And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
WEB
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
YLT
And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,
DBT
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
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)