And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
WEB
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
YLT
and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here am I.
DBT
And the Angel ofGod said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.
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)