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God directs Abram to migrate to Canaan. There God appears to him and promises the land to his descendants. Abram is forced to go to Egypt in order to evade a famine.Abram asks his wife Sarai to pretend she is his sister.
The English Standard Version (ESV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 2001 by Crossway , the ESV was "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors."
The ESV Study Bible was first published in October 2008, having been supported by a $1 million campaign. [6] The first printing of the ESVSB, consisting of 100,000 copies, sold out prior to completion. Within the first six months of availability, 300,000 copies had been printed in total. [1] The ESVSB eventually went on to sell over 1 million ...
In 2001, Crossway published the English Standard Version (ESV), its revision of the 1971 text edition of the RSV. [14] In comparison to the RSV, the ESV reverts certain disputed passages to their prior rendering as found in the ASV. [a] Unlike the NRSV, the ESV, depending on the context, prefers to use gender-inclusive language sparingly. [17]
The Contemporary English Version or CEV (also known as Bible for Today's Family) is a translation of the Bible into English, published by the American Bible Society. An anglicized version was produced by the British and Foreign Bible Society , which includes metric measurements for the Commonwealth market.
(Genesis 12:11-13 and Genesis 20:11-12) In chapter 25, Jacob tricks Esau into selling his birthright for a pot of lentil stew. In chapter 27, Isaac is tricked by Rebekah into giving Jacob the superior blessing instead of Esau. In chapter 29, Jacob believes he is marrying Rachel but is tricked into marrying her sister.
The story, usually called Lot and his daughters, has been the subject of many paintings over the centuries, and became one of the subjects in the Power of Women group of subjects, warning men against the dangers of succumbing to the temptations of women, while also providing an opportunity for an erotic depiction. The scene generally shows Lot ...
It is a fictional re-telling of Jesus Christ's life, depicting him as a flawed, humanised character with passions and doubts. The novel proved controversial, [ 1 ] especially to representatives of the Roman Catholic Church , with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano accusing Saramago of having a "substantially anti-religious vision". [ 2 ]