And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
WEB
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
YLT
and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;
DBT
AndGod was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
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)