God brings a plague of boils upon Egypt demonstrating God controls everything, including humans’ destiny (Exodus 9:8 – 9:12).
After the plague of livestock devastated the land of Egypt but left the Israelites’ animals untouched, Pharaoh began to recognize the immense power of God. Yet he remained stubborn and refused to release the Israelites from bondage. God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a…
Bible Blender Translation (BBT Bible) – Introduction
BBT Bible Introduction The Bible Blender Translation (BBT) is a new work-in-progress translation that builds on the New English Translation and is similar to modern-day translations such as New International Version and New American Bible. BBT differs from alternative translations in these ways (1) Vague or difficult-to-interpret phrasing is presented…
Genesis 1 (BBT Translation)
God creates the world 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1:2 Now the earth was shapeless (formless and without any shape) and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the primeval waters (watery deep); (and/but) the Spirit of God was moving (hovering protectively) over…
Genesis 2 (BBT Translation)
2:1 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 2:2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and…
Genesis 3 (BBT Translation)
Temptation of Eve and the fall of man 3:1 Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” 3:2 The…
Genesis 4 (BBT Translation)
The brothers Cain and Abel 4:1 Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the LORD did!” 4:2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care…
Genesis 5 (BBT Translation)
Adam's family line to Noah 5:1 This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” 5:3 When Adam had…
Genesis 6 (BBT Translation)
God sees wickedness of humankind spread on earth 6:1 When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 6:2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. 6:3…
Genesis 7 (BBT Translation)
7:1 The LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. 7:2 You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male…
Genesis 8 (BBT Translation)
8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded. 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped…
