And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
WEB
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
YLT
And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;
DBT
And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck.
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)