And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
WEB
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
YLT
And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,
DBT
And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
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)