Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
WEB
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
YLT
As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
DBT
And to Shem — to him also were [sons] born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
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)