Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
WEB
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
YLT
and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
DBT
And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
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)