Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
WEB
God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
YLT
and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
DBT
AndGod set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)