16 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lay' in the Bible

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without 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

behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn DaughtersAlcoholic BeveragessexFather And Daughter Relationships

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Daughters

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

Verse ConceptsTaking By The Hand

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 lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Verse ConceptsNightThe SunBedsSunsetsStones As Monuments

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAdultery, Examples OfRulersRape

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Verse ConceptsIncestConcubinesThe Number TwelveImmorality, Examples Of SexualExtra Marital Sex ExamplesTwelve Beingssex

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Verse ConceptsSheddingReinstating PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and they agreed.

Verse ConceptsCommerceSame Bone And Flesh

And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

Verse ConceptsStoringHuman Authority, Nature OfFrugalityGathering FoodStores Of FoodPeople Keeping

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