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-\v 4 These were the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
+\v 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
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 \v 5 No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
 \v 6 But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
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 \v 6 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 desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
 
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-\v 7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
+\v 7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for their loins.
 \v 8 They heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, so the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
 
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 \v 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
-\v 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent lied to me, and I ate."
+\v 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
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 \v 16 To the woman he said,
-\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in having children;
+\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth;
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 \q Your desire will be for your husband, but he will rule over you."
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 \v 1 The man knew Eve his wife and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, "I have produced a man with Yahweh's help."
-\v 2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd, but Cain cultivated the soil.
+\v 2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a keeper of flocks, but Cain cultivated the soil.
 
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 \v 3 It came about that in the course of time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to Yahweh.
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 \v 23 Lamech said to his wives,
-\q "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say.
+\q "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my words.
 \q For I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
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 \v 24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times."
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 \v 6 Yahweh regretted that he had made mankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
 
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-\v 7 So Yahweh said, "I will wipe away mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—mankind and animals, and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."
+\v 7 So Yahweh said, "I will wipe away mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—mankind and animals, and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I regret that I have made them."
 \v 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.
 
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-\v 9 These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
+\v 9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
 \v 10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Noah, "Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
 \v 2 Of every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate.
-\v 3 Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth.
+\v 3 Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to keep their offspring alive upon the surface of all the earth.
 
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 \v 4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made."
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-\v 20 Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
+\v 20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
 \v 21 He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
 
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-\v 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the earth.
+\v 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was a mighty one on the earth.
 \v 9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
 \v 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
 
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 \v 14 It came about that when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
 \v 15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's household.
-\v 16 Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
+\v 16 Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram received sheep and oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
 
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 \v 17 Then Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
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 \v 14 Now when Abram heard that enemies had captured his relative, he led out his 318 trained men who had been born in his house, and he pursued them as far as Dan.
 
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-\v 15 He divided his men against them at night and attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
+\v 15 He divided his men against them at night, he and his servants, and he pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
 \v 16 Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.
 
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 \v 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
-\v 8 I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land where you have been living, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."
+\v 8 I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land where you have been sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."
 
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 \v 14 Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had promised to marry his daughters, and said, "Quick, get out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city." But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
-\v 15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Get going, take your wife and your two daughters that are here, so you are not swept away in the punishment of the city."
+\v 15 When dawn came, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Get going, take your wife and your two daughters that are here, so you are not swept away in the punishment of the city."
 
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 \v 16 But he lingered. So the men grabbed his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, because Yahweh was merciful to him. They brought them out, and set them outside the city.
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 \v 21 He said to him, "Alright, I am granting this request also, that I will not destroy the city which you have mentioned.
-\v 22 Hurry! Escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the city was called Zoar.
+\v 22 Hurry! Escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the city was named Zoar.
 
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 \v 31 The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere to lie with us according to the way of all the world.
-\v 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may extend our father's line."
+\v 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may keep our family line alive through our father."
 \v 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the firstborn went in and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
 
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-\v 34 The next day the firstborn said to the younger, "Listen, here I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you should go and lie with him, so that we may extend our father's line."
+\v 34 The next day the firstborn said to the younger, "Listen, here I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you should go and lie with him, so that we may keep our family line alive through our father."
 \v 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger went and lay with him. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
 
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-\v 36 So both the daughters of Lot were pregnant by their father.
+\v 36 So both the daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
 \v 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
 \v 38 As for the younger daughter, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the people of Ammon of today.
 
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 \v 8 Abimelek rose early in the morning and called all of his servants to himself. He told all these things to them, and the men were very afraid.
-\v 9 Then Abimelek called for Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me that which ought not to be done."
+\v 9 Then Abimelek called for Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me deeds that ought not to be done."
 
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 \v 10 Abimelek said to Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"
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 \v 13 When God caused me to leave my father's house and travel from place to place, I said to her, 'You must show me this faithfulness as my wife: At every place where we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'"
-\v 14 Then Abimelek took sheep and cattle, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham. Then he returned Sarah, Abraham's wife, to him.
+\v 14 Then Abimelek took sheep and oxen, and male slaves and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham. Then he returned Sarah, Abraham's wife, to him.
 
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 \v 15 Abimelek said, "Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever it pleases you."
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 \v 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife, and his female slaves so that they were able to have children.
-\v 18 For Yahweh had caused all the women of the household of Abimelek to be completely infertile, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
+\v 18 For Yahweh had closed all the wombs of the household of Abimelek because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
 
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-\v 19 These were the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
+\v 19 This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
 \v 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
 
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 \v 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
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-\v 2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
+\v 2 This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
 
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 \v 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautifully decorated garment.

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 \v 3 Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
 
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-\v 4 The angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in fancy robes."
+\v 4 The angel spoke and said to those who stood before him, "Remove the filthy garments from upon him." Then he said to Joshua, "Look! I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will dress you in official robes."
 \v 5 Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head!" So they set a clean turban on Joshua's head and clothed him with clean garments, while the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
 
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