Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
WEB
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
YLT
The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses--
DBT
In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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)