14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of (A)Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Read full chapter

14 So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers(A) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.(B)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

Read full chapter

27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at (A)Mamre, or (B)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

Read full chapter

27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac(A) in Mamre,(B) near Kiriath Arba(C) (that is, Hebron),(D) where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.(E)

Read full chapter

42 saying, (A)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (B)they are hidden from your eyes.

Read full chapter

42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

Read full chapter

But those who (A)turn aside to their (B)crooked ways
    the Lord will lead away with (C)evildoers!
    (D)Peace be upon Israel!

Read full chapter

But those who turn(A) to crooked ways(B)
    the Lord will banish(C) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(D)

Read full chapter

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and (A)pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Read full chapter

Also, seek(A) the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray(B) to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Read full chapter

33 (A)So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”

Read full chapter

33 May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”

Read full chapter

32 The king said to the Cushite, (A)“Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, (B)“May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.”

Read full chapter

32 The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”(A)

Read full chapter

17 And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah[a] of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers. 18 (A)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. (B)See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:17 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters

17 Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah[a](A) of roasted grain(B) and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. 18 Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers(C) are and bring back some assurance[b] from them.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:17 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  2. 1 Samuel 17:18 Or some token; or some pledge of spoils

13 Then Joshua (A)blessed him, and he gave (B)Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Read full chapter

13 Then Joshua blessed(A) Caleb son of Jephunneh(B) and gave him Hebron(C) as his inheritance.(D)

Read full chapter

22 They went up into (A)the Negeb and came to (B)Hebron. (C)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the (D)descendants of Anak, were there. ((E)Hebron was built seven years before (F)Zoan in Egypt.)

Read full chapter

22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(A) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(B) the descendants of Anak,(C) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(D)

Read full chapter

16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, (A)“It is not in me; (B)God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:16 Or (compare Samaritan, Septuagint) Without God it is not possible to give Pharaoh an answer about his welfare

16 “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”(A)

Read full chapter

He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!”

Read full chapter

Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?”

“Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel(A) with the sheep.(B)

Read full chapter

And Sarah died at (A)Kiriath-arba (that is, (B)Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Read full chapter

She died at Kiriath Arba(A) (that is, Hebron)(B) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.(C)

Read full chapter