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Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah,
Hear my voice;
You wives of Lamech,
Listen to what I say;
For I have killed a man [merely] for wounding me,
And a boy [only] for striking (bruising) me.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainPay Attention To People!

So the Lord said, “I will destroy (annihilate) mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—not only man, but the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air—because it [deeply] grieves Me [to see mankind’s sin] and I regret that I have made them.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFlood, TheAnimals, religious role ofAirThe DelugeDestruction Of All CreaturesGod KillingBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Killing All PeopleMan's Relationship With His CreatorRegretting

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheGenerationsBoatsRemnantNoah's ArkRelatives Also InvolvedEntering The ArkPeople Who Did RightFamiliesFamily Problems

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

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

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.

Verse ConceptsImagination, Evil SchemingDivine RestraintsUnified PeoplePossibilities For PeopleActivity BegunPossible For PeopleVisualizationLanguageWorking TogetherSuccess And Hard WorkTogethernesstechnologyaccomplishmentimaginationimpossible

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Verse ConceptsFood PermittedSharing Material Things

Abraham spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose [only] forty are found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty [who are righteous].”

Verse ConceptsFortiesNumbers Of Righteous People

Then Abraham said [to Him], “Oh, may the Lord not be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Verse ConceptsThirtyLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

And he said, “Now behold, I have decided to speak to the Lord [again]. Suppose [only] twenty [righteous people] are found there?” And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

And he saith, 'Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the ten.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

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

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were [betrothed, and legally promised] to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he appeared to be joking.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningJestingPowerlessnessSkepticismSons In Lawjoking

Look, this town is close enough for me to run to. It is a small place. Please let me go there—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

Abraham started out early the next morning to the place where he [only the day before] had stood before the Lord;

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfStandingAbraham, Testing And VictoryRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyEarly Rising

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGodly Fear, Examples OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleIndividuals Fearing GodNot SparingGod ForbiddingLeaving People Alone

and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Verse ConceptsThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's Presence

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

Only then will you be released from fulfilling my oath. However, when you come to my family, if they don't give her to you, you'll be released from fulfilling my oath.'

Verse ConceptsNot Giving

“Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only You will make my journey successful!

Verse ConceptsSuccess Through Godspringtime

do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.

Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” Then Esau [no longer able to restrain himself] raised his voice and wept [loudly].

Verse ConceptsWeepingOthers MourningPeople Blessing

But they responded, "We can't do that until all the sheep have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the opening of the well. Only then can we water the flock."

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

and Laban saith to him, 'Only my bone and my flesh art thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.

Verse ConceptsBonesBodyOne MonthSame Bone And Fleshspace

What you had previously was only a few head, but the herd has now multiplied, because the LORD has blessed you through my efforts. But now, when am I going to be able to provide for my own household?"

Verse ConceptsLittle FoodGrowth In WealthPeople ProvidingBlessing Through God's People

And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

Verse ConceptsFeeding AnimalsWhat Is This?Not ReceivingThose Who Kept Stock

My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I've taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen."

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

The God of Abraham [your father] and the God of Nahor [my father], and the god [the image of worship] of their father [Terah, an idolater], judge between us.” But Jacob swore [only] by [the one true God] the Fear of his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutFour To Five HundredMeeting PeopleFour And Five Hundred

I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and compassion and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant. With only my staff [long ago] I crossed over this Jordan, and now I have become [blessed and increased into these] two groups [of people].

Verse ConceptsKindnessHumilityStaffHumility, Examples OfTwo GroupsRiver CrossingsWalking With A StaffGod Showed His Lovingkindness

You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."

And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.

Verse ConceptsTendernessOne DayWeak AnimalsDrivingAnimals SucklingDeath Of CreaturesStrictness

Demand of me a very large bridal payment and gift [as compensation for giving up your daughter and sister], and I will give you whatever you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife.”

Verse ConceptsdowryMarriage, Customs ConcerningYoung MarriageThe Brides Wedding DressGiving In MarriageHusband And WifeMarriage Between Man And WomanMarriage KjvWifeLove Marriagemarraigematrimonygirlfriends

Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

Verse ConceptsAgreementBecoming Like PeopleConsentNecessity Of Circumcision

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleBecoming Like PeopleConsentLiving In The LandNecessity Of Circumcision

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The LandTaking Possession

Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi - Ye have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites, - I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me, - and I shall be destroyed both I and my house.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

And they moved from Bethel. And there was only a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor in her bearing.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

But Joseph dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers [as well]. He said, “See here, I have again dreamed a dream, and lo, [this time I saw] eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowed down [in respect] to me!”

