Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
YLT
And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;
ASV
And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
DBT
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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)