Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
WEB
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
YLT
and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
DBT
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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)