Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber.
WEB
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
YLT
And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.
DBT
— And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.
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)