And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
and it cometh to pass about this day, that he goeth into the house to do his work, and there is none of the men of the house there in the house,
that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.
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)