Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
WEB
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
YLT
because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'
DBT
because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
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)