And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsAnd they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another;
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at 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)