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And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "From every tree of the garden {you may freely eat},

Verse ConceptsAdam, PriviledgesGod's ProvisionFood DefinedFood PermittedAdam and eveGardensMorality

And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and he brought [each] to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called that living creature [was] its name.

Verse ConceptsAdam, Creation OfAirAnimal LifeBirds, Features OfStars Created By God

And the man {gave names} to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven and to all the wild animals. But for [the] man there was not found a helper {as his counterpart}.

Verse ConceptsCattleNot FindingMammalsNo HelpRelation Of Animals To ManAnimals Having A SoulBirdsPetslonliness

And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up {the flesh where it had been}.

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalAnestheticSealing ThingsAdam and eve

And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

Verse ConceptsCreation Of WomanWoman's PlaceAdam and eveA Good WomanBeing A Woman Of GodSoulmatesMan And Woman

Then Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; O wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for injuring me.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainPay Attention To People!

And {your lifeblood} I will require; from {every animal} I will require it. And from the hand of humankind, from the hand of [each] man to his brother I will require the life of humankind.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansCapital PunishmentResponsibility For Blood ShedDeath Penalty For KillingRelation Of Animals To ManAnimals Having A SoulThe RainbowPetsaccounting

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and then sent him and his wife and all that [was] with him away.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTThe King's Orders

Then Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there not be quarreling between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we men [are] brothers.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryLove Between RelativesConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflict

Now the men of Sodom {were extremely wicked sinners against Yahweh}.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfSodom And GomorrahCitiesYielding To Temptation

When Abram heard that his {relative} was taken captive, he summoned his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen [of them], and he went in pursuit up to Dan.

Verse ConceptsSkillViolenceWarfare, Strategies InAbraham, Testing And VictoryBodyguardsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveBorn In One's HouseOvercoming Adversitytraining

And he divided [his trained men] against them at night, he and his servants. And he defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, which [is] north of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

{Nothing besides what} the servants have eaten and the share of the men who went out with me [will I take.] Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share."

Verse ConceptsFood PermittedSharing Material Things

And he shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand [will be] against everyone, and the hand of everyone [will be] against him, and he will live {in hostility with all his brothers}."

Verse ConceptsIndependenceOpposite SidesWild DonkeysConflictFamily Conflictislam

And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born of his house, and all [those] acquired by his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the same day that God spoke with him.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsAt The Same TimeGroups Of Slaves

And all the men of his house, {those born in the house, and those acquired by money from a foreigner}, were circumcised with him.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of Slaves

And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing near him. And he saw [them] and ran from the doorway of the tent to meet them. And he bowed down to the ground.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordBowingSalutationsThree MenIndividuals RunningTrinity

Then the men set out from there, and they looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham went with them {to send them on their way}.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryGoing TogetherSetting Out

And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom. And Abraham [was] still standing before Yahweh.

Before they laid down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people {to the last man}, surrounded the house.

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where [are] the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them."

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

Behold, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Please, let me bring them out to you; then do to them as [it seems] good in your eyes. Only to these men do not do [this] thing, since they came under{ my roof} for protection."

Verse ConceptsdaughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

But they said, "Step aside!" Then they said, "{This fellow} came to dwell as a foreigner and he acts as a judge! Now we shall do worse to you than them!" And they pressed very hard against the man, against Lot, and they drew near to break the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

Then the men reached out [with] their hands and brought Lot in to them, into the house, and they shut the door.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutShutting DoorsPulling People

And the men who [were] at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, both small and great, and they were unable to find the entrance.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod BlindingNot Finding

Then the men said to Lot, "Who [is] here with you? Bring out from the place [your] sons-in-law, and your sons and your daughters, and all who [are] with you in the city.

Verse ConceptsSons In LawRelatives Also InvolvedBringing People Out Of Other Places

But [when] he lingered, the men seized him by his hand and his wife's hand, and his two daughters by hand, on account of the mercy of Yahweh upon him. And they brought him out and set him outside of the city.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

And the firstborn [daughter] said to the younger one, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us according to the manner of all the land.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of SexFirstborn DaughtersNo One AvailableUnpremeditatedFather And Daughter Relationships

And God came to Abimelech in a dream at night. And he said to him, "Look, you [are] a dead man on account of the woman you have taken. For she [is] {a married woman}."

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

So now, return the wife of the man, for he [is] a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And {if you do not return her}, know that you will certainly die, and all that [are] yours."

Verse ConceptsMediatorAbraham, The Friend Of GodKept Alive By MenDeath As PunishmentReinstating PeoplePraying For SinnersNamed Prophets Of The LordHusband And WifeGiving Back

So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and {told them all these things}, and the men were very afraid.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And if the woman is not willing {to follow} you, then you shall be released from this oath of mine--only you must not return my son there."

Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are going out to draw water.

