And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
WEB
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
YLT
and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me--God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'
DBT
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me:God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
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)