And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
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4 additional translationsAnd the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.
And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.
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)