And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house,
WEB
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
YLT
And they come nigh unto the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,
DBT
And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of 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)