And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking(A) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid(B) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;(A) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,(B) and whoever finds me will kill me.”(C)

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16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence(A) and lived in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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But the Lord came down(A) to see the city and the tower the people were building.

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And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

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“Where is your wife Sarah?”(A) they asked him.

“There, in the tent,(B)” he said.

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17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

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17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham(A) what I am about to do?(B)

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20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom(A) and Gomorrah is so great(B) and their sin so grievous(C) 21 that I will go down(D) and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

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12 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.

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12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God,(A) because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.(B)

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27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

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27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”(A) he answered.

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And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

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God came to Balaam(A) and asked,(B) “Who are these men with you?”

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And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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Remember how the Lord your God led(A) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test(B) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

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Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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you must not listen to the words of that prophet(A) or dreamer.(B) The Lord your God is testing(C) you to find out whether you love(D) him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

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31 But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon(A) to ask him about the miraculous sign(B) that had occurred in the land, God left him to test(C) him and to know everything that was in his heart.

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