And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
WEB
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
YLT
and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'
DBT
And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
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)