Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
WEB
On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
YLT
On the third day--Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;
DBT
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
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)