So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.
And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead.
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)