'Good' in the Bible

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."

It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'

You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.

I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?

Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.