Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTake, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all things ;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,
Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; becauseGod has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].
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)