Wherefore they that speak in
proverbs say, Come into
Heshbon, let the
city of Sihon be built and prepared:
That is why the poets say: “Come to
Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the
city of Sihon be restored.
For there is a fire gone out of
Heshbon, a flame from the
city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of
Arnon.
For a fire went out from
Heshbon, a
blaze from the
city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of
Arnon’s heights.
And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a
city of Moab, which is in the border of
Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
When Balak heard that
Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the
Moabite city on the
Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
And the congregation shall deliver the
slayer out of the hand of the
revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the
city of his refuge,
whither he was fled: and he shall
abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was
anointed with the holy oil.
The assembly is to protect the
manslayer from the hand of the
avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the
city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was
anointed with the holy oil.
But if the
slayer shall at any time come without the border of the
city of his refuge,
whither he was fled;
But if the
manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the
city of refuge to which he fled
And the
revenger of blood find him without the borders of the
city of his refuge, and the
revenger of blood kill the
slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
and the
avenger of blood finds him outside of his
city of refuge and kills him, then the
avenger will not be guilty of
bloodshedBecause he should have remained in the
city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the
slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
because the
manslayer must remain in his
city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Nor should you accept a
ransom for the person who flees to a
city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
From Aroer, which is by the
brink of the river of
Arnon, and from the
city that is by the river, even unto
Gilead, there was not one
city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
From Aroer on the
rim of the
Arnon Valley, along with the
city in the valley, even as far as
Gilead, not one
city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a
city which we took not from them,
threescore cities, all the region of
Argob, the kingdom of
Og in
Bashan.
At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single
city we failed to take—the entire region of
Argob, the kingdom of
Og in
Bashan.
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every
city.
We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every
city.
Certain men, the children of
Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their
city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their
city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
Thou shalt surely
smite the inhabitants of that
city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
you must surely put the inhabitants of that
city to the sword.
Devote to destruction all its people and
livestock.
And thou shalt gather all the
spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the
city, and all the
spoil thereof every
whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an
heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
And you are to gather all its
plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the
city and all its
plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The
city must remain a
mound of ruins
forever, never to be rebuilt.
Then the elders of his
city shall send and
fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the
avenger of blood, that he may die.
the elders of his
city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the
avenger of blood to die.
When thou comest
nigh unto a
city to fight against it, then
proclaim peace unto it.
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt
besiege it:
But if they refuse to make peace with you and
wage war against you, lay siege to that
city.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the
city, even all the
spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto
thyself; and thou shalt eat the
spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
But the women, children,
livestock, and whatever else is in the
city—all its
spoil—you may take as
plunder, and you shall use the
spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
When thou shalt
besiege a
city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an
axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
When you lay siege to a
city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an
axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should
besiege them?
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the
city that is
waging war against you, until it falls.
And it shall be, that the
city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that
city shall take an
heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
Then the elders of the
city nearest the
victim shall take a
heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
And the elders of that
city shall bring down the
heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the
heifer’s neck there in the valley:
bring the
heifer to a valley with running water that has not been
plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
And all the elders of that
city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the
heifer that is
beheaded in the valley:
Then all the elders of the
city nearest the
victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the
heifer whose neck has been broken,
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Then all the men of his
city will stone him to death. So you must
purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
Then shall the father of the
damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the
tokens of the
damsel’s
virginity unto the elders of the
city in the gate:
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her
virginity to the
city elders at the gate
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a
maid; and yet these are the
tokens of my daughter’s
virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the
city.
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her
virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the
city elders.
And the elders of that
city shall take that man and
chastise him;
Then the elders of that
city shall take the man and
punish him.
Then they shall bring out the
damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her
city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the
whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her
city will stone her to death. For she has committed an
outrage in Israel by being
promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
If a
damsel that is a virgin be
betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the
city, and lie with her;
If there is a virgin
pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the
city and sleeps with her,
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that
city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the
damsel, because she
cried not, being in the
city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that
city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the
city, and the man because he has
violated his
neighbor’s wife. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Then the elders of his
city shall
summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Cursed shalt thou be in the
city, and
cursed shalt thou be in the field.
And the south, and the plain of the valley of
Jericho, the
city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of
Jericho (the
City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Then
Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the
city.
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an
heap very far from the
city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against
Jericho.
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far
upstream as Adam, a
city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite
Jericho.
And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven
trumpets of rams horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the
city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the
trumpets.
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the
trumpet, all the people shall
shout with a great
shout; and the wall of the
city shall fall down flat, and the people shall
ascend up every man straight before him.
And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty
shout. Then the wall of the
city will
collapse and all your people will charge straight into the
city.”
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
And he told the people, “Advance and march around the
city, with the armed troops going
ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
So the ark of the LORD compassed the
city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and
lodged in the camp.
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the
city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the
city seven times.
Then on the seventh day, they got up at
dawn and marched around the
city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the
city seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests
blew with the
trumpets, Joshua said unto the people,
Shout; for the LORD hath given you the
city.
After the seventh time around, the priests
blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “
Shout! For the LORD has given you the
city!
