And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
and the men who are at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
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)