And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
WEB
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
YLT
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
DBT
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
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)