Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
WEB
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
YLT
And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'
DBT
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
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)