Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
WEB
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
YLT
and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
DBT
And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?
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)