Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
WEB
And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
YLT
And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;
DBT
And he took from the whole number of his brethren, five men, and set them before Pharaoh.
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)