Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
WEB
Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
YLT
And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;
DBT
And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.
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)