Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
WEB
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
YLT
from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
DBT
From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
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)