MANNAFEST

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

KJV

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ASV

that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

WEB

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

YLT

from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I--I have made Abram rich;

DBT

if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take [anything]...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

About this book

Old Testament

GenesisThe 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)

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