Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
WEB
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
YLT
And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,
DBT
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
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)