Verse ConceptsMoonSubjectionBowing Before JosephElevenDreams Involving Unusual ImagesThe Moon

And he said, "I will send a kid from the goats of the flock." And she said, "[Only] if you give a pledge until you send [it]."

Verse ConceptsWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

Verse ConceptsFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsBeauty, In MenSeeking FoodAuthority Delegated To PeopleHandsome Men

There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife, - how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

She kept on talking to him like this day after day, but he wouldn't listen to her. Not only would he refuse to have sex with her, he refused even to stay around her.

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleAbsence Of SexNot With PeopleSaying Repeatedly

Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;

Verse ConceptsRemembering PeoplePeople Releasing Othersjail

because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit."

Verse ConceptsDungeonsKidnappingImmigrants

Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him.

Verse ConceptsCupbearerForgettingIngratitudeReward, HumanUnreliabilityButlersForgetting People

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsThin Bodies

Not only that," Pharaoh continued, "after they had finished devouring the cows, nobody could tell that they had gobbled them up, because they were just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.

Verse ConceptsBad Items

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

Verse ConceptsPalacesThronePromotionRelative GreatnessRespect For People

But they said to him, “No, my lord, for your servants have [only] come to buy food.

Verse ConceptsBuying Foodvulnerability

Hereby, shall ye be proved, - By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth from hence, save only by the coming in of your youngest brother hither.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest Child

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldUnhappinessParental LoveAfflicted To DeathGreySole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed Individuals

They said, “Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

Verse ConceptsBuying Food

And he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s [only other] son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” And Joseph said, “God be gracious to you and show you favor, my son.”

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

With whomever of your servants your master’s cup is found, let him die, and the rest of us will be my lord’s slaves.”

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”

Verse ConceptsMaking SlavesExempt

and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofJacob, Life And Character OfPrejudiceSole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Who LovedExamples Of Love For Children

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

Verse ConceptsNot With People

When that year was ended, then came they unto him in the second year and said to him - We will not hide from my lord, how that the silver and the herds of beasts for my lord are come to an end, - there is nothing left before my lord, save only our bodies and our ground:

Verse ConceptsBodyHerdsLimitations Of The BodyIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodThings Revealed

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersDividing Food

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

Verse ConceptsHuman LawStatutes To This Day

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will [not only] let them go, but under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodLooking At God's Works

And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftSojourningGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsAlienscovenant

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Verse ConceptsWhen?

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Verse ConceptsLeavingHouses Under Attack

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Not Far AwayPray For UsPraying For SinnersSacrificesupplication

And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitGod's Action TomorrowThose Who Deceived

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, for that is what you have been asking for.” And they were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

Verse Conceptsdriving outMen WorshippingWorshipping God

Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Verse ConceptsNot DyingDeath PreventedForgive One AnotherPray For UsPraying For SinnersForgiveness

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningWorship God!

Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

Verse ConceptsHeadsLegsEating Meatporkcookinglungs

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentSevenSeven DaysThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Verse ConceptsHolidayWork, And RestConvocationsThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7No Work On Feast DaysChristmas TreeGraduationcookingprepping

And the {Israelites} said to them, "{If only we had died} by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread {until we were full}, because you have brought us out to this desert to kill all of this assembly with hunger."

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeMeatSelf PityCynicismDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathPlenty In EgyptNo FoodGod Might Kill His PeoplePots For Cooking And EatingDying In The Desert WeedComplaininghungerpot

No hand is to touch that person, but he is certainly to be stoned or shot; whether animal or person, he is not to live.' They are to approach the mountain only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast."

Verse ConceptsHornsMusical Instruments, types ofRamsThrowing StonesDeath As PunishmentNot TouchingTrumpets For SignallingBoth Men And Animals KilledInstructions About Stoning

If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Verse ConceptsInjuryLossHabitual Getting UpUnpunishedWalking With A StaffRecovery

Only, if he continue to live a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysAlternatives To MoneyUnpunishedPropertyslavery

But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

Verse ConceptsHabitsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfStriking To DeathAnimals KillingDeath Penalty For ViolenceInstructions About StoningRules About Killing AnimalsUnpremeditated

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBodyCovering The BodyCries Of Distress To GodGod Pays Attention

And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it is a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodSabbath ObservedMaking People Holy

or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he shall not only restore it in full, but shall add to it one-fifth more. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day of his guilt offering.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionFractions, One Fifth