And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'
And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.
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)