And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
WEB
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
YLT
And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
DBT
And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
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)