Verse ConceptsDrawing Water

Now the girl [was] very pleasing in appearance. [She was] a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature

And the man [was] gazing at her silently to know [if] Yahweh had made his journey successful or not.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being SilentSilenceLooking Intently At PeopleSuccess Through God

And it happened [that] as the camels finished drinking the man took a gold ring of a half shekel in weight and two bracelets for her arms, ten shekels in weight,

Verse ConceptsBraceletsNosesOrnamentsRingsGold OrnamentsJewelleryTwo OrnamentsHalf Of ThingsWeights Of Gold

Now Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban. And Laban ran out to the man toward the spring.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Running

And when he saw the ring and the bracelets on the arms of his sister and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, [who] said, "Thus the man spoke to me," he went to the man. And behold, [he was] standing with the camels at the spring.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryNamed Sisters

And the man came to the house and unloaded the camels. And he gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who [were] with him.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingGuestsMangersStrawWaterFeet WashingThings StrippedEntering HousesFeeding AnimalsMan Providing WaterClean FeetCare Of Feet

And he and the men who [were] with him ate and drank, and they spent the night. And they got up in the morning, and he said, "Let me go to my master."

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesEating And DrinkingPeople Sending People

And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

Verse ConceptsPeople Willing

So they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his men.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningMarriage, The BrideNamed SistersPeople Sending People

And Rebekah and her maidservants arose, and they mounted the camels and {followed} the man. And the servant took Rebekah and left.

Verse ConceptsCamelsRiding CamelsYoung Ladies

And she said to the servant, "Who [is] this man walking around in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "That [is] my master." And she took her veil and covered herself.

Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

And the boys grew up. And Esau [was] a skilled hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob [was] a peaceful man, living [in] tents.

Verse ConceptsHuntingQuietnessSkillTentsArchers, MenGrowing UpMen Of PeaceOutside The Houseparenting

When the men of the place asked concerning his wife, he said, "She [is] my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking "the men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for {she was beautiful}."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

Then Abimelech instructed all the people, saying, "The [one who] touches this man or his wife shall certainly die."

Verse ConceptsTouching To HarmDeath Penalty For KillingThe King's Orders

And the man {became wealthier and wealthier} until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

Then Jacob said to his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, but I [am] a smooth man.

Verse ConceptsSkinSmoothnessHairy PeopleSmooth

Then Laban said, "Better [that] I give her to you than I give her to another man. Stay with me."

Verse ConceptsGood ActivityStaying TemporarilyGiving In Marriage

Are we not regarded [as] foreigners by him, because he has sold us and completely consumed our money?

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters [are] my daughters and the grandsons [are] my grandsons, and the flocks [are] my flocks, and all that you see, it [is] mine. Now, what can I do for these my daughters today, or for their children whom they have borne?

Verse ConceptsPeople Possessing Other Things

If you mistreat my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, [when] there is no man with us, see--God [is] a witness between me and you."

Verse ConceptsdaughtersPolygamyWitnesses, LegalAppealing To GodThe Witness Of GodPeople Possibly Doing Evil

And the messengers returned to Jacob [and] said, "We came to your brother, to Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men [are] with him."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutFour To Five HundredMeeting PeopleFour And Five Hundred

And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau [was] coming and four hundred men [were] with him. And he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel, and among the two of his female servants.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

And he said, "{What do you mean by} all this company that I have met?" Then he said, "To find favor in the eyes of my lord."

Verse ConceptsMeaning

And he bought a piece of land where he pitched his tent for one hundred pieces of money from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandSilverTentsReal EstateLarge Denominations

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard [it]. And the men were distressed and very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by having sexual relations with the daughter of Jacob--{something that} should not be done.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSexual Sin, Nature OfSorrowRapeNamed People Angry With Others

And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who [is] uncircumcised, for that [is] a disgrace for us.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he wanted the daughter of Jacob. Now he [was] the most honored of his father's house.

Verse ConceptsHappiness

Then Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

"These men [are] at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and let them trade in it. Now, behold, the land is {broad enough for them}. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give our daughters to them.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfLiving In The LandMen Of Peace

Then he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers. And he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Verse ConceptsMoonSubjectionBowing Before JosephElevenDreams Involving Unusual ImagesThe Moon

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering about in a field. And the man asked him, "What do you seek?"

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

And the man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard [them] saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Occupations

So he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where [is] that cult prostitute [that was] at Eynayim by the roadside?" And they said, "There is no cult prostitute here."

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?whores

Then he returned to Judah and said, "I could not find her. Morever, the men of the place said, 'There is no cult prostitute here.'"

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

She was brought out, but she sent to her father-in-law saying, "By the man to whom these [belong] I have conceived." And she said, "Now discern to whom these [belong]: the seal and cord and the staff."

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleSuccess Through GodThe Presence Of GodBlessings And ProsperitySuccess And Hard Workprospering

{But one particular day} he came into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house were there in the house,

Verse ConceptsBusiness, ExamplesEntering HousesGone Away

she called to the men of her house and said to them, "Look! He brought a Hebrew man to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

Verse ConceptsSexual Union IntendedMisleading Children

And it happened [that] in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all of the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh told his dream to them. But {they had no interpretation} for Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByMorningRestlessnessWisdom, Human NatureMagiciansWise MenKings SummoningNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

And there with us [was] a young man, a Hebrew servant of the chief of the guard, and we told him [the dream], and he interpreted our dreams for us, each according to his dream he interpreted.

Verse ConceptsTelling Dreams

Now then, let Pharaoh select a man [who is] discerning and wise, and let him set him over the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionAuthority Delegated To People

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"

Verse ConceptsFindingThe Spirit Of GodUnique IndividualsExcellence

We all are sons of one man. We [are] honest [men]. We, your servants, are not spies."

Verse ConceptsSpyingvulnerability

Then they said, "We, your servants, [are] twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and one is no more."

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to return their money to each sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Providing Food