And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
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)