Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
WEB
When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
YLT
And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who are these?'
DBT
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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)