Lexicon :: Strong's H6440 - pānîm

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then God said, “Let the water swarm with[fn] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,

But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,[fn] and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

but he did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

“Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Then Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[fn] east of Eden.

When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Then the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky ​— ​for I regret that I made them.”

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.[fn]

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.

“and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky ​— ​in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

The water surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

He wiped out every living thing that was on the face of the earth, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,

In the six hundred first year,[fn] in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water that had covered the earth was dried up. Then Noah removed the ark’s cover and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the LORD. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the LORD.”

And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.”

So from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah’s lifetime.

“Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

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.

He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going? ”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

“This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.”

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live[fn] in my presence and be blameless.

Then Abram fell facedown and God spoke with him:

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ”

Then Abraham took curds[fn] and milk, as well as the calf that he had prepared, and set them before the men. He served[fn] them as they ate under the tree.

The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.

The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.[fn]

“for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the LORD, that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”

And he said to him, “All right,[fn] I’ll grant your request[fn] about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

Early in the morning Abraham went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

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

When Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, he spoke to the Hethites:

He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

Abraham bowed down to the people of the land

So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre ​— ​the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field ​— ​became