Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
WEB
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
YLT
And he saith to them, `Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?' and they say, `We have known.'
DBT
And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know [him].
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)