And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
WEB
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
YLT
And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I--dust and ashes;
DBT
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
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)