Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
WEB
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
YLT
in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
DBT
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
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)