And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
WEB
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
YLT
And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;
DBT
And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
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)