Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.
WEB
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
YLT
and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.'
DBT
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.
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)