Lexicon :: Strong's H2896 - ṭôḇ

God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the water he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

The LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gold from that land is pure;[fn] bdellium[fn] and onyx[fn] are also there.

“but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

“In fact, God knows that when[fn] you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

The LORD God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

“But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Abram replied to Sarai, “Here, your slave is in your power; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her.

Abraham ran to the herd and got a tender, choice calf. He gave it to a young man, who hurried to prepare it.

“Look, I’ve got two daughters who haven’t been intimate with a man. I’ll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[fn] to them. However, don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”[fn]

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin ​— ​no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.[fn]

He took his last breath and died at a good old age, old and contented,[fn] and he was gathered to his people.

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.”

“You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the LORD.”

“Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father ​— ​the kind he loves.

Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.”

“God has given me a good gift,” Leah said. “This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.[fn]

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself! ” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

“I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Watch yourself! Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head.

He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and good, came up on one stalk.

“In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stalk.

“The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”

“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

“Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food.

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Get up. Pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

“He saw that his resting place was good

and that the land was pleasant,

so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load

and became a forced laborer.

“You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result ​— ​the survival of many people.

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful,[fn] she hid him for three months.

“and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey ​— ​the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

“Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel when he rescued them from the power of the Egyptians.

“What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him.

“He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

“The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.

“When a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.

“He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”

Moses said to Hobab, descendant of Reuel the Midianite and Moses’s relative by marriage, “We’re setting out for the place the LORD promised, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

“If you come with us, whatever good the LORD does for us we will do for you.”