And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.
WEB
But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
YLT
And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who art thou?' and he saith, `I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'
DBT
And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
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)