Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
WEB
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
YLT
And he saith unto him, `What is thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'
DBT
And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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)