And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.
AndGod saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.
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)