'Took' in the Bible

And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.

And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.

And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.

And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.

And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.

And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;

So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.

Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.

And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.

And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;

And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.

Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.