Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
And these are births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.
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)