584 verses

Gen 2: 8

(NIV)
Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
(ESV)
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Gen 4: 15

(NIV)
But the Lord said to him, ‘Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
(ESV)
Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

Gen 8: 20

(NIV)
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
(ESV)
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Gen 9: 23

(NIV)
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

(ESV)
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Gen 12: 7

(NIV)
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

(ESV)
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Gen 12: 8

(NIV)
From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

(ESV)
From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Gen 13: 4

(NIV)
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

(ESV)
to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord.

Gen 13: 18

(NIV)
So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.

(ESV)
So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Gen 21: 14

(NIV)
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

(ESV)
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Gen 22: 6

(NIV)
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
(ESV)
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.

Gen 22: 9

(NIV)
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
(ESV)
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Gen 24: 2

(NIV)
He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, ‘Put your hand under my thigh.
(ESV)
And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,

Gen 24: 9

(NIV)
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

(ESV)
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

Gen 24: 33

(NIV)
Then food was set before him, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.’

‘Then tell us,’ Laban said.

(ESV)
Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” He said, “Speak on.”

Gen 24: 47

(NIV)
‘I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?”

‘She said, “The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.”

‘Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
(ESV)
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.

Gen 26: 25

(NIV)
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

(ESV)
So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Gen 28: 11

(NIV)
When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
(ESV)
And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

Gen 28: 18

(NIV)
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
(ESV)
So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

Gen 30: 41

(NIV)
Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so that they would mate near the branches,
(ESV)
Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks,

Gen 30: 42

(NIV)
but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.
(ESV)
but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

Gen 31: 34

(NIV)
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.

(ESV)
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

Gen 32: 16

(NIV)
He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, ‘Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.’

(ESV)
These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.”

Gen 33: 2

(NIV)
He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
(ESV)
And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

Gen 33: 20

(NIV)
There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.

(ESV)
There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Gen 35: 1

(NIV)
Then God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.’

(ESV)
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Gen 35: 3

(NIV)
Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’
(ESV)
Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Gen 35: 7

(NIV)
There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

(ESV)
and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Gen 37: 34

(NIV)
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
(ESV)
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Gen 40: 15

(NIV)
I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.’

(ESV)
For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”

Gen 41: 42

(NIV)
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain round his neck.
(ESV)
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.

Gen 43: 22

(NIV)
We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in our sacks.’

(ESV)
and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”

Gen 43: 31

(NIV)
After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, ‘Serve the food.’

(ESV)
Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

Gen 43: 32

(NIV)
They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians.
(ESV)
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Gen 44: 1

(NIV)
Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: ‘Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
(ESV)
Then he commanded the steward of his house, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack,

Gen 44: 2

(NIV)
Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.’ And he did as Joseph said.

(ESV)
and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.

Gen 45: 7

(NIV)
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

(ESV)
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

Gen 47: 6

(NIV)
and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.’

(ESV)
The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Gen 47: 29

(NIV)
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
(ESV)
And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Gen 48: 18

(NIV)
Joseph said to him, ‘No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.’

(ESV)
And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

Gen 48: 20

(NIV)
He blessed them that day and said,

‘In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing:
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.”’
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
(ESV)
So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”

Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Exod 2: 3

(NIV)
But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
(ESV)
When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.

Exod 3: 22

(NIV)
Every woman is to ask her neighbour and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.’

(ESV)
but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”

Exod 4: 15

(NIV)
You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.
(ESV)
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.

Exod 4: 21

(NIV)
The Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
(ESV)
And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

Exod 5: 8

(NIV)
But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, “Let us go and sacrifice to our God.”
(ESV)
But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’

Exod 8: 23

(NIV)
I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.”’

(ESV)
Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen.”’”

Exod 9: 21

(NIV)
But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.

(ESV)
but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.

Exod 15: 26

(NIV)
He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.’

(ESV)
saying, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Exod 17: 12

(NIV)
When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up – one on one side, one on the other – so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
(ESV)
But Moseshands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Exod 17: 15

(NIV)
Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner.
(ESV)
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,

Exod 18: 21

(NIV)
But select capable men from all the people – men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain – and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
(ESV)
Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exod 20: 24

(NIV)
‘“Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honoured, I will come to you and bless you.
(ESV)
An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

Exod 20: 25

(NIV)
If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
(ESV)
If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

Exod 20: 26

(NIV)
And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.”

(ESV)
And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’

Exod 21: 14

(NIV)
But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

(ESV)
But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Exod 24: 4

(NIV)
Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
(ESV)
And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exod 24: 6

(NIV)
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.
(ESV)
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.

Exod 27: 1

(NIV)
‘Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.
(ESV)
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

Exod 27: 5

(NIV)
Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.
(ESV)
And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

Exod 27: 6

(NIV)
Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
(ESV)
And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
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