And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:
WEB
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
YLT
and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat in flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;
DBT
And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.
